Brain Health Hacks

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What is the age barrier to genius – I...

The great genius Einstein once said, “A person who has not made his great contribution to science before the age of 30 will never do so.” However, new research might prove the great Einstein wrong, and that nowadays more and more of the genius level accomplishment are not reached until far later in life. Read more »
Chemo Brain, Chemo Fog, in Breast Can...

Chemo Fog, or chemo brain is reported by many cancer patients, but doctors tend to ignore it since they put most of their concentration of treating the cancer. [..]
Alzheimer’s disease: omega-3 and exer...

Fish and/or exercise to help Alzheimer’s disease? Alzheimer’s disease background: Alzheimer’s disease is the leading neurodegenerative dementia disorder. In most cases Alzheimer’s does not appear until after the [..]
Weekend’s Better Brain Health B...

The power of love and friends for your health Staying married or good social connections can help you live longer are covered in this Washington post article. I [..]
Are there differences between physica...

Does physical decline directly mirror cognitive decline? In a previous post I pointed out how after the age of 25 the brain is losing a proportion of its [..]
Can mindful meditation reverse brain ...

Meditation for brain health As we age our brain slowly starts shrinking (and this starts by the age of 25), can we do anything to help slow or [..]
Reverse your brain aging: How to take...

Reverse the brain aging process Wouldn’t it be great to reverse the age accumulated damage to your brain, stop the shrinking of your brain? Sound like marketing hype, [..]
Weekend’s Better Brain Health B...

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Are good looking people also smarter? Would this be prove how fair the world is if on average the best looking people [..]
How to open your mind and put it in a...

Do you want to play? Do you want a simple brain hack to make you playful, increase your amusement, make you laugh inside? In today’s world we might [..]
Can working on puzzles ‘widen&#...

Chasing the “Aha” of puzzle solving We have all chased the “Aha” moment that occurs when coming up with a solution to the problem and felt how good [..]

Category Archives: cancer

Chemo Brain, Chemo Fog, in Breast Cancer Patients is Real

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Ward Plunet | Permalink 0

Chemo Fog, or chemo brain is reported by many cancer patients, but doctors tend to ignore it since they put most of their concentration of treating the cancer. [..]

cancer

Sirt1 and aging: fighting wars on two fronts

Posted on November 27, 2008 by Ward | Permalink 0

A new paper just out in Cell by the Sinclair group gives us some intriguing but sobering information about aging and genomic integrity. The new twist to the [..]

cancer, genetics, lifespan, longevity aging, cancer, catch-22, sirt1

Lance Armstrong comeback to the Tour de France – not for the money but to further raise cancer awareness and funding

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Ward | Permalink Comments Off

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Lance Armstrong – cancer survivor and 7 time Tour de France winner is coming out of retirement at age 37 to compete [..]

cancer cancer, comeback, Lance Armstrong, science funding