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For decades, neuroscience has focused on one of the smallest components of the nervous system -- the individual neuron. Scientists have carefully mapped how neurons communicate, how neurotransmitters pass signals across synapses, and how specific brain regions...

For centuries people have assumed that the conscious mind is in control. We believe that because we are aware of our thoughts, we are directing our lives. We assume that our decisions, emotions, health, and behaviors originate from conscious thinking. Modern...

We live in the most distracted generation in history... Every day, the brain is bombarded with information, noise, opinions, alerts, messages, news, entertainment, fear, opportunity, temptation, and endless choices. The problem is not that information exists. The...

The Brain May Be the Most Powerful Medicine You Possess For decades, scientists believed the placebo effect only worked because patients thought they were receiving a real medication. If people discovered the pill was inactive, the placebo effect should disappear. A...

There is a silent crisis happening in middle age. A new article in Current Directions in Psychological Science reviewed cross-national evidence showing that middle-aged adults in the United States are becoming more lonely, more depressed, more stressed, less...

For decades, researchers have debated one of the most important questions in health science: Does the brain control the gut, or does the gut control the brain? The answer emerging from modern neuroscience and microbiome research is: neither. The brain and the gut are...

Why Real Food Still Beats a Pill For over 40 years in clinical practice, I have consistently found one food to be among the most powerful natural interventions available: garlic. Not turmeric. Not green tea. Not resveratrol. Not any isolated phytochemical. Garlic. If...

For decades, hydration was viewed primarily as “water balance.” Modern neuroscience is now showing something far deeper: Hydration is electrical. Your brain is not simply a chemical organ. It is an electrochemical signaling network operating through water, minerals,...

For years, people have heard the same message: “Just eat a healthy diet and you do not need supplements.” That sounds good. It sounds simple. It sounds natural. But it ignores one major reality: the food supply has changed. Even organic food today is not the same as...

Early Life Stress, the Gut-Brain Axis, and Why the Microbiome May Be One of the Keys to Longevity For decades, scientists believed that stress was primarily psychological — something that happened in the mind. New research is now showing something far deeper: Early...