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ROSEMARY FOR REMEMBRANCE

dailymail.uk.comOphelia might have been crazy but she certainly knew her herbs when she said, “There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance.” In a self-funded study published on February 24, 2012 in the…
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DR. JULIAN BAILES’ CONCUSSION-PREVENTING COLLAR

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) occurs in 1.7 million people annually in the United States. This condition encompasses a range from mild…
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A Valentine’s Day Treat from Elizabeth Somer

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I caught up with registered dietitian, Elizabeth Somer, M.A., about her brand new book, “Eat Your Way to Sexy.” Somer says “You only get one body and one brain in this lifetime” and she’s on a mission to teach us how to nourish our brains to boost our mood

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WINDOW BUILT IN LIVE MOUSE BRAIN

Alyssa Danigelis writes in news.discovery.com about a group if scientists for the first time ever seeing through a window into a brain. They installed a window into a mouse’s brain…
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THE ‘POWER PARADOX’ OF CLEAN ENERGY

In “Power paradox: Clean might not be green forever” (newscientist.com, Jan 30, 2012), Anil Ananthaswamy and Michael Le Page write about the “power paradox,” a term which describes how our…
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SWEDISH TO HOST DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION SURGERY LIVE STREAM ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2011

Two doctors from the Swedish Neuroscience Institute will host an online live stream to give viewers a rare, behind-the-scenes look at deep brain stimulation for essential tremor surgery. On Friday,…
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PRODUCTS

by Jeff Leavell 1. Looking for a shortcut to enlightenment, creativity, and longer, healthier living? Power up Your Brain: The Neuroscience of Enlightenment, by neuroscientist David Perlmutter, MD, and medical…
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The Science of Sin: The Psychology of Seven Deadlies (and Why They Are So Good for You)

by Simon M. Laham, PhD (Three Rivers Press, 2012) Since early Christian times, the seven deadly sins have been decried as primary impediments to a morally pure way of life.…
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BRAIN EDUCATION IN GERMANY

Children learn to restore brain function and connect to the whole body within. by Margaret Emory Located in Germany’s bustling international business and financial center of Düsseldorf at 10 Quirinstrasse…
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AMERICA’S HEALTH HABITS

America’s Brain Health Index, a state-by-state measure of the nation’s brain health, evaluated the 50 US states and the District of Columbia based on 21 factors, including diet, physical health,…
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The Brain and the World, the Mind and the Body: Brain Education for a better world

The United Nations General Assembly meets once a year, gathering 193 states to put their heads together to solve the world’s problems. As the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ…
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Do Cell Phones Cause Brain Cancer?
Lining up the research

Consider the following mishmash of city creatures interacting in their urban habitat: An elderly woman lifts her reading glasses, squinting as she concentrates on her mobile phone. A young man…
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THE BLUE BRAIN PROJECT

This image shows the three-dimensional configuration of 10,000 simulated neurons that constitute a single neocortical column-an anatomical unit barely wider than the head of a pin. Here we see the…
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DECREASING RF EXPOSURE

Even though the evidence for a link between cell phone radiation and brain tumors is not incredibly strong, it might still be best to minimize your exposure, as nobody has…
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NOVARTIS ABANDONS DRUG RESEARCH FOR GENETICS

Reported on Nature.com is news that the big pharmaceutical company Novartis is closing its neuroscience facility in Basel, Switzerland where it is headquartered. It joins other pharmaceutical companies like GlaxoSmithKline…
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