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  • 8 Simple Ways To Boost Your Brain Power - There are lots of different ways to increase your brain power. Your brain is like any other "muscle" in your body and grows stronger the more it is used. Here are some that you can start using immediately to boost the power of your brain: 1. Use your brain more (duh!) Sounds easy. But how many times do you reach for the keyboard to search for something you already know but can't be bothered to remember? How many times do you use a calculator, even for really simple calculations, rather than mental arithmetic?
  • Easy Brain Power Strengthening Tips - It's quite simple: if you want to begin strengthening your brain's power, you need to give it some exercise. OK. It's not a simple matter of going down to the gym and getting your brain to pump weights. But actually, the process of brain power strengthening isn't too different from that model. You need to stretch your brain.
  • Traumatic Brain Injuries Associated With Motorcycle Accidents - Motorcycle accidents are a well-known leading cause of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Together with auto accidents, they are the single largest cause of brain injury in the United States. One out of every five motorcycle accidents results in head or neck injuries, which account for most motorcycle fatalities. And partly because drivers often don't see motorcyclists or yield them the right-of-way, motorcyclists are at higher risk of an accident than drivers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated that, per mile traveled in 2003, a motorcyclist was 32 times more likely to die in an accident than a passenger in a car. Helmets are not always full-proof and traumatic brain injuries can still occur, although not penetrating the brain, parts affecting speech can be injured. Helmets should always be worn because if an accident were to occur, a penetrating brain injury is extremely serious.
  • What Causes ADHD Symptoms? - The general idea out there is that ADD and ADHD are caused by social problems. Very often, people hear their family members or neighbors telling them that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is caused by: video games, TV, music videos, single parent families, parents who work too much, computers, inexperienced teachers, etc. While many people talk about ADHD being due to many problems in society, they are not only wrong, they are actually doing a real disservice to people with ADHD. Research has proven that these factors do NOT cause Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
  • Brain Injury and Its Consequences - When an individual is the victim of traumatic brain injury, they may have either closed brain injury or open head injury. A closed brain injury refers to an individual that has been violently traumatized by a non-invasive blow or jolt to the head whereas an open head injury refers to when the skull is penetrated or broken. Side Effects of Open Head Injury When the skull is broken, the delicate tissues of the brain are exposed to further harm in the form of infections or further injury during other blows. In addition, bone fragments remaining from a traumatic brain injury such as a fall or car accident can move around and injure the brain after the initial traumatic event.
  • Losing Your Memory From A Traumatic Brain Injury - Depictions of head-injury patients in movies and television almost always show the patient experiencing some type of amnesia, or memory loss. Indeed, memory loss is the most common cognitive side effect of a severe traumatic brain injury. In patients with a milder TBI, memory loss is still one of the most common symptoms. And the more severe the patient's memory loss is, the more severe the brain damage is likely to be. Temporary Memory Loss and TBI Some traumatic brain injury-related amnesia is temporary;
  • Use More of Your Brain to Get Things Done - Recent advancements in brain imaging show us that older people use more of their brain to perform tasks than younger people do. Scientists interpret this to mean one of two opposite things: First, older people recruit more brain activity to do the same things in order to compensate for degeneration of specific brain circuits that can no longer get the job done by themselves. This is the compensation hypothesis. Think of it like one brain region asking for help from another brain region in order to do something that, in its younger days, it could do on its own. Second, the older brain may become 'over-activated' when trying to perform a task because it doesn't do as good of a job at assigning the task to a specific region. This is the de-differentiation hypothesis.
  • 10-Question Checklist to Select the Right Brain Fitness Program for You - Unless you have been living in a cave, you have read by now multiple articles about the brain training and brain exercise craze: sudoku, Nintendo BrainAge, multiple online games, software like MindFit and Posit Science...
  • Discovering Balance In Your Daily Life With The Brain Gym 101 Seminar - What does having more balance in life mean to you? It differs for everyone. For some it’s being able to focus more and stay organized on tasks. For others it’s reducing stress and learning how to relax.

