by Becky | Mar 23, 2018 | 2018, Aging, Antioxidants, Brain Health, Cognitive Health
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Those who supplemented with 900 mg of spearmint for 90 days had significantly improved working memory, mood and sleep quality compared to the control group. (more…)
by Becky | Mar 21, 2018 | 2017, Alzheimer's Disease, Brain Health, Cognitive Health, Resveratrol
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Supplementation with two grams of resveratrol significantly reduced proinflammatory markers and CSF Aß42 and slowed down cognitive decline in the thirty-eight participating subjects with Alzheimer’s disease. (more…)
by Becky | Mar 6, 2018 | 2011, Brain Health, Cardiovascular Health, Fruits and Vegetables, Stroke
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. A ten-year population study finds that white fruits and vegetables are inversely associated with the incidence of stroke. (more…)
by Becky | Mar 5, 2018 | 2016, Brain Health, DHA, Fish Oil Supplements, Stroke
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. A combination of Omega-3 fish oils and DHA significantly improved brain tissue recovery by increasing blood vessel and nerve tissue growth and spatial memory following induced ischemic stroke in a mouse model. (more…)
by Becky | Feb 27, 2018 | 2016, Alzheimer's Disease, Brain Health, Cognitive Health, Folic Acid & Folate
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Twelve months of folic acid supplementation significantly improved cognitive impairment and reduced homocysteine, inflammatory cytokines, and amyloid in the participating subjects compared to conventional treatment group. (more…)
by Becky | Feb 26, 2018 | 2017, Brain Health, Cardiovascular Health, Omega - 3, Stroke
Written by Joyce Smith, Staff Writer. Supplementation with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids significantly increased brain ratio of n-3 to n-6 fatty acids, improved brain repair and protected against long-term brain injury. (more…)
by Becky | Feb 14, 2018 | 2015, Alzheimer's Disease, Brain Health, Sleep
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. This study of 26 older adults demonstrated a significant association between beta-amyloid accumulation in the brain, a reduction in NREM slow wave activity (SWA), and an increase in memory impairment.
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by Becky | Feb 14, 2018 | 2017, Brain Health, Cognitive Health, Curcumin
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Theracurmin, a highly absorptive curcumin dispersed with colloidal nanoparticles, significantly improved memory performance and decreased the neuropathological accumulation of amyloid and tau in the brain amygdala and hypothalamus of the study participants. (more…)
by Becky | Feb 7, 2018 | 2013, Autism, Brain Health, Heavy Metals, Vaccines
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Neonatal mice, when injected with vaccine-adjuvant equivalent aluminum, experienced significant weight gain, anxiety, reduced exploratory behavior and locomotor activity compared to control mice. (more…)
by Becky | Feb 5, 2018 | 2017, Brain Health, Ginkgo Biloba, Stroke
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Participants who supplemented with Ginkgo biloba extract for six months had significant improvements in cognitive and neurological functioning after acute ischemic stroke. (more…)
by Becky | Jan 29, 2018 | 2017, Botanicals, Brain Health, Curcumin, Depression
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. All three doses of curcumin (high, low, and combined low dose/ saffron) significantly reduced depression and anxiety in the participating patients with major depressive disorder; however, adding saffron to low-dose curcumin did not enhance its effectiveness. (more…)
by Becky | Jan 29, 2018 | 2015, Botanicals, Brain Health, Depression
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Four weeks of crocin plus an antidepressive significantly improved symptoms of depression in the twenty participating subjects diagnosed with major depressive disorder. (more…)
by Becky | Dec 28, 2017 | 2016, Blood Pressure, Brain Health, Cardiovascular Health, Fruits and Vegetables
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Sixty ml of Montmorency tart cherry juice significantly elevated total hemoglobin and oxygenated hemoglobin and significantly reduced systolic blood pressure in 27 participating healthy 40-60 year olds, but did not improve cognition or mood. (more…)
by Becky | Dec 18, 2017 | 2017, Alternative Therapies, Brain Health, Parkinson's
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. Of the 73 participating patients with Parkinson’s disease, those who received 12-weeks of bee venom acupuncture experienced significant improvement of symptoms that lasted for 20 weeks while the symptoms of the sham acupuncture treatment group returned to baseline level. (more…)
by Becky | Dec 18, 2017 | 2017, Brain Health, Depression
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Four weeks of 15-minute daily sessions of 7000-lux white light significantly improved symptoms of depression in participating subjects with bipolar disorder. (more…)
by Becky | Dec 14, 2017 | 2017, Alternative Therapies, Brain Health, Fibromyalgia, Self-Care
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Eight weekly 2-hour workshops in meditation awareness training significantly improved fibromyalgia symptoms in the seventy-four participating subjects compared to the control group participants. (more…)
by Becky | Dec 7, 2017 | 2017, Brain Health, Depression, Magnesium, Minerals
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. A 6-week supplementation with 248 mg of MgCl2 significantly reduced symptoms of anxiety and depression in the 126 participants with diagnosed depression. (more…)
by Becky | Nov 28, 2017 | 2016, Autism, Brain Health, Heavy Metals
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. A 2016 observational case-control comparative study demonstrates that autistic Egyptian children, relative to healthy controls, have significantly increased levels of urinary porphyrins which may serve as useful biomarkers for heavy metal exposure. (more…)
by Becky | Nov 21, 2017 | 2017, Brain Health, CoQ10 (Coenzyme Q10), Feverfew, Headaches, Magnesium
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. A prospective observational study found that a three-month supplementation with a combination of feverfew, magnesium and coenzyme Q10 significantly decreased headache duration in the 68 participants with migraine headaches. (more…)
by Becky | Nov 21, 2017 | 2007, Alzheimer's Disease, Brain Health, Essential Oils
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. In a randomized cross-over trial, lavender inhalation aromatherapy significantly improved psychological and behavioral problems in the participating Chinese elderly suffering from dementia. (more…)