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Exercising your brain
Word puzzles, daily reading, playing cards, or sudoku... treat your brain like a muscle and keep sharp as you age. Some studies suggest that daily brain exercise is crucial to warding off mental decline, and its benefits in dementia are promising.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
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A 24-year old female asked:
I have this tingling feeling in my brain and its becoming annoying.. I wanted to see if I can do anything to reduce it like exercising or something?
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I have been diagnosed with hashimoto's disease, and after exercising feel terrible and have brain fog all day. Is this normal?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Just started exercising and i get a mild headache afterward. 26/f. Crp and ldh levels normal. Worried about brain tumor?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Is it true that exercising vigorously or blowing your nose can rupture a brain aneurysm?
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A 36-year old female asked:
I always get an aching headache for an entire day after a hard strenuous cardio workout. It goes away during sleep. What is happening with the brain?
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A 37-year old female asked:
If I sleep more time in stage 4 or in rem, do I get the same brain rest while sleeping fewer hours? If I workout before bed, do I hit stage 4 sooner?
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A 29-year old asked:
Scared I have a brain tumor. Only getting headaches on temples when I workout hard (cardio). Usually one sided. Its been going on for like 2 weeks. In good health and just had CBC a few mo ago come back great?
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A male asked:
Hi I am bipolar and i take meds. Will workout supplements affect me negatively? I take nitric oxide and creatine and am just wondering if they affect my brain chemistry or how my meds work?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Can working out and straining on the toilet cause a brain aneurysm? Im 27 and workout a lot Ive head head pain on left side Im worried that I may have an aneurysm? Is this something that happens to my age group, no blood pressure issues?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Why do I get a slight headache after a moderately intense cardio workout?? What is my brain trying to tell me? To eat nutrients/proteins immediately? I always drink water before and during the workout. Is it aching due to an empty stomach?
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A 39-year old male asked:
I was exercising everyday for 3 months now I have stopped for a month what side effects could my body and mind get?
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A 20-year old female asked about a 22-year old male:
2wks ago fist fighGot hit on occipital lobe, right side. i feel pain inside that area, even I turn to right side.no pain exercising and not bruised
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A 23-year old male asked:
How to maintain my mental health for it to be more active with healthy mind and healthy thinking? Is it helpful to make a fixed timetable lyk when I should getup, about my workout, meditations, when to sleep etc?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I have a mild case of spastic delpegia cerebral palsy. Wanting to get on a workout routine that would help with my cp. Any exercises that could work?
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How large is the brain?
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This is your brain on music?
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What are some fun brain games?
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