  • Early Onset Dementia May be Risk of Brain Injury - A study recently published in the journal of Biological Psychiatry has discovered a link between accelerated dementia and traumatic brain injury (TBI) and brain infections. Individuals affected by dementia may see an acceleration of their condition when inflammation of the brain occurs because of a brain injury that also leads to an infection. Scientists had already been aware of systemic inflammation, in which the body becomes inflamed as a whole, to have an affect on brain function, according the study; unfortunately, little to no research had been conducted on the diseases and potential link to TBI.
  • Anoxic Brain Injury and Treatment - Anoxic brain injury, similar to traumatic brain injury (TBI) is when the brain is deprived of oxygen and blood flow, thus causing the brain cells to suffocate and die.
  • New Treatment May Offer Cardiac Arrest Victims Suffering From TBI Relief - Scientists believe that a traumatic brain injury (TBI) following heart failure and cardiac arrest can be avoided as well as repaired, according to a new study. The study, titled, "Neurological Recovery," describes a common condition known as ischemia that occurs often after unwitnessed cardiac arrest when an individual suffers from cessation of blood flow causing severe neurological injury. The neurological or brain damage occurs because heart function and resuscitation have been delayed for 10 minutes, according to the study. Scientists have previously held the belief that massive injury or death would be the result of 30 minutes of ischemia following cardiac arrest.
  • Understanding Your Emotional Brain - Welcome to my 7-part mini series, Understanding Your Emotional Brain. Today, I'm going to share with you the importance of using your beautiful brain to understand how your body reacts to events. Randy Pauch, a 47 year old college professor, dying of pancreatic cancer, said, "Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want". You can learn about his amazing experience in his last lecture on YouTube. What is your experience of events in your life? My perspective is: "Life is a series of events. Every event is an opportunity for change.
  • Gingko And Menopause - 4 Symptoms It Can Help - Ginkgo biloba is often helpful in menopause as well as a variety of other health situations. Ginkgo, or gingko as it is sometimes spelled, is very safe. For these reasons it is well worth considering using it in menopause. Ginkgo And Menopause Gingko biloba is a circulatory stimulant and this helps it to relieve certain menopause symptoms. These menopause symptoms include: * Poor memory * 'Muzzy' brain * Cold hands and feet, and * Low libido These are symptoms which are often reported in menopause. There is a great deal of clinical research into ginkgo biloba which gives confidence that it can often help in the conditions mentioned. Ginkgo's helpful effects on 'muzzy' brain and poor memory can be explained by its good effects generally on improving blood supply to the brain.
  • Use It or Lose It: The Theory and Practice of Brain Exercise and Fitness for Cognitive Health - Who has not heard "Use It or Lose It". Now, what is "It"? Last week I gave a talk at the Italian Consulate in San Francisco, and one of the areas attendants seemed to enjoy the most was learning what our brains are and how they work, peaking into the "black box" of our minds. Without understanding at least the basics, how can we make good decisions about our own brain health and fitness? Let's review at a glance: The brain is composed of 3 "brains" or main sub-systems, each named after the evolutionary moment in which the sub-system is believed to have appeared. 1) Neocortex, or Human Brain, is the most recent area, where we perform high-level thinking and complex integrative tasks. Other mammals do have this part too, but in smaller proportion of the whole brain volume.
  • Traumatic Brain Injury: Main Causes and Those Most at Risk - A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be any injury where a sudden trauma causes brain damage. Traumatic brain injuries affect a wide variety of Americans every year, causing a multitude of symptoms that can vary from mild to extreme. TBI is one of two kinds of acquired brain injury, with the other type manifesting itself in acquired brain injuries, such as brain damage caused by a stroke, meningitis or any form of anoxia (lack of oxygen to the brain).
  • Mixed Thoughts on Brain Cancer - The radiation therapy can be administered in different ways. External radiation uses a high-energy radiation to pinpoint the tumor. The beam travels to different layers before reaching the tumor itself. It passes through the skin, skull, healthy brain tissue before reaching the tumor. The treatment lasts for about four to six weeks, given five days a week and will usually last for only a few minutes. The other kind of radiation technique is the internal or implant radiation, where the surgeon uses a small radioactive capsule which is placed inside the tumor itself. The radiation that comes from the capsule is what will kill the tumor and the radiation will decrease a little bit each day. The patient will need to stay in the hospital for a few days while undergoing this treatment.
