Many of you may have read my blog last Thursday, talking about Terry Bradshaw. Daniel Amen, MD has conducted studies on former NFL players, finding that many of the professional football players exhibited significant differences in their brain functioning that was consistent with chronic brain trauma. Many of these players were depressed and overweight when […]
Terry Bradshaw, the NFL, and New Brain Science Research
An article about Terry Bradshaw has just caught my attention – partly because I somewhat follow NFL football (the Patriots, Giants and Colts), but more because of it’s connection to the brain. On Monday, Bradshaw spoke out about the effect that his numerous concussions have had on his general cognitive functioning. He sustained more than […]
Aging and the Brain: Highlights from the Inner Reaches of Neuroscience
Many of us work with elderly people, either in our practices or in our personal lives. And of course, some of us are also getting closer to retirement ourselves and are starting to think about issues of brain deterioration in a more personal light. The field of neuroscience is exploding with new revelations from the […]
Want a Fresher Brain? Then Go to Bed Earlier
Our ancestors didn’t have televisions or even electricity. When it got dark, candles may have come out for a while, but before too long it was “lights out” for most people. With the advent of technology, nature no longer has to dictate our sleeping schedule, though perhaps it still should. A new paper out of […]
Your Brain is What You (and Your Mother) Eat
There have been lots of studies showing that kids are more likely to be overweight or “sugar-holics” if their parents, particularly their mothers, are. Many of these studies have based their conclusions on the role that mothers play in selecting foods for the household and in building awareness (or the lack thereof) of good nutrition […]
Thanks to Our Global Community
In the course of any company’s life, many staff/workers/employees would feel blessed to know that they are making a difference. Those of us here at NICABM are humbled and gratified to report that more than 4,900 listeners from 61 countries all around the world listened to our first teleseminar from the New Brain Science 2011 […]
Patients with Unbearable Hot Flashes? Try Cool Hypnosis
For many menopausal women, hot flashes are the bane of their existence. While there’s more to the experience of menopause than hot flashes, they’ve become the most recognizable sound-bite to sum up what most women find so unpleasant. There are a number of pharmaceutical options out there for addressing hot flashes, but little by little […]
Osteoporosis and Women’s Body Fat: All Fat Isn’t the Same
Not all fat is the same. All of us have heard about the difference between saturated fats and unrefined vegetable fats. But it isn’t as often that we talk about the health differences in body fats. Visceral, or intra-abdominal fat, is located deep under the muscle tissue in the abdominal cavity and has been linked […]
Antioxidants: Are They Good for Fertility?
When I’ve spoken with people who were trying to get pregnant, one common problem they all mentioned was the staggering amount of inconsistent information about how to increase their chances of getting pregnant.
The truth is, there are a lot of unanswered fertility questions still waiting for the scientific community to tackle.
But on the other hand, we’ve come a long way in obtaining fertility for couples who a generation ago would have never been able to have biological children.
US Women Failing Government’s Health Goals
Every ten years, an interagency working group within the US government develops health goals for the country to work toward. First, the good news: The number of women in the nation receiving mammograms, the number being screened for colorectal cancer, and the number that had annual dental exams met or exceeded national goals for 2010. […]