Ok..we may be jumping the gun because this is a rat study (here is a study PETA can’t complain about!). But hey…if it turns out to not work in humans are you really going to go stamping angrily to the authors and complain? Despite the old adage about losing brain cells in college, our brains really do […]
I’m not sure where along the process caffeine got such a bad rap. I continue to see suggestions to avoid caffeinated products like coffee and tea. I can understand if someone has adrenal fatigue and needs an IV directly from the coffee pot just to get started in the AM, but other than that the […]
We generally think of cognitive loss and dementia as something that strikes the elderly. It’s something your parents have to deal with. I don’t think I’ve ever had a patient ask me for help with a parent who was diagnosed with dementia that was at all concerned with his or her own long-term brain health. […]
Sure, you know that a daily meth habit will fry your brain. But what if over half of 40-somethings had brain damage? Couldn’t be possible, right? Alzheimer’s dementia, memory loss, cognitive decline, Parkinson’s…these all happen to OLDER people, so you’re safe. You gave up the obvious brain-damaging behaviors after college and you’re pretty sure your neurons […]
CAN THIS SIMPLE ACT PROTECT AGAINST LOSING YOUR MIND? Again beating a dead horse here…the benefits of Vit D are truly too many to count. This particular study looked at the risk of cognitive decline and Vit D levels in the blood in those older than 65 yoa and found that those with < 25 […]
