There is an old-wives tale floating out there that pregnancy women lose their ability to think, learn and remember things. Do pregnant women have memory problems? An Australian research team decided to study pregnant women to determine if the “baby brain†theory, that a woman’s ability to think was impaired when they got pregnant. The [...]
Each year more than 400 billion cups of coffee are consumed around the world. What impact does it have on our health? Caffeine has been shown to change the chemistry of the brain, including activating the pleasure centers and injecting more adrenaline into your system to make you more active and alert. Research suggests it [...]
Malignant cancer cells grow to form tumors. Tumors interfere with brain functions, like language difficulty, muscle control, concentration, slower reactions and weakened problem-solving abilities. Simple things like remembering names and faces, walking and setting a table can be challenging at the beginning for someone who has suffered through brain cancer and treatments that arise from [...]
People who are plagued with chronic pain dream of a day they can move pain-free. Often doctors are not able to pinpoint the source of the pain, so they prescribe medications to help alleviate the symptoms. Some medications give them a little relief, but often the medications have more side effects than relieve. Chronic pain [...]
According to a study by the Northwestern University Super Aging Project, there are some seniors who have been able to outsmart their peers and avoid any mental decline that usually occurs as we age. What makes them different from the majority? A certain amount of mental decline is normal as we age, but it seems [...]
Alright ladies, grab a Hot Pocket and bag of Cheetos and dive into this article!! Good news for overweight women – being overweight could help protect your brain! Finally someone has come up with a study that shows positive memory effects from being overweight. According to “Brain Structure and Obesity†an article included in the [...]
Studies all over are reporting that keeping your cell phone glued to your ear can cause brain damage? Can this be true? It seems everyone you see has a phone glued to his or her ears – no matter where you are. How much damage are these devices doing, and can it be reversed? If [...]
When we look at the news and hear stories of atrocities performed on humans, by humans, we wonder how people can do such a thing. How were so many Germans who gassed and tortured hundreds of thousands of people during the Holocaust able to live with themselves? Did they not have a conscious? What about [...]
Working memory exercises can not only improve memory and cognitive performance but strengthen connections in the brain that are essential for memory, according to a study from Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan. With the use of state-of-the-art technology for brain imaging known as fractional anisotropy, researchers based out of the laboratory of Dr. Ryuta Kawashima, [...]
Bottling up your emotions does not help your ability to memorize or retain memories, according to a study at Stanford University. Holding back emotions can actually poison you ability to make decisions, learn and perform certain functions. Researchers in the Stanford study, Drs. Jane Richards and James Gross, stated that although cardiovascular changes do occur [...]
