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Adaptability: Navigating an Ever Changing World
John Lennon is quoted as saying: ‘Life is what happens when you are making other plans.’ Indeed, Life continues to throw curve-balls at us: from the Covid, tragedy, familial and cultural tensions, financial uncertainty – as well as the cumulative stressors of daily...
Medications Aren’t The Only Option
As the Opioid Crisis shook the public’s view of painkillers and pharmaceutical companies came under fire for their marketing practices, many patients looked for alternatives. One of the leading contenders; talk therapy. Psychologists, therapists, and social workers...
Gentle Exercise will Help You Remember
Forgetful? A little gentle exercise every day can help improve your memory. Light workouts create new connections in the areas of the brain, such as the hippocampus, that are responsible for memory. Exercise, such as walking, yoga, and tai chi, may not make you sweat,...
Most ADHD Children have the Problem as Adults
ADHD (attention deficit hyperactive disorder) is often thought of as a problem of childhood – but 90 percent go on to suffer symptoms as adults, such as speaking impulsively, or not being able to make decisions. It’s important for people to recognize that ADHD carries...
Have chronic pain? What you need to know about your pain management options
Everyone deals with pain at one time or another. Perhaps you’ve temporarily suffered from a cluster or tension headache, or a muscle spasm. Pain that lasts for two months or longer can be called Chronic Pain. Chronic Pain, often stress-related, can feel like it is...
Brain ripples drop sugar levels in rats
Ripples of nerve cell activity that lock in memories may have an unexpected job outside of the brain: dropping blood sugar levels in the body. Soon after a burst of ripples in a rat’s hippocampus, a brain structure that plays a key role in memory, sugar levels...
What is LENS? How can it work for me?
LENS – or Low Energy Neurofeedback System– is an advanced form of brain technology or EEG biofeedback for adults and children – so-called, because it uses a tiny signal, hundreds of times smaller than your cell phone, that your brain is attracted to, and which enables...
Tinnitus
Source: WDDTY, July / August 2021. pp 28.29 In the brain, not the ears Although tinnitus may begin as an injury to ear cells, it’s accepted science now that the condition has implications beyond the ears to the brain. Josef Rauschecker and his colleagues in the...
Molecule Offers New Hope on Alzheimer’s
Memory loss in Alzheimer’s patients could be reversed following the discovery of a molecule that can rejuvenate the brain. People with Alzheimer’s have low stores of the molecule, microRNA-132, especially in the brain’s hippocampus region, which is causing memory...
Some Surprisingly Good News About Anxiety
Everyone suffers from fear and anxiety at some point in time. People can be anxious without knowing why. Anxiety usually stems from founded or unfounded fears, or apprehension of what may or may not occur in the future. These triggering of alarms are often coming from...