Health and the Brain...
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Brain Size and Longevity
There has been debate for decades around how brain size relates to longevity. Studies seem to show a broad mix of results but the newest one from this year suggests...
Brain Skills: Ageing and Depression
An important health issue to consider is something that will eventually impact each of us – ageing. Ageing has key health connection to brain skills....
Coping With Parkinson's Disease
The Hollywood movie Awakenings and the book of the same name by neurologist Oliver Sacks, told a dramatic, true story of an event that at the time seemed little short of...
Helping in the Recovery Stages Following a Stroke
When a friend or relative suffers from a stroke, which can also be known as a brain attack, the consequences may be permanent or, with the help...
How a Fit Body Gives You a Fit Mind
A fit body brings many benefits but you may be surprised to learn just how many of these benefits are mental ones. Having a fit body not only provides wonderful...
How Blood Sugar Affects Memory
Preserving memory can be a challenge for many of us. While some people always seem to be sharp and have that coveted snapshot memory, others are lucky to remember...
How Medications Affect Brain Skills
Virtually all of us will have to take a medication at some point during our lifetime. Some of us may need a brief course of drug therapy while others have prolonged...
How Smoking Could Thin Your Brain
There are many reasons to quit smoking and a new study may now be providing yet another one. Researchers recently found that smokers were more likely to experience...
Magnetic Exposure and Brain Ability
There has been a great deal of media frenzy for decades around magnetic exposure and whether it causes any health effects. The debate continues and researchers...
Sleep and Intellectual Performance
It's hard to function properly when you're sleep deprived. Any parent of young children or junior doctor will testify to that. Most will also find themselves...
Supplements to Focus Your Mind?
With all the supplements on the market today, it can be a huge challenge to sort through all of the hype and claims about how to improve your health. While many...
What is a Stroke?
Strokes are the third commonest cause of death and the single most common cause of disability in the UK. They're commonest in the elderly, but can affect young...
What is Parkinson's Disease?
Parkinson's disease is a chronic progressive neurological disorder, caused by degeneration of nerve cells in the area of the brain that controls movement. The main...
What You Can do to Help the Recovery of a Stroke Patient
Strokes are the third most common killer in the Western world, ranking right behind heart disease and cancer. Throughout most of human history,...
