What Night Shift Work May Be Doing to Your Brain
Post • June 8, 2026
Whenever I give talks about brain health, someone almost always asks a version of the same question:
"How can I get the benefits of good sleep if I have to work at night?"
It's a great question because mil...
Shift work is associated with selective brain volume loss: a longitudinal study
Study • September 9, 2025
GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic may be rewiring the brain, and a neurologist explains what that really means
Media Appearances • 2026-06-07
The Brain Defenders Assessment
Page • June 5, 2026
The Brain Defenders Assessment: 10 Questions to Reveal How Well Your Daily Habits Are Protecting Your Brain’s Future from Dr. David Perlmutter, delivered straight to your inbox.
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Moving Your Body May Help “Clean” Your Brain, According to New Research
Media Appearances • 2026-05-27
Moving Your Body May Help “Clean” Your Brain, According to New Research
Media Appearances • 2026-05-27
Moving Your Body May Help “Clean” Your Brain, According to New Research
Media Appearances • 2026-05-27
Your Brain vs. AI: What Makes Human Thinking Unique | Tom Griffiths, PhD
Video • May 26, 2026
Are There Laws That Govern How We Think?
We experience thought as personal, fluid, and often unpredictable. Ideas emerge, decisions form, doubts intrude. Yet beneath this subjective experience may lie somet...
Your Brain Cleans Itself at Night — And Scientists Can Now Measure It
Post • May 26, 2026
For years, I have emphasized that one of the most powerful tools we have for protecting the brain is deep, restorative sleep. In my upcoming book, Brain Defenders, I discuss this extensively in the context o...