CHICAGO (Reuters) – Despite some recent dramatic failures, Alzheimer’s disease researchers say they have never been more encouraged by the wealth of promising new treatments being studied for the brain-wasting disease. “Twenty years ago we were at zero,” said Dr. Steven DeKosky of the University of Pittsburgh, who has been studying the problem of [...]
Filed under: Body, Mind on August 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
Do you ever get so busy with the details of your life and the countless things you need to complete, that you end up feeling exhausted and disconnected? The result: Your mind becomes clouded and unable to focus and you start to make poor decisions regarding your priorities. You end up working hard instead of [...]
Filed under: Mind, Mood on August 3rd, 2008 | 1 Comment »
ScienceDaily (July 18, 2008) — A drug once approved as an antihistamine in Russia improved thinking processes and ability to function in patients with Alzheimer’s disease in a study conducted there, said an expert at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. The findings are published in the journal The Lancet. “More research is needed, but [...]
Filed under: Mind on July 21st, 2008 | No Comments »
CHILDREN have a lot to contend with these days, not least a tendency for their pushy parents to force-feed them omega-3 oils at every opportunity. These are supposed to make children brainier, so they are being added to everything from bread, milk and pasta to baby formula and vitamin tablets. But omega-3 is just the [...]
Filed under: Mind on July 21st, 2008 | No Comments »
No matter how powerful our brains are, they need recuperation time, to be kept in shape, and even an occasional charge. Think of it as a tune up for your brain. Skipping brain maintenance is as silly as the person wandering the parking garage because they forgot where they parked. Is that you? Are [...]
Filed under: Mind on June 26th, 2008 | No Comments »
