Big things are happening for the humble marijuana (or cannabis) plant. On July 21, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced a bill to legalize marijuana at the federal level with Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.). Booker released a statement on the bill on July 21, saying this can undo the damage…
How Modern Marijuana Changes the Brain
August 1, 2022
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When Eyes Meet, Brains Get to Work
New research charts the surprisingly widespread response in multiple brain areas when the eyes of two individuals meet and social gaze interaction happens. “There are strong robust signals in the brain that are signatures of an interactive social gaze,” says Steve Chang, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at Yale University, a member of the…
Is the Basis of Alzheimer’s Research Fundamentally Flawed?
Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia. It is named after German pathologist Alois Alzheimer, who discovered what is believed to be the distinctive feature of the disease–plaques and other protein deposits–in the brain of a deceased patient in 1906. In the 1980s, a protein called amyloid beta (Aβ) was identified as the main component…
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…
Game of Thrones Star Emilia Clarke Is Missing ‘Quite a Bit’ of Her Brain. How Can People Survive and Thrive After Brain Injury?
In a recent interview, “Game of Thrones” star Emilia Clarke spoke about being able to live “completely normally” after two aneurysms—one in 2011 and one in 2013—that caused brain injury. She went on to have two brain surgeries. An aneurysm is a bulge or ballooning in the wall of a blood vessel, often accompanied by…
Weight Loss Favourite May Be Key to Treating Schizophrenia
A diet that involves swapping carbohydrates for fat may be prescribed as therapy for severe mental health conditions, including bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and major depressive disorders. Australian researchers have begun undertaking a new clinical trial examining whether ketogenic or “keto” therapy—which typically provides less than ten percent of the daily energy intake as carbohydrates—may be…
Your Medicine is in Your Pantry
July 31, 2022
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Food has been the medicine of humanity since the dawn of time. Many herbs that we associate only with seasoning our food are, in fact, potent herbal medicines. The distinction between herbal food and herbal medicine is actually quite subjective. There is a wide area of overlap with the two categories. If you think of all the…
Does a Ketogenic Diet Help Diabetes or Make It Worse?
Keto diets put to the test for diabetes reversal. The reason keto proponents claim they can “reverse” diabetes is that they can successfully wean type 2 diabetics off their insulin. Keto Diets and Blood Sugar Ketogenic diets can certainly lower blood sugars, better than conventional diets—so much so, there is a keto product company that claims…
A Second Look at Apricot Kernel (Laetrile) Therapy
Not many natural cancer treatments have been as controversial as laetrile, a substance derived from the seeds of apricots. But make no mistake, the heated debate over the effectiveness of apricot kernel therapy (laetrile therapy) in treating cancer has not died down as conventional medical doctors and holistically minded experts go toe-to-toe in heated debates….
How Having a Concussion Can Damage Your Digestion
July 31, 2022
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Several years ago, Brooke Gottlieb started having a plethora of gastrointestinal digestive issues that baffled her doctors. In high school at the time, Gottlieb was a competitive lacrosse player. She was used to dealing with sore muscles, bruises, and joint pain. Her tummy troubles began after she had a serious concussion playing lacrosse. But it…
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