# Lifestyle Strategies to Boost Brain Health (Ask the MD Podcast)

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Podcast: [The Michael J. Fox Foundation Parkinson's Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-michael-j-fox-foundation-parkinson-s-podcast-1065210)
Published: 2026-01-20T13:21:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.michaeljfox.org
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Duration seconds: 2585

## Resource

No matter your age, whether you have Parkinson’s or not, there are steps you can take today to boost your brain health. In this extended version of a popular Ask the MD video, movement disorder specialist, life medicine physician and MJFF Principal Medical Advisor Rachel Dolhun, MD, DipABLM, sits down with Ayesha Sherzai, MD, and Dean Sherzai, MD, PhD, known as The Brain Docs. Together they answer community questions and share tips for using lifestyle medicine to help your brain. Mentioned in this episode: Researchers are studying the link between sense of smell and brain health. People with and without Parkinson's can help by taking a scratch-and-sniff test. It’s free, mailed to your home and takes just 15 minutes to complete. mysmelltest.org/getstarted

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