  • Brain Tumours - Meningioma Symptoms - Meningioma symptoms are not as well defined as other conditions and every diagnosed person will expereince something different happening to their body. This is all down to location of the meningioma within the skull and what part of the brain is being affected. Researchers are still baffled by this tricky brain tumour and there is still no conclusive evidence as to why they appear. What is apparent though is that nobody has the exact same experience or meningioma symptoms which also make it tricky to diagnose. Having read through meningioma survival stories and spoken to neurologists it would appear that everyone has a different story to tell.
  • Top Ten Tips for Women Who Lead Men - Ellen recently wrote a nice post titled Top Ten Tips for Men Who Lead Women, and asked for volunteers to offer a complementary perspective. I hope you enjoy! 1- Stress management: We men know we are hard to lead, and that can be stressful for you and for us. You should know that stress affects short term memory, so it is important to be able to manage stress well, with meditation, breathing or other methods. Also, please remember, laughing is good for your brain. 2- Don't overthink: Don't think too much-we don't.
  • Top 25 Brain and Mind Haikus. Can you Write Yours? - The results of a recent "Brain and Mind Haikus" contest are in. Below you have my Favorite 10 Haikus on brain-related topics, plus many other fun ones for a total of 25... Can you write a haiku describing anything crossing your mind now? Remember the simple rules: write 3 lines, which don't need to rhyme, containing 5,7, and 5 syllables.
  • Top 21 Books on Brain Health, Fitness and Training, Neuroplasticity and Neurogenesis - Given the growing media coverage of brain fitness and brain training, we have produced this compilation of the Top 21 Books that help understand these trends, the research behind them, and the implications for all of us.
  • The Mystery Of Human Memory - Memory is an integral part of human life. This can be defined as one’s potential to store, retain and consistently retrieve information.
  • The one workout that you have been neglecting - Students across the nation are heading back into the classrooms, sitting at their desks and, if they're anything like me, zoning out. I know I have company out there in the slacker realm. When I was in school I never truly appreciated how good I had it.
  • Human Brain Memory - How the Human Brain Memory Can Be Used Effectively - What is David’s number? Where did you keep your spectacles? What’s your neighbors’ family name? Are all these questions bothering you? Then this call for some workout on your brain memory. Being forgetful does not mean that you are just getting older. It just means that you have yet to give your brain the right amount of workout. The ability to keep your brain memory fresh and sparkling new is as good as keeping yourself healthy and in shape. Discover some of the ways on how the human brain memory can be used effectively, for your own advantage.
  • Brain Injury After A Car Wreck - There are over 1 million U.S. citizens affected by a brain injury accident annually, with half of these individual's being the victim of a motorcycle or auto accident. Scientists have found that most individuals usually are the victim of traumatic brain injury after a car wreck.
  • Brain Health: Are Women Right To Be More Concerned Than Men? - I recently offered free copies of my new book on brain health in return for a review. Guess what... over 70% of the respondents were women. A surprising result...? No not really! Compared with men... Women are more willing to ask for help and not afraid to admit if they don't understand something. Women like to do research, gather information and get to the facts. Women are less likely to require instant solutions and more prepared to do 'what it takes' to get the result they want. All-in-all women seem far more sensible and courageous than most men when it comes to confronting and addressing health issues!. Having said all that, are women right to be more concerned about brain health than are men? I think the answer is Yes! Brain size...
  • Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury on Balance - Traumatic brain injury (TBI), which is caused by trauma to the head, can impact many of the body's normal functions, including its ability to maintain balance.
  • A Sites' BRAIN Team - You've probably heard about a "brain team". It's an idea that made many famous people rich. They all had a team. And a team had a brain. A brain of a whole team. What does it have to do with internet marketing? So you have started to do some internet business. You need to make money of it. But all you have is some mediocre traffic, which doesn't make a lot of money. As I told you in previous articles - you have to do some massive action. But first of all - you need to know - what kind of action do you need to do.
