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Being a coffee drinker, and at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, as are we all, I was heartened by this study appearing in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. The researchers followed 1,409 individuals, aged 65-...

There’s been a lot of conversation out there about curcumin, the key ingredient in turmeric, and the possible role it plays in brain health and cognitive function. Turmeric, a member of the ginger family, i...

Earlier this month, the well-respected Journal of the American Medical Association published a report entitled: Added Sugar Intake and Cardiovascular Diseases Mortality Among US Adults. The report describes ...

Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 5.4 million Americans. But the number of individuals whose lives are forever changed by the emotional impact of experiencing the mental decline of a cherished loved one ...

We’ve all come to accept the notion that our brain will continue to shrink as we age. And nowhere is this decline more impactful than in the hippocampus, the brain’s memory center, one of the primary brain a...

If you follow my work, you know that I strongly advocate for making sure that your diet includes a hearty dose of omega-3 fats, the healthy ones we’ve replaced in our current diet with omega-6 fats. For me, ...

If you haven’t visited the Science section of my website recently, you may not have noticed that I recently added a link to Neurology, one of the most authoritative, and widely read, journals on the subject ...