Author: Ward

What will change everything?

“What game-changing scientific ideas and developments do you expect to live to see?” Over the last several years the Edge organization asks a question to many of the leading intellects and on January 1 of the New Year releases the experts personal answer. I have enjoyed pondering each year’s question and reading the thoughts of…

A possible stimulating treatment for many of the ‘lifestyle’ diseases

Image via Wikipedia Lifestyle diseases are the ones we induce on ourselves by how we live our lives. They include being overweight/obese, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, type II diabetes (really a spectrum here), all leading to increased cardiovascular disease (and a number of other deadly diseases such as cancer, but to a lesser amount). The…

Tis the season…

During the seasonal celebrations I think it can be wise to reflect a bit about life – to improve our brain health. One way to attempt this is by asking yourself what you are thankful for? Here are just a few examples of what I am thankful for (including the mundane). Family and Friends: I…

Brain Health Hacks 2009 plan

While this blog is only approximately 8 months old, coming close to the year’s end has made me contemplate what direction I will take this blog. I have mainly been reporting on a wide variety of the latest  research that has an impact on ones brain’s health. For 2009 along with the traditional important research…

Every other day fasting dramatically improves survival rate after heart failure

Image via Wikipedia Intermittent fasting dramatically improves survival rate in an animal heart attack model. Dietary restriction, in its various forms (the two main forms are a 30-40% reduction in calories called calorie restriciton (CR), and every-other-day fasting (EODF)), increases lifespan in a wide array of organisms (we have known this since the 1920s). More…