Dr. Roger Wong: Insomnia, Sleeping Pills, and the Brain
Research shows that getting enough healthy sleep can reduce the risk of dementia. It cleans contaminants from the brain, and in fact, it’s so…
Research shows that getting enough healthy sleep can reduce the risk of dementia. It cleans contaminants from the brain, and in fact, it’s so…
“If it’s good for your heart, it’s good for your brain.” This is long-standing wisdom in the medical community, says Dr. Gregory Jicha, a neurology…
Drexel University emeritus professor of medicine Arnold R. Eiser discusses the impact of environmental pollution on our brains. In the summer of 2021, a…
Dementia affects around 50 million people worldwide, with nearly 10 million new cases each year, according to the WHO (a figure that is expected…
Sleep seems to play a big — though still mysterious — role in brain health. And mounting research is pointing to a strong link…
During the 19 years of the Vietnam War, the United States waged a roughly decade-long “herbicidal warfare” program — Operation Ranch Hand. In this…
Mounting research indicates that as many as 40 percent of dementia cases may be preventable with lifestyle intervention. Accordingly, lifestyle factors like a healthy diet…
Cardiovascular health and brain health go hand in hand. For instance: studies show that having a stroke doubles the chance a person will develop…
“Are nonstick pans toxic”? “Can aluminum cookware cause dementia?” “Are my scratched pans still safe?” That’s just a sample of a few worrying headlines…
Sure, your run-of-the-mill, every day stress and worry may be associated with dementia. But just as depression bears a well-known link to dementia, including…
Of the 30 million living with Alzheimer’s worldwide, two thirds are women. While it was previously thought that it was because women lived longer,…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. A man in a bright yellow shirt…
Without good sleep, getting through the day is a challenge — especially in stressful times. Beyond the day-to-day, unrestful sleep is linked to hypertension,…
Over 30 million people live with Alzheimer’s disease worldwide, making it the most common form of dementia. Two thirds of those diagnoses are women….
After coming down with the flu during the 1918 influenza pandemic, more than one million people developed a virus-induced form of Parkinson’s disease, with…