by April / May AARP Magazine | May 22, 2023 | Blog
Your Weight and Your Brain When it comes to brain health, keeping your weight stable may be the most important task of all. Obesity, particularly when there’s lots of visceral fat present, is a risk factor for faster brain aging and Alzheimer’s disease,...
by Dani Blum, NY Times, March 28, 2023 | Apr 28, 2023 | Blog
It’s popular on social apps to blame cortisol for myriad ills. But its role isn’t so clear-cut. Maybe you can’t sleep. Or you sleep too much. Maybe you keep breaking out or getting sick. Perhaps your stomach bloats, your skin sags, you feel shaky, Maybe you...
by Anton Bluman | Mar 9, 2023 | Blog
It’s often the case that we experience an event, later, to recall it only vaguely, or partially, or as a distortion of the facts. With the so-called illusory truth effect, what we assume we take in, or think we hear, may form in us false assumptions, attitudes,...
by NY Times, January 3, 2023 | Feb 23, 2023 | Blog
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found it harder and harder to fall and stay asleep. Why is that? Dr. Abhinav Singh, medical director of the Indiana Sleep Center and a sleep professor at Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine, likes to answer this...
by NY Times, January 3, 2023 | Feb 22, 2023 | Blog
Experts say wonder is an essential human emotion and a salve for a turbulent mind. Awe can mean ‘many things. ‘And while many of us know it when we feel it, awe is not easy to define. Awe is the feeling of being in the presence of something vast that transcends your...
by WDDTY, Pain, 2022 | Jan 30, 2023 | Blog
Mindfulness meditation can help ease your pain. The technique can reduce pain intensity by as much as 32 percent, a new study has discovered—and even people who haven’t meditated before can quickly achieve these benefits. The key is in not associating with the...