- Hormones -
How Exercise Can Alleviate Depression, Anxiety, and Stress
By Michael DregniWhy going for a run helps balance our brain chemistry — and improve our mood.
Brain/Mental Health
This Is Your Brain on Exercise
By Michael DregniThe benefits of physical activity are more than muscle-deep. Moving your body builds and conditions your gray matter, making you smarter, happier, and more resilient.
- Functional Medicine -
How to Prevent Migraines
By Pamela WeintraubNew research offers promising treatments for these extreme headaches.
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: Mind Games
By Craig CoxWill simple absent-mindedness soon be classified as pre-Alzheimer’s?
- Gut Health -
The Sour Truth About Sweet Fruit
By Max LugavereIn his new book, Genius Foods, Max Lugavere talks about which foods to embrace — and avoid — for optimal brain health.
- Digital Detox -
Do Smartphones Undermine Short-Term Memory?
By Jon SpaydeThe research around smartphones and memory is complicated, but many studies have shown that writing things down improves comprehension.
- Functional Medicine -
A Whole-Person Approach to Treating Depression
By Quinton SkinnerDepression is not all in your head. Here are nonpharmaceutical, lifestyle-based ways to treat depression from the ground up.
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: Ageism and Alzheimer’s
By Craig CoxRecent research links negative perceptions of aging to dementia, but that’s not the only reason to stay upbeat as you grow old.
- Personal Development -
How Adversity Can Lead to Personal Growth
By Emily Esfahani SmithIn the face of hardship, some people manage to find deeper meaning and purpose. Discover the factors of post-traumatic growth.
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: Sleeping and Forgetting
By Craig CoxNew research suggests that harmonizing our aging brain waves may help us store new memories for the long-term, but it’s a notion that becomes less useful the older we get.
How to ADHD-Proof Your Home
By Terena BellHere are some decorating tips that might make ADHD easier to manage.
- Gut Health -
ADHD: A Nutritional Tune-Up
By Pamela WeintraubHere are nine ways to use nutrition to help children with ADHD and ADD.
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: Come to Your Senses
By Craig CoxNew research suggests that a declining sense of smell, taste, touch, vision, or hearing may lead to an early grave. I’d suggest it’s simply a natural consequence of growing old.
What to Do After a Head Injury
By Michael DregniIf you or a loved one suffer a blow to the head, follow this advice from a functional neurologist (and former stuntman).
- Sports/Recreation -
The New Science of Concussions
By Michael DregniAs doctors learn more about their consequences, people who have suffered traumatic brain injuries are finding renewed hope.
- Workouts -
Train Your Body, Train Your Brain
By Nicole RadziszewskiGet stronger and smarter with this functional routine that improves balance, coordination, power, and mental acuity.
- Aging -
PUMPING IRONY: Lift and Learn
By Craig CoxI may have to adjust my opinion of bodybuilders after new research suggests resistance training strengthens the aging brain.
- Sports/Recreation -
CTE Found in 99 Percent of NFL Players Studied
By Michael DregniWe talk to forensic pathologist Bennet Omalu, MD, about the brain disease he discovered.
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: Try Counting Sheep
By Craig CoxNearly half of the senior set isn’t getting enough sleep, but efforts to address the problem seem to be more entertaining than effective.
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: Gut Instincts
By Craig CoxNew research suggests we can live longer by altering conditions in our microbiome, but who wants to spend a few extra years fixating on their bowels?
- Gut Health -
Psychobiotics: Using Gut Bacteria to Treat Mental Illness
By Michael DregniCan probiotics and prebiotics improve our mental well-being?