  • Chocolate Gift Ideas For All Occasions - There is something special about chocolate. It is one of the things that each and everyone love to put in their mouths. The taste of a piece of chocolate brings us a little bit closer to heaven when the feelings of wellbeing flows throughout our bodies.
  • Valentine Brain Fitness - A recent article in the New York Times highlighted new studies directed at figuring out how long-time married couples can keep their romance alive. The answer was very simple. Do something different.
  • Brain Fitness Vacations for Baby Boomers: Tips for Staying Sharp - A year ago we wrote a Glossary where we defined Brain Fitness as "the general state of good, sharp, brain and mind, especially as the result of mental and physical exercise and proper nutrition" and a Brain Fitness Program as a "structured set of brain exercises, usually computer-based, designed to train specific brain areas...
  • Motorcycle Injuries and Traumatic Brain Injuries - There are many possible causes of brain injuries (TBIs), but some of the leading causes are motorcycle accidents. Motorcycle accidents combined with auto accidents are the biggest cause of TBIs in the United States.
  • The Relationship Between Memory Loss and the Brain - Memory loss can happen to everyone, regardless of his or her age. You might be 30 years old but your memory capacity is only as good as your grandmother’s.
  • Ten Findings on the State of the Brain Fitness and Cognitive Health Software Market - You probably have been reading much about "brain training" and "brain fitness" and wondered, "What is all the Fuss About?
  • Head/brain Injuries – Claiming Compensation - If you or members of your family have been injured in an accident that wasn’t your fault and you’ve suffered brain injuries from this accident, you have a legal and civil right to claim compensation. Brain injuries are very serious whatever type, not only may it change the person’s life forever but it also affects everyone around the injured person.
  • Study Time Means To Rest - Memorization, understanding and remembering important facts are all part of the studying process. Most people have probably dreaded studying and students now are still probably dreading about it or whenever it approaches. It is strenuous indeed, using all your mind's might to remember the details and important information about a subject. But there are easier, and brain-friendly ways how one can study without experiencing too much pressure. First of all, memorizing what you need to remember doesn't have to be difficult all the time.
  • Variety is the Spice of Brain Fitness: Part I – EPIQ performance - When it comes to the fitness of your brain (or your body) variety is key. Your brain health depends on many factors including: everything you put in your mouth; the physical and mental activities you choose to do or not to do; the amount of rest and reflection you allow yourself; and all the stuff you tell yourself in your own head.
  • Eating - When Your Brain Won’t Say STOP - To eat or not to eat – what does your brain say? The desire to eat comes from many factors monitored by, and instructions put out by your brain – in essence your level of Brain Fitness. One specific brain region involved in monitoring nutrition signals is the hypothalamus. This part of the brain houses a complex set of brain cells that talk to each other and talk to your bloodstream and digestive tract to decide whether you need to eat. If the hypothalamus system senses a need for nutrition it will send out hormone signals that make you hungry, if not, it will try to keep you feeling full. However, there are other players in the drive to eat that come from emotional centers and decision-making centers in the brain. This is what separates us from other animals.
  • Disturbance In The Brain And Epilepsy - In many patients, in spite of exhaustive efforts/investigations, no cause of epilepsy may be located. Such cases are called idiopathic cases of epilepsy. However, an intensive drive is a must to detect any lesion in the brain which could account for an epileptic attack, the reason being, that if the cause of epilepsy is detected, it is usually treatable, and, therefore, the patient will be cured forever, and thus may not need a long course of. antiepileptic drugs. If, somehow, the cause remains undiagnosed/undetected, especially when the pathology is right in the brain, the disease will advance further, and besides the manifestations of epilepsy, other clinical features of the underlying disease will occur, making the patient a most complicated case for treatment. It may even prove fatal, if a lesion like neoplasm/malignancy / cancer in the brain remains hidden.
