Category: BRAIN

Depression, Stress, Anxiety on the Rise Since COVID-19 Pandemic: What Can We Do?

Mental health is an essential part of our well-being that affects how we think, feel, and act. People with impaired mental health have difficulties handling stress, making choices, and relating to others.  The number of people with mental disorders has increased in the past two decades, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. By the end of…


Regular Consumption of This Helps Keep Alzheimer’s at Bay

The cause of Alzheimer’s disease may be related to gut microbiota disorders, and a regular consumption of one type of food helps people stay away from this disease. Lipopolysaccharide Is a Major Culprit of Alzheimer’s Disease American and Canadian scientists have recently published a study in the journal Frontiers in Neurology. They have discovered a…


Too Little Sleep May Harm Young Kids’ Brains

For peak performance, school-age children need more than a healthy diet and exercise. They also need plenty of sleep. A new study finds that elementary school kids who get less than nine hours of sleep each night show significant differences in some brain regions responsible for memory, intelligence and well-being compared to those who get…


A Well-Aged Mind: Maintaining Your Cognitive Health

Getting older can bring many changes, both physically and mentally. Even when you’re healthy, your brain and body start slowing down. Maintaining your cognitive health—the ability to clearly think, learn, and remember—is important for your overall well-being. Many things influence cognitive health. Your genes, lifestyle, and environment can all impact your thinking skills and ability…


Could Sleeping in This Position Protect Your Brain From Decline?

Lou Gehrig’s disease—also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—is devastating. It took the life of my classmate, Stephen Heywood, when he was just 37 years old. A young dad, Heywood did not get to watch his son grow up. This disease does not affect the mind but it does affect the motor neurons (the cells in…


COVID-19 Can Make the Brain Age by 2 Decades; Here’s 1 Way to Reverse Aging

A new British study recently found that the original SARS-CoV-2 virus (i.e. Wuhan strain) can impair cognitive ability in a way equivalent to making the brain age by two decades. Currently, 67 percent of the world’s population has been vaccinated against the COVID-19 pandemic. Is it possible that the vaccines themselves can also cause aging…


‘God Created a Brain in My Head’: Boy Born Without a Brain Gets Healed, Inspires Others Toward Faith

Over four decades ago, a God-loving family and nurse refused to give up on a baby boy born without a brain. They chose to pray, believing that a miracle would happen. And it did. Today, he is an evangelist minister with a powerful testimony and is leading others to faith in God. Jacob Phillips, 44,…


Drinking Gives 0 Health Benefits for Adults Under 40: Study

Young adults should not drink at all, as even limited alcohol consumption poses a risk, according to a new global study. An analysis of estimated alcohol use in 204 countries in 2020 by the Global Burden of Disease, published in The Lancet, suggests that for young adults aged 15 to 39, drinking alcohol gave no…


Drinking Gives Zero Health Benefits for Adults Under 40: Study

Young adults should not drink at all, as even limited alcohol consumption poses a risk, according to a new global study. An analysis of estimated alcohol use in 204 countries in 2020 by the Global Burden of Disease, published in The Lancet, suggests that for young adults aged 15 to 39, drinking alcohol gave no…


These Foods May Help Repair Damaged DNA in Your Brain

Research has found that psychiatric disorders are linked to DNA damage in our brain. Anxiety is the most common mental disorder, affecting 40 million adults in the United States, according to Anxiety & Depression Association of America (ADAA). The global pandemic only exacerbated the situation. A March 2022 report by the World Health Organization said…