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How to have a healthy brain

A guide to taking care of your mind for life

  • happy sad pills

    The great serotonin debate: do depression treatments work by boosting the happy hormone?

    Drugs targeting the ‘happy hormone’ are widely used for depression. But some question whether the condition is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain
  • ‘There is something strangely meditative about it all’ … Simon having a brain scan at The Walton Centre, Liverpool.

    ‘I have a hunch I was left damaged’: what would a scan reveal about my brain?

  • Posed by model young woman sleeping in her bed

    The battle to boost our deep sleep – and help stop dementia

  • Brain food … keep the diet varied and healthy.

    Seaweed, sardines and sauerkraut: the best diet for your brain at every stage of life

  • Parent with adolescent, holding white balloons (gathered like brains)

    ‘Don’t blame the young for being moody’ - and seven other ways to nurture healthy teenage minds

  • ‘It was slightly shocking, because my brain looked rather elderly’ … Henry Marsh.

    ‘Exercise, avoid bangs and invent fairy stories’: Henry Marsh’s guide to keeping brains healthy

  • illustration of a trainer with strings knotted to resemble a brain

    Don’t forget to floss: the science behind dementia and the four things you should do to prevent it

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