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09/13/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Being chronically stressed is literally killing you

The body’s stress response to a sudden crisis is to release a burst of cortisol and other adrenal hormones. When facing an emergency, this “fight or flight” response can help you survive. However, when the stress is chronic and unrelenting, it can negatively affect your health. The link between chronic stress, aging, and mortality Chronically heightened levels of […]

08/11/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Schizophrenia patients are benefiting from “avatar therapy” which gives a face to their auditory hallucinations

Psychiatric medicine is attempting to understand mental illnesses by giving form to the many phantoms that plague millions of patients globally. This moves away from traditional psychiatry which assumes that mental health was something that could only be “cured” either through medicine or long, sometimes tedious, psychiatric sessions. In an attempt to treat patients better […]

07/04/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Encouraging the growth and health of nerve tissue may improve memory for those with cognitive decline

Encouraging the growth of healthy nerve tissue and improving brain neurotrophic factor signaling may enhance memory for people with signs of cognitive decline, according to researchers from the University of Eastern Finland. This could be particularly useful for people who are at risk of neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease – which is the most prevalent case […]

06/25/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Same liberal media claiming immigrant children held in “cages” say nothing when American children are chemically IMPRISONED with psychiatric drugs

The mass media is once again going nuts over the fact that aliens entering our country illegally from south of the border are being captured and put in detention facilities as they await deportation. Some sources, chomping at yet another opportunity to bash President Trump, are intentionally describing these facilities in the worst jail-like terms, […]

06/08/2018 / By Janine Acero

A musical education improves academic performance across the board

Music is known to help children with cognitive development, but one study published in Frontiers in Neuroscience found that structured music lessons significantly enhance children’s academic performance by improving their cognitive abilities, including language-based learning and short-term memory. In addition, visual arts lessons were also found to improve children’s visual and spatial memory. Schools have prioritized academic learning […]

04/04/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Yes, you can exercise your brain to dramatically improve cognitive performance

According to the results of a study, if a group of participants is instructed to perform “an effective strategy for a working memory training task,” they are able to immediately improve their performance similarly to individuals who have taken part in a typical working memory training without strategy instructions for a month or longer. Based on the study, […]

02/05/2018 / By Russel Davis

Understanding what causes brain fog and how to treat it

The scientific community defined cognitive dysfunction, more commonly known as brain fog, as a mental condition characterized by bouts of confusion or reduced levels of clarity. The disorder was known to affect both men and women across all age groups. In fact, data from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) showed that between three percent and 42 percent of U.S. adults age 65 years and […]

01/22/2018 / By Russel Davis

A radish-like plant from India proven to effectively relieve depression symptoms

A study published in the African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines revealed that ethanolic extracts obtained from Raphanus caudatus L., more commonly known as rat-tail radish or tail-pod radish, may hold potential in alleviating depression. A team of Pakistani researchers examined the effects of the plant extracts on male albino mice as part of the study. The […]

12/04/2017 / By Zoey Sky

Lupus and mental health: New study discovers the disease doubles the risk of dementia, regardless of age

Sometime between 2012 and 2014, singer and actress Selena Gomez was diagnosed with lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease where the body’s immune system attacks healthy tissue. According to a recent study, patients with lupus have double the risk of dementia. The study comes after earlier research which determined that patients with lupus can suffer from memory and […]

11/28/2017 / By Zoey Sky

How meditation works: It synchronizes key regions in the brain, improving cognitive functions

Meditation can do more than help you relax after a long day. According to an article by Christina Sarich at the Waking Times, several Boston University researchers have discovered how to activate the two areas of the brain that can “turbo charge” cognitive functioning, or certain cerebral processes that pertain to knowledge and how we […]

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