Cognitive Health as We Age: 3 Ways Older Adults Can Promote Strong Cognitive Health
As we age, our bodies are constantly changing. This is a basic fact of life. We may grow hair in places where it wasn’t before, […]
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Information, news, useful articles about brain health. Different professionals propose advice, tricks, and recommendations that may help keep your brain balanced
OCD FAQ: Answering your questions about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Do you wash your hands often? Are you obsessed with arranging your cabinet? Do you double-check your door-locks, when leaving home? If this is so, […]
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Mental Health Days: 5 Tips to Help You Recharge Your Emotional Batteries
Do you often feel tired at work? Are you losing interest in your job? Do you often feel restless, like everything is running fast and […]
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Impostor Syndrome: What To Do When You Don’t Beleive In Yourself
Impostor syndrome is a mental state in which a person believes that he/she is not as competent as people think. The concept of competency here […]
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Cognitive Effects of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Living with excruciating pain day in and day out is physically and emotionally taxing. However, that is the reality of complex regional pain syndrome. Complex […]
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Music Therapy: 5 Examples of How This Unique Therapy Works
Have you ever had a rough day, and when you got home, you put on relaxing music to make yourself feel better? Have you ever […]
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5 Simple Tips to Improve Mental Fitness
Mental fitness is a major concern for many people. It’s hardly surprising when you consider that one in five Americans suffers from a mental health […]
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Catecholamines: Direct influence in mood and health
Catechol-awhat? Most have probably only heard the word ‘catecholamines’ in passing or during a brief lesson in science class years ago. While the name sounds […]
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Always tired
Do you ever feel as if you cannot make it through the day? That the activities of daily life are an immense physical and mental […]
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ADHD in Teens: Learn everything
ADHD in Teens. Sitting in class, eyes wandering, a student’s bounces up-and-down in their desk as the teacher drones on about the day’s science lecture. […]
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Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH): A guide
The immune system is what keeps us healthy. Influenza, infectious bacteria, the common cold—the immune system is the body’s defense against germs and pathogens. In […]
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Frontotemporal Dementia: Everything you need to know
What is frontotemporal dementia? Are all dementias the same? This post explains everything you need to know about frontotemporal dementia. Understanding why people with this […]
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Radiotherapy: Radiation to destroy malignant cells
Medical technology is rapidly advancing. In modern times, we have the ability to treat cancer and other conditions with radiotherapy. During radiotherapy, beams of radiation […]
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Defense Mechanisms: The solutions to your problems?
Do you ever ignore your problems, pretending the worst is not occurring? Have you isolated yourself during times of inner-conflict, or have you put on […]
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Neurological Physiotherapy: A type of physical therapy
Numerous conditions commonly affect the body’s nervous system. A stroke, a traumatic brain injury, or even a neuromuscular disorder, they can result as muscle weakness, […]
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What are the Effects of Marijuana on the Brain
Effects of marijuana on the brain. Recreational marijuana use is steadily rising, and along with it, so is the number of people dismissing the plant’s […]
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Intermittent Explosive Disorder: A Complete Guide
Do you ever feel impulsive or aggressive? Do have screaming fits of rage out of proportion to the situation? Do you engage in physical or […]
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Fibromyalgia Exercise: Learn how they can reduce pain
Pain. Its vice grip can wear on even the most resilient, especially those living with the chronic pain from fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia affects the muscles and […]
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Executive Dysfunction: Failure in the frontal lobe
What controls human behavior? While most are aware the brain plays an immense role, how does this organ determine human action? Cognition is a mental […]
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Chiari Malformation: A congenital disorder
Chiari Malformation. The human skull is a bony structure that houses the brain. Along with support, it protects the tissues of the brain and spinal […]
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Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI): Learn how to identify it
“My mind isn’t as sharp as it once was,” mutters the elderly man in conversation. Forgetting a name or date is hardly a cause for […]
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Brain Cancer: The most dreaded cancer
Cancer. The dreaded “C word” evokes fear in the fearless. As people consider the ways in which the disease can ravish their bodies, the thought […]
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Pick’s Disease: Another form of Alzheimer?
Almost everyone has heard of Alzheimer’s disease. Even when an individual has no direct, personal connection to this neurodegenerative condition, they are aware of its […]
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Early Onset Parkinson’s Disease: Find out more
A common myth is that one can only have Parkinson’s disease if they are elderly. However, this neurodegenerative disease is not entirely elusive to youth. […]
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