9.06.25 – Face & neck massage could reduce the severity of conditions like Alzheimer’s disease

Y’all have heard me found on about our glymphatic system before. This is why it’s important.

Repost from @newscientist A device that massages the face and neck (e.g. ENDERMOLOGIE) boosts the brain’s waste disposal system, suggesting it could reduce the severity of conditions like Alzheimer’s disease.⁠

⁠Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) bathes our brain, pumped into it before leaving through a network of thin tubes called glymphatic vessels. Studies in mice have shown that this fluid flushes out waste products made by brain cells, including beta-amyloid, a protein linked to conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.⁠

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