A family gathering this Thanksgiving may feel like reality TV survival show if you have autoimmunity and politically polarized family members. Stress, anger, and fear trigger an inflammatory immune response that can rage on for weeks, flaring attacks against your tissue and sending inflammation coursing through your body and brain. This brings not only your [...]
Although weâve all read the stories about marriage being good for your health, a  bad marriage  is bad your health. In fact, bad marriages are far worse for you than healthy marriages are good for you. In other words, if your marriage is a constant stressor, youâll lower your risk of chronic disease either going it alone [...]
A recent study showed what functional neurologists have long since observed â obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is linked to brain inflammation. Imaging showed brain inflammation was more than 30 percent higher in subjects with OCD compared to the control group. The study also found the greater the inflammation the more severe the stress and anxiety around avoiding [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL Awareness has increased about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the destructive and far-reaching consequences it can have on a personâs life. However, itâs helpful to distinguish between PTSD and complex PTSD (CPTSD), which the World Health Organization recently formally recognized. CPTSD largely affects victims of childhood abuse. Official recognition [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL Thanks to science and public awareness, we know environmental pollution from industry harms our health. Same goes with tobacco. But did you know âsocial pollutionâ is just as harmful? Social pollution refers to the long hours, lack of economic security, high cost of health care, exhaustion, surviving in a [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL Young people are more connected than ever thanks to myriad social media and gaming platforms, yet a new study shows they are also the loneliest generation studied. This is troubling as loneliness is linked with an increased risk of health disorders, including heart disease, stroke, cancer, and other immune [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL The drug companies wonât call it withdrawal, but âdiscontinuation syndromeâ is a serious and sometimes debilitating problem for many people trying to wean off antidepressant or anti-anxiety meds. Whatâs worse, most patients are not warned about this possibility when they start taking the drugs. A New York Times analysis [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL While popular brain training gadgets and apps have their place, donât overlook an age-old strategy to optimize brain health: Walking. Humans are unique from the rest of the animal kingdom because of our ability to walk upright on two legs, a development that profoundly evolved our brains compared to [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL Popular culture relates post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to male war vets, but the truth is PTSD affects about twice as many women than men, women develop more symptoms, and PTSD lasts longer in women than men. A 2017 study showed that men are more likely to experience general traumatic [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL From the moment a newborn is placed on its motherâs stomach, feels the touch of its parents, and roots and suckles to nurse, the stimulation to the brain from this physical contact is laying the foundation for future brain health and function. In other words, the human brain needs [...]
