By Marc Courtiol For anyone over 30, the effects of aging can be felt in a number of ways, perhaps none more frustrating than those affecting brain health. Slow thinking, difficulty remembering, poor concentration, inability to multitask-all are natural symptoms of declining brain health. But do we have to accept them? Can good habits and [...]
By Marc Courtiol Anyone who has seriously tried meditation knows that it can be beneficial in a number of ways, but these benefits are not always easy to pinpoint. According to Buddhist thought, it is wrong to meditate specifically to benefit oneself, and practitioners are taught not to have goals in mind during meditation, as [...]
Keeping your brain as well as your body active is very important and there are ways to boost your brain power that will keep you clever for years to come.
Those wise old herbs known as sage and rosemary are to be eaten if you wish to grow old and wise. Studies have shown how sage and rosemary actually do enhance brain function. We may not know all the ‘know it’ when it comes to herbal properties but we know enough to recommend it for [...]
by Robert Ullman (This material is excerpted from our new book, A Drug-Free Approach to Asperger Syndrome and Autism: Homeopathic Care for Exceptional Kids.: Edmonds, Washington: Picnic Point Press. 2005) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] An Epidemic of Autism Spectrum Disorder Current research indicates (ASD) has become an epidemic and that the rates are rising. We are speaking [...]
IF YOU’RE MIRED in a sense of hopelessness and with the rate at which serotonin reuptake inhibitors fly off the apothecary’s shelf, there’s a good chance you’ve been through that town-you may want to consider exercise as an alternative to expensive therapy or medication. According to a survey of 13,000 adults published in the Canadian [...]
Has St. John’s wort been decanonized? The herb, which is used on a regular basis by more than 1.5 million Americans, showed “remarkably negative” results in treating major depression, according to a double-blind study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The research, described as the most scientifically rigorous on the subject to [...]
Do you think you can avoid Alzheimer’s? Many people think mental health is more important than physical health. We desire to keep our brains sharp and focus while remaining relax, calm and comfortable with our emotions. If you are living healthy by getting exercise, eating foods with proper nutrition and drinking good quality water, then [...]
Sweets may decrease production of glucocorticoid, a stress-related hormone that has been linked to obesity and decreased immune response, researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC) have found. “Glucocorticoids are produced when psychological or physical stressors activate a part of the brain called the ‘stress axis,’” says Yvonne Ulrich-Lai, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the [...]
In the waiting room in my clinic, there is a poster that says “Self Forgiveness is Essential for Healing”. A patient once asked me what it means and why I put it up there. There are two main reasons why I put the poster up. Firstly, I want my patients to realise that some physical [...]