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Covid-19’s Possible Long Term Effects on the Brain
Post-2020, our attention is divided among saving lives, minimizing the spread of the virus, preventing severe illness related to Covid-19, and dealing with the long-term consequences in people who have survived after infection.
What is Wet Brain?
Excessive drinking and alcoholism can lead to brain diseases such as dementia and wet brain while also impairing neuroplasticity and brain healing.
How Autism Affects The Brain
Regardless of the symptoms and how autism affects the brain, individuals with autism spectrum disorder also have a variety of strengths and abilities.
How Garlic Can Prevent Brain Aging
Garlic, the handy all-purpose herb, can prevent brain-aging, support your gut health, and balance your overall health.
3 Ways to Take Charge of Your Brain and Be Ready for The Rest of 2021
In a continuing effort to move forward from trauma in 2021, let’s start by taking charge of something that can change your life … YOUR BRAIN.
Pets And A Healthy Brain: Why Pets Are Great for Mental Health
Humans aren’t meant to live in isolation, especially during high-stress moments. But if you’re looking for healthy companionship, look no further than a pet.
What is Neuroplasticity and How Does it Help your Brain Health and Wellness?
I talk about neuroplasticity quite a bit in my day-to-day practice with patients and believe that neuroplasticity is critical to achieving optimal brain health and overall wellness for yourself.
What is the Difference Between a Stroke vs. TIA?
Often times, stroke and TIA (transient ischemic attack) are associated with each other and can be mistakenly taken as the same thing. While there are similarities to the mechanisms behind both, they are very much so two different things.
5 Effects of Coffee on the Brain and Body
While we value our $5 lattes to give us a kick start to our day, we don’t talk about the effects it may be having on our body, specifically our brain.
Our Brief Guide to Autism: The 3 Most Common Signs
In fact, the variety of symptoms that people with autism can have is based on how different areas of their brains have developed. It all adds up to three categories of symptoms that we typically see to varying degrees in someone with autism.
How are Alzheimer’s and Dementia related?
When people think of Alzheimer’s, they think of those who’s brains are deteriorating and as a result they are losing their cognitive functions including their memories.
VIDEO: What is a Stroke?
Dr. Douyon breaks down the basics of what happens in our brain when somebody has a stroke.
What is MS: We explain Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis or MS is an autoimmune disease which impacts the nervous system, the brain and spinal cord.
The 7 Most Common Myths Associated with Strokes
Do strokes only affect the elderly? Are strokes painful? We have the real answers to these myths about strokes.
How are Seizures and Epilepsy Different?
The way that neurons, the cells in the brain, communicate is through electricity. When someone has a seizure, there is a burst of electrical activity occurring in the brain, almost like a short circuit.
Why Parkinson’s is More than a Movement Disorder
When people think of Parkinson’s disease they think of a movement disorder and they’re right. However, Parkinson’s disease has a lot more to it.
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