by Dana G. Smith and Dani Blum, New York Times, Tuesday, May 14, 2024 | May 30, 2024 | Blog
Brain Parasites Can Stealthily Cause Great Damage Worms Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s disclosure that a doctor apparently found a dead worm in his brain has prompted questions about what brain parasites are, the damage they can cause, and how, exactly, they get there. Brain...
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 Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, July 2022 | Jan 30, 2023 | Blog
Why do psychiatric conditions multiply the risk of cognitive decline? Age is the single biggest risk factor for dementia, with the odds doubling about every five years after age 65. But many things influence those odds for a given individual. Genetic vulnerability is...
by WDDTY, May, 2022 | Nov 28, 2022 | Blog
Cynthia Thurlow likes to remind her patients that digestion begins in the brain, in the way people think about their food before they have even taken a bite. Conversely, 95 percent of the mood-regulating neurotransmitter serotonin, which is targeted by conventional...