by Sue Robbins | Aug 9, 2020 | Miscellaneous
Since the start of the pandemic, many people around the world have noticed uncanny changes in the nature of their nightly dreams. They report having stranger, more unsettling, and more vivid dreams. We have spoken to two dream experts to better...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 4, 2020 | Miscellaneous
When we start to lift weights, our muscles do not strengthen and change at first, but our nervous systems do, according to a fascinating new study in animals of the cellular effects of resistance training. The study, which involved monkeys performing the equivalent of...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 3, 2020 | Miscellaneous
A new blood test demonstrated remarkable promise in discriminating between persons with and without Alzheimer’s disease and in persons at known genetic risk may be able to detect the disease as early as 20 years before the onset of cognitive...
by Sue Robbins | Jul 27, 2020 | Miscellaneous
What is a migraine? A migraine is a headache characterized by a throbbing sensation on one side of the head and sometimes other symptoms such as nausea, light-headedness and sensitivity to light and sound. Migraines can interfere with day-to-day life and symptoms may...
by Sue Robbins | Jul 9, 2020 | Miscellaneous
The 10-year-old girl was afraid that her American Girl dolls — buried in the bedroom closet — would come alive and attack her. As the girl pointed her iPad at the scary closet door in a remote therapy session, her therapist, Daniela Owen, was able to coach her in...
by Sue Robbins | Jul 2, 2020 | Miscellaneous
Exercise, not smoking, moderate drinking, a Mediterranean diet and mentally stimulating activities were linked to a lower Alzheimer’s risk. Five behaviors are associated with a lower risk for Alzheimer’s disease, a new study in Neurology suggests, and the more of them...
