Try out CBT

Researchers are looking into the possibility that a type of talk therapy called cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) may help prevent Alzheimer’s. CBT can ease depression and improve sleep—two risk factors for dementia. With CBT, you learn how to redirect your brain away from negative or distracting thoughts; experts at Harvard Medical School suggest that the therapy can improve memory. “You’re less likely to be able to pull up information when the brain is focused on something else,” Joel Salinas, MD, a neurologist at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital, says in Harvard’s Health Letter. “If excess thoughts are like flies around food, then CBT helps swat the flies so you can eat in peace.” If you’ve got brain drain, here’s how to avoid burnout.