Brain Boosters

When Jason van Genderen’s father became terminally ill with cancer, Jason started filming their lives so he could create a lasting family legacy. Not long after his father passed away, his Dutch [...]

We have long known that people in their 70s and 80s who walk at a slower pace, die younger. Research has now revealed that injuries aside, walking more slowly in our 40s is also associated with [...]

Recently I came across the Numeric Language of Music® (NLM) program conceived by Patty Carlson. Patty is a film score composer and producer, concert pianist and music educator. She taught herself [...]

I’m sure you’re aware that bright evening lights and using screens close to bedtime make it harder to fall asleep. Research from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago [...]

If you’ve read my previous Health-e-Bytes about the healing power of relationships, you know that simply talking to someone can improve our physical and mental wellbeing and it’s never been more [...]

What better time than immediately after Easter to talk about sugar? Is there really such a thing as a sugar rush? What about a sugar crash? Sugar cravings? Sugar addiction? Click here to listen [...]

Thank you so much to everyone who came to my live presentation at Tweed Heads last week. It was lovely to meet so many of you in person and I really appreciate your enthusiastic participation in [...]

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine December 2019 recorded brain size, levels of BDNF* and various aspects of cognitive function in five men and four women who lived at the German [...]

Scientists from Western University in Canada assigned a group of men and women to ride a stationary bike at moderate to vigorous intensity for 10 minutes while a second group were asked to relax [...]

Our brain is a constant work in progress — from the day we’re born until the day we die. Everything we do, think, feel and believe either enhances or erodes our brain on a daily basis. If we [...]