  • TBI Prevention and Demographics - They may seem like mere numbers, but statistics and demographics information can give important information on who is affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI) - and possibly shed light on how to prevent brain damage. This article takes a closer look at who is impacted by TBI in an attempt to show the true costs of brain damage to victims, their families, and society at large. Traumatic Brain Injury: Who Is Affected? Though studies vary slightly, it is generally accepted that at least 1.4 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury each year in the United States.
  • Subconscious Mind Power Techniques - 3 Effective Subconscious Mind Power Techniques - The brain is a complex entity. This also gives the reason for use to make full use of this complexity to maximize the potential of our brain - From using short term to long-term memory and from using the conscious mind to the subconscious mind. Our human brain contains all these special components but surprisingly, according the Einstein the man himself, we only use 10% of our brain most of the time. So what ever happens to the other 90%?
  • How to Think Young and Stay Young - Ben Douglas, professor at the University of Mississippi Medical School at Jackson, once said, "You're as young as you think." Apparently, if you think you are young, you will stay young. Thinking young is a self-fulfilling prophecy. But the problem is: How to think young and stay young. Aging is gradual, but inevitable. Aging has a direct debilitating effect on your brain. Free radicals can damage your brain over decades of changes: when you reach 65, your brain cells undergo many more mutations than they did in your younger years. These cumulative changes may bring about a neurological disease, such as dementia.
  • Tips for coping with a pet with seizures - Animal health care is complex, and the central nervous system in particular is still largely uncharted territory. Diseases of the nervous system are, fortunately, rare, and sadly often severe. The commonest neurological problems in cats and dogs are due to road accidents and other forms of head injuries, chemical poisoning, and infections such as rabies. Any of these can induce fits (seizures). Seizures (fits) tend to be seen as uncontrolled shaking, although other sorts of fits with the dog going vacant can also occur. It is important to try to find the cause of the fit. There may be signs of injury from car accident or fight.
  • The Dana Guide to Brain Health: A Practical Family Reference From Medical Experts. Book Review. - Dana Press kindly sent us a couple of books. One of them, The Dana Guide to Brain Health: A Practical Family Reference From Medical Experts, is our topic today. We are impressed by what Dana is doing to insert neuroscience findings and implications into the public discourse. No big surprise then, to find out so much quality content inside a 700-page one-of-a-kind guide. The guide is really 4 books inside a common binding.
  • Brain Injury And The Legal Battle - Brain is the most vital organ of human body. Our body is nothing but a complex machine and brain is the control panel there. It instructs all the body parts how to respond to various internal and external conditions and control everyday activities. It is the brain that helps us think reasonably, dream and imagine. Hence, the complexity of the architecture of human brain is beyond any question, so is its usability. A minor wound in brain can even lead to serious health concerns like chronic headache, paralysis or can put the victim in coma. Victims of brain injury suffer a lot. Apart from physical pain, they are compelled to live a compromised lifestyle. Brain injury victims often suffer from job loss. Their family undergoes huge financial crunch in order to provide the victim with proper medical care with reduced family earning.
  • How To Keep Your Brain Healthy And Your Mind As Sharp As A Tack - Whatever Your Age - Brain health shouldn’t be something you first start thinking about in middle- or old-age. Just as you need to exercise your body throughout life to keep it healthy so too does your brain require a daily workout to keep it vital and alert. It is common for people to experience a gradual decline in their mental abilities as they age.
  • How Does The Brain Work? - How does the brain work exactly? Well, that is a tough question to crack. If you think you have the answer than you must be first one to have figure out exactly how the brain functions.
  • Brain Age Mythology Compared to What Really Improves Cognitive Health - Many people have been asking us recently about whether we all have a "Brain Age" and how we can reduce our "brain ages". This concept is a myth, fueled by the (very fun) Nintendo game and a recent PBS campaign promoting a program produced by Posit Science.
  • 10 Truths About Aging You May Mot Know - With no exception, all of us age. Now, why is "aging" such a bad word? What about growing? and lifelong development?
  • Brain Injury and Injury to the Hearing - Because the inner ear is directly connected to the central nervous system in humans, it may not be surprising that hearing problems are common after a traumatic brain injury.

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