The brain-body connection key to reducing the risk of cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s disease

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona: The same lifestyle choces that reduce your risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer also can reduce your risk of cognitive decline. Bryan Woodruff, MD, a cognitive neurologist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, explains the brain-body connection, lifestyle changes to foster brain health and why work to make earlier detection of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is important. “What’s good for your overall health is good for your brain too,” Dr Woodruff says.