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Exercise, Perimenopause and Brain Health – Dr. Cindy Barha

Exercise, Perimenopause and Brain Health – Dr. Cindy Barha

Dr. Cindy Barha recently joined the WomensResearch podcast by the Women’s Health Research Institute to discuss our research on how exercise may affect brain health for women in perimenopause. Click here to listen to the episode!

The role of physical activity in cognitive health

The role of physical activity in cognitive health

Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose and Dr. Ryan Falck discuss the impact of physical activity and exercise in protecting brain health and preventing cognitive decline. Protecting seniors’ cognitive health AAIC 2023 | Exercise as a non-pharmacological therapy for cognitive impairment Ask an expert: What lifestyle habits can help protect my brain health?

Physical therapy, brain health, research – Dr. Jordyn Rice

Physical therapy, brain health, research – Dr. Jordyn Rice

Click here to listen to our postdoctoral fellow Dr. Jordyn Rice on the MedTalk: Connect podcast, discussing her work and research on the development of exercise interventions to promote healthy aging.

How to Embrace Healthy Aging

How to Embrace Healthy Aging

Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose recently appeared on Bigger Than Me Podcast to discuss healthy aging, the importance of physical exercise and sleep hygiene, and the impacts of COVID-19 on brain health. Watch the podcast here.

Personalizing Exercise for the Aging Brain

Personalizing Exercise for the Aging Brain

Dr. Cindy Barha shares how personalized exercise – tailored to biological sex and genetics – can help promote healthy aging and prevent dementia. Click here to watch her talk at Healthy Brains Healthy Lives, McGill University.

Want to be a memory maintainer in old age? Take care of your brain and your body, experts say

Want to be a memory maintainer in old age? Take care of your brain and your body, experts say

Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose spoke with CBC News about how our brains changes as we age – and how physical activity can help maintain brain health. Read more here.

What Has The Pandemic Done To My Brain—And Can It Be Fixed?

The pandemic: From experiencing stress and anxiety, brain fog, to feeling like the pandemic is one big blur in time? Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose speaks about how the pandemic impacted our brains in her latest interview with Chatelaine, read it here.

A Home Based Exercise Program could reduce Subsequent Falls in Older Adults

A Home Based Exercise Program could reduce Subsequent Falls in Older Adults

Our study on the Effect of a Home-Based Exercise Program on Subsequent Falls Among Community-Dwelling High-Risk Older Adults After a Fall was featured in JAMA, and concluded that a home-based exercise program could greatly reduce subsequent falls in older adults, Read all about it here!

2021 Virtual Brain Health Symposium

2021 Virtual Brain Health Symposium

The Physical Activity for Precision Health at the University of British Columbia would like to welcome you to the 2021 Virtual Brain Health Symposium! This symposium will bring together internationally renowned experts in the fields of exercise, sleep, brain injury, microbiome, physical environment, social enrichment, and cognitive training. The Brain Health Symposium will highlight and […]

Boost Your Brain Health

Boost Your Brain Health

We spoke with Reader’s Digest about our favourite way to boost brain health – exercise! The article also covers a few other ways to improve brain health as we age. Read more here.