Three Tips for Better Sleep
Houston Methodist via Newswise – More than one-third of Americans get less than seven hours of sleep each night, putting them at risk for serious, chronic health conditions such as…
Keep You Brain and Body Toxin-Free + Manage Your Mental Health and Avoid Burnout
Dr. Caroline Leaf – In this week’s blog and podcast, I share one of my best-kept secrets secrets to keeping my brain and body healthy and toxin-free: infrared saunas! In…
Sleep Protects the Brain Against Alzheimer’s By Washing It
Dr. Ananya Mandal, MD via News Medical-Net – Researchers have found that when in deep sleep, the brain waves within can start off a cleaning system within the brain that…
High-Salt Diet May Trigger Dementia
Dr. Liji Thomas, MD via News Medical-Net – We’ve all heard that taking too much salt can damage your blood vessels, and now a new study published in the journal…
Getting Your Mind in Order: The Secret to Better Sleep
Dr. Caroline Leaf – Chaotic and toxic thoughts need to be embraced, acknowledged, isolated and compartmentalized in order to be processed and reconceptualized in a healthy fashion—they should never be…
Common Nutrient Supplementation May Hold the Answers to Combatting Alzheimer’s Disease
Arizona State University via EurekAlert – Results showed that when these mice are given high choline in their diet throughout life, they exhibit improvements in spatial memory, compared with those…
Cellular Aging is Linked to Structural Changes in the Brain
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences via EurekAlert – One key to staying younger longer therefore seems to be related to the question: How do we slow…
Neurons Promote Growth of Brain Tumor Cells
German Cancer Research Center via EurekAlert – Glioblastomas invade the healthy brain in a diffuse pattern like a fungal network. As a result, they cannot be completely removed by surgery,…
11 Ashwagandha Benefits for the Brain, Thyroid and Muscles
Dr. Josh Axe, DC, DMN, CNS via Dr. Axe – This is one of the most commonly used adaptogens because of the many ashwagandha benefits. The top and most well-researched…
Scratching the Surface of How Your Brain Senses an Itch
Salk Institute via Science Daily – Light touch plays a critical role in everyday tasks, such as picking up a glass or playing a musical instrument, as well as for…
How Memories Form and Fade
California Institute of Technology via Science Daily – Researchers have identified the neural processes that make some memories fade rapidly while other memories persist over time. To read the original…
The Do’s and Don’ts of Brain Health + Correct Brain Health Practices to Reduce Anxiety and Depression
Dr. Caroline Leaf – “If our neurochemistry is, in any way, off due to poor brain health, whether certain chemicals are not produced in the proper amounts or do not…
Novel Immunotherapy May Prevent Brain Metastases
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – Injection of synthetic DNA material found to activate brain’s immune cells and kill invading cancer cells, Israeli researchers say. Brain metastases are the final,…
New Research Sheds Light on the Effects of Insulin on the Brain
University at Albany, State University of New York via News Wise – Research out of the University at Albany explores the effects that insulin has on our ability to form…
