"Researchers at the McCance Center for Brain Health at Massachusetts General Hospital recently developed a Brain Care Score (BCS) card, which tallies up a variety of one's personal inputs - physical biomarkers, lifestyle habits, emotional health - then spits out a number from 0 to 21. The closer to 21, the better, researchers found."
"The idea, as experts at Harvard Health pointed out, is to determine how "current habits might impact future brain health." Consider the BCS a veritable cheat sheet for assessing your long-term risk of a stroke or dementia. This sort of packaging helps elevate our understanding of brain health; it's actually something we can train and sharpen (e.g., how we go on runs or bike rides to boost heart health)."
"But if you cling to just one take on brain care, make it this: the importance of purpose. According to Dr. Andrew Budson, a neurology expert at Harvard Medical School, determining one's "meaning of life" has the potential to supercharge each score on that BCS card...which in turn will improve your lifespan (and just as critically, your healthspan)."
A Brain Care Score (BCS) card tallies physical biomarkers, lifestyle habits, and emotional health into a 0–21 score, with higher scores indicating better brain health. The BCS aims to show how current habits might impact future brain health and serves as a practical tool to assess long-term risk of stroke or dementia. Packaging brain-health factors into a score emphasizes that brain health can be trained and improved through lifestyle choices. Determining a personal sense of purpose can boost BCS components and enhance both lifespan and healthspan, while purposeful living also correlates with better sleep and stronger immune responses.
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