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Can Chiropractic Care Help Treat Vertigo?
There are two causes of vertigo — benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and cervicogenic vertigo — where chiropractic treatment may be effective for alleviating symptoms.
3 Ways to Eat for Mental Health
Try these nutritional strategies to support your psychological and emotional well-being.
What Is Metabolic Health, Anyway?
Gain an understanding of eight factors that can help you better understand your current metabolic health, including why each is important for longevity and vitality.
New Study Finds Microplastics Can Cross Blood-Brain Barrier
Our brains may be up to 0.5 percent plastic pollution — which may play a role in dementia — according to new research.
How Does Sugar Affect Mood?
Learn more about the effect that sugar and inflammation have on your mood.
Mapping the Brain’s Many Mystery Cells
Discover how researchers are linking brain-cell types to neuropsychiatric disorders like schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s.
8 Powerful Ways Exercise Benefits the Brain
The benefits of physical activity are more than muscle-deep. Moving your body builds and conditions your gray matter, making you smarter, happier, and more resilient.
Train Your Brain — and Improve Your Sports Performance — With Neuro Optimization
The next frontier in athletic performance? Neurological optimization. Here’s why.
Can Brain Retraining Help Me Recover From Long COVID?
Lingering symptoms from long COVID and other chronic-pain conditions might result from faulty feedback loops in the nervous system. Brain training can help resolve them.
Can Fish Oil Supplements Help Moderate the Inflammation Response?
The role of omega-3s in managing chronic inflammation and promoting long-term health.
Listen Up: Why Taking Care of Your Hearing Health Matters
One in four people are projected to have some degree of hearing loss by 2025, according to the World Health Organization — and hearing loss is connected to several deeper health impacts, including cognitive decline and cardiovascular function.
How Functional Neurology Can Improve Fitness Performance — For Everyday Athletes and Professionals Alike
Performing well in fitness endeavors takes consistent effort — yet even with persistent dedication, there may be underlying causes preventing you from performing at your best.
How to Treat Dizziness and Vertigo
A functional neurologist offers tips on diagnosing — and treating — dizziness and vertigo.
A Clearer View of Health: A Guide to Understanding Comprehensive Bloodwork
Learn about some additional blood markers you can have tested beyond the traditional panels and why they matter for painting a more complete picture of your current state of your health.
12 Key Nutrients for Mood Support
According to nutritional psychiatrist Drew Ramsey, MD, these are the most important nutrients for supporting your mental health.
8 Ways to Support Your Mental Health With Food
There are no instant solutions to mental health challenges, but a few relatively easy dietary interventions can help stabilize and improve your mood over time.
4 Ways That Nutrition Can Negatively Affect Our Mood
Building a solid nutritional foundation for mental health starts with recognizing how food may be contributing to low mood. These are some of the factors.
How to Keep Your Brain Healthy as You Age
Our brains age just like the rest of our bodies, and just like it’s important to care for our bodies so we can move functionally well for as long as possible, it’s also essential to do everything we can to maintain and support healthy brain function as the years pass by. With the current absence of effective treatment options for most neurological diseases, prevention really is the best treatment for them, and it’s never too early — or too late — to start. Edward Park, PhD, explains what to know about normal and abnormal brain aging, as well as the lifestyle strategies we have control over to support our brain health and help reduce the risk of decline and disease.
What Is Brain Fog?
Having trouble concentrating? Feeling confused and forgetful? You may be the victim of what’s become known as brain fog.
A Prescription for Frustration
With the FDA poised to approve the latest Alzheimer’s drug, a respected dementia expert suggests our healthcare system isn’t yet capable of employing it effectively.
Can Exercise Improve Memory?
The answer is nuanced, according to a recent study, but in general, people who are more active perform better on memory tests than people who are less active.