I have posted this on social media a few times each year, usually around championship time for a professional sport. [Jon Bonjovi, from an episode of Oprah’s Master Class]–“Nothing makes me more angry or more sad, than to see somebody’s dream...

meditation vs brain cell loss [a.k.a. aging] “A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that meditation may slow brain aging. The amygdala—a heterogenous brain region known to decrease in volume with increasing age—seems to be involved in meditation and...

“Adverse childhood experiences are associated with poor health outcomes in adulthood including obesity, psychiatric symptoms, and elevated levels of inflammatory markers.” ‘ “Our previous work found adverse childhood experiences are associated...

“Increased microglial/macrophage transcripts are found in the midbrains of people with a neuroinflammatory subtype of schizophrenia.” ‘ “…..it is unknown in which immune cell population these transcripts are mostly expressed, nor do we...

“In older adults without cognitive impairment with higher levels of brain amyloid-β, physical inactivity was associated with accelerated accumulation of tau pathology and faster cognitive and functional decline.” ‘ “These findings suggest that...

“Chronic fatigue syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by persistent fatigue. Previous studies have shown structural and functional brain alterations in chronic fatigue syndrome patients.” ‘ “Chronic fatigue syndrome patients...