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Protecting Our Brains: TBIs, Concussions, and Everyday Healing
With Dr. Jeremy Schmoe
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are most often connected to sports-related trauma, yet nearly half occur in everyday life from incidents such as slips, falls, and even infections. The good news: There’s hope for healing. Jeremy Schmoe, DC, joins us to talk about how to identify abnormalities and the ways we can better support our brains.
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NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: This Is Your Brain on Screens
How digital devices affect our mental health.
Emotional Biochemistry
Like it or not, emotions share some very real biochemical links with your nervous, endocrine, immune and digestive systems. Isn't it time you learned something about how your body responds to what you feel—and vice versa?
NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: 7 Ways to Boost Serotonin Levels — and Your Mood — This Summer
When the temperature rises, serotonin levels may fall, along with your mood. Turn down the heat with these Ayurveda-inspired tips.
Can EMDR Change Your Brain?
Why eye movement desensitization and reprocessing — or EMDR — may help treat trauma.
Can Psychedelics Change Your Brain?
New research is exploring how natural and synthetic psychedelics affect the brain.
Sleep: Your Guide to a Better Brain and Body
Sleep debt can cause catastrophic effects on your body and mind. Here's what happens when when you miss out on sleep — plus how to get more of it.
PUMPING IRONY: Drink to Your (Brain) Health?
Recent research suggesting that poor hydration may be impairing cognitive function in older women has me wondering why thirst-averse geezers like me are somehow spared.
Fish Oil: Health Benefits of Supplementing for Your Body and Brain
Think omega-3's are all hype? Learn the numerous health benefits that can come from supplementing with a high-quality fish oil.
PUMPING IRONY: This Is Your Brain on Drugs
For this drug-averse geezer, recent research suggesting that long-term use of certain pharmaceuticals may contribute to dementia makes me even less likely to follow my doctor’s advice.
What You Need to Know About Addiction and the Brain
Addiction is common — and it's complicated.
Healthy Heart = Healthy Brain for Seniors?
Tending to your cardiovascular health may ward off dementia in seniors, a recent study says.
PUMPING IRONY: Strength in Numbers
A new study suggests that life in an empty nest may be bad for the brain.
How Exercise Can Alleviate Depression, Anxiety, and Stress
Why going for a run helps balance our brain chemistry — and improve our mood.
This Is Your Brain on Exercise
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.
The Sour Truth About Sweet Fruit
In his new book, Genius Foods, Max Lugavere talks about which foods to embrace — and avoid — for optimal brain health.
Do Smartphones Undermine Short-Term Memory?
The research around smartphones and memory is complicated, but many studies have shown that writing things down improves comprehension.
PUMPING IRONY: Sleeping and Forgetting
New research suggests that harmonizing our aging brain waves may help us store new memories for the long-term, but it’s a notion that becomes less useful the older we get.
How to ADHD-Proof Your Home
Here are some decorating tips that might make ADHD easier to manage.