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Exercise and the Aging Brain
New research shows the importance of physical activity for brain health.
The Impact of Fast-Food Logos on Impatience
Researchers discover that just looking at fast-food logos can affect attitude and judgment.
Healthy-Brain Food
The foods you eat can have a major effect on your brain’s health.
Mind-Body Nutrition
Nutritional psychologist Marc David explains why our mental and emotional responses to food matter far more than we realize.
How Busy Moms Can Prioritize Health and Turn Exercise Into a Habit
Starting a fitness routine isn’t easy — especially for busy moms. Developing the mental strength to get you moving has to be step number one before fitness can become a lifelong habit.
Insights from Jill Bolte Taylor’s Stroke of Genius
Discover the transformative power of understanding the brain through Jill Bolte Taylor’s book, My Stroke of Insight. Follow Kris Carr’s journey of healing and self-discovery, finding inspiration in embracing life’s challenges and tapping into the body’s innate healing wisdom.
What Are the Possible Root Causes of Autism?
The incidence of autism is growing at an alarming rate. Experts are struggling to discover why. Slowly, a strange and complex picture is coming together. It suggests that autism’s mysterious mechanisms could ultimately reveal health truths relevant to us all.
The Distracted Adult: Life With ADD and ADHD
ADD is not just a childhood condition. Millions of adult Americans suffer from it, mostly undiagnosed. Here’s how to recognize its symptoms — and keep it from running your life.
A Path out of Depression
There’s a reason that most so-called primitive cultures have avoided the depression epidemic afflicting industrialized nations. In a provocative book, a clinical psychologist suggests that adopting more hunter-gatherer habits can help us escape the blues.
Upgrade Your Brain
Your brain changes over the course of your lifetime — for better or for worse. Here’s how to make the most of your gray matter.
Comfort Food for Your Brain
What you feed your body, you also feed your brain — sometimes to its detriment. Learn how to nourish your gray matter for more balanced moods, clearer thinking and a more fulfilling life.
Could Adult ADD Be Sabotaging Your Fitness Success?
Are your efforts to get in shape being distracted by Attention Deficit Disorder?