You may think that cognitive decline, dementia, and Alzheimer’s are just unavoidable parts of getting older. They’re not. Science has proven that dietary habits over your lifetime play…
A year and a half ago, I was sitting in a room with my mother and she didn’t know who I was. We were having a polite conversation,…
Memory is an active and ongoing process in your brain. It involves chemical and structural changes in brain cells and their connections at the moment you want to…
There’s no doubt about it. The modern world is bad for your brain. With restaurant food delivered right to your door 24-hours-a-day, never-ending dings and digital screens, 70-hour…
You need to stop by the grocery on the way home from work for two gotta-have items. One of the items is coffee, but you can’t think of…
Most of us have had a relative who’s struggled with dementia or age-related memory loss. It’s painful to watch anybody fade away like that. You may think that mental decline…
With depression and Alzheimer’s escalating to epidemic proportions, brain health is understandably a top concern for most everyone these days. From medications to meditation, people are seeking ways…
At around the age of 60, your brain slowly begins to shrink in volume. The cerebral cortex, responsible for most of your higher level brain function, is most affected.…
In the US today, about a staggering 5.3 million people have Alzheimer’s disease, and that figure is expected to triple by the year 2050, according to the Alzheimer’s…
Your brain can be your best friend or your worst enemy. With over five million Americans age 65 and older currently living with Alzheimer’s and that number is…
In the book, Turn of Mind, Alice Laplante tells the compelling story of a Dr. Jennifer White, a retired orthopedic surgeon, as she gradually disappears into the fog…