Blood Pressure and Dementia: Are You at Risk?

Mental disorders. It seems like everyone knows someone who suffers from one affliction or another. Some worse than others, though one can attest that dementia associated with brain aging is one of the most painful afflictions to witness. Most frequently characterized by memory loss, personality changes and impaired mental reasoning. Resulting in suffering individuals completely…

Take a Step in the Right Direction

Walking can be a good way to reduce the stress we feel in our consistent, crazy and hectic lives that we live; not only can it be a good escape from reality but it might even help us live longer and healthier. Walking, running, and other types physical exercises have been shown to improve our…

Specific gene causing Alzheimer’s in Caucasian populations?

At some point in our lives, nearly all of us will know someone affected by Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a disease that throughout its course will ultimately shrink the brain. Alzheimer’s disease is known to be accompanied by plaques or tangles in the brain, cortical atrophy, meaning death/less of brain tissue, and a reduction in the…

Meditation: The Fountain of Youth

Cosmetic creams, Botox injections, and plastic surgery. Today everyone is trying these different methods in an attempt to beat father time, and prevent the aging processes. What if there was a more simple way? Something healthier, that actually slows down father time. There is a way, and this process is inexpensive, calming and non invasive.…