Brain exercise may simply be a new fad or a real way to avoid Alzheimer’s, aphasia and memory loss that typically accompanies the aging process. If you look at all of the combined research, it appears that the effective brain exercizes are those that are new to you.

For example, if you currently work Sudoku puzzles and you’ve been doing them for years, you need a different brain exercise. If you currently play the same video game over and over again, try a different...

Modern day life imposes so much stress on us that the fears, anxieties, worries and problems occupy our minds till we go to sleep. Millions of sleeping pills are prescribed every year and millions more are added each year. It would be safe to assume that our modern and advancing lifestyles enforce stress in our lives.

Bills to pay, project deadlines, end of a relationship, insecurity, and debts are just a few of the factors that could trigger emotional and psychological...

People often accept that memory problems starting at the age of 40 are inevitable and are part of the normal aging process. Although it is true that the neurons in the brain mature and age much like the other parts of the body, you should not take age-related memory lapses and cognitive problems sitting down. There are actually a lot of things you can do and take in order to delay, avert or even reverse such age-induced neurological difficulties.

Aside from eating a healthy...

Atypical Depression is a very common form of depression. Atypical Depression (AD) is a subtype of dysthymia and major depression which is characterized by mood reactivity that is being able to experience improved mood in response to positive events. In contrast, sufferers of this depression generally cannot experience positive moods, even when good things happen. Moreover, atypical depression is characterized by reversed vegetative symptoms, namely over-eating and over-sleeping.

Systematic desensitization is a type of behavioral therapy used in the field of psychology to help patients successfully conquer phobias and other anxiety disorders. Pioneered by a South African psychiatrist named Joseph Wolpe, this type of therapy treats a patient by gradually exposing him to what he fears. The idea behind this therapy is that the more a patient exposes to his feared object, the more able he becomes to tackle the cause of anxiety and find out how to deal with his...

Do you know what emotional intelligence (EI or EQ) is and how it can benefit your life? Do you know how to manage your emotion so you can propel yourself to the next level?

In short, do you have the EQ edge for success?

There’s so much talk about emotional intelligence and how it can promote personal and business success. Many corporations that prioritize productivity and profit spend thousands to make EQ seminars available to their employees.

Why is this...

"My son can’t focus!"  It’s not something you want to think about.  It’s not something you know how to deal with.  But it’s true: you’ve seen it yourself.  The other parents at day school and play dates have noticed it.  And now your child’s grade school teacher is concerned.

Sometimes you think it's a matter of stubbornness.  Your child will not focus!  He just won’t!  Then,...

If you have unbearable pain in the area around your eyes and along the side of your head, you may be suffering from ocular migraines, also known as optical migraines. Although the exact cause of ocular migraines is unclear, some factors have been identified. In most cases, ocular migraines are caused by either an expansion or contraction of blood vessels in the head and brain. Along with the pain mentioned above, ocular migraines can also be characterized by Nausea, Double vision,...

Zhen de Shou is a Chinese Slimming Capsule that has been famous throughout the South East Asia and starting to have a market in US.

I started using Zhen de Shou last November in order to loose weight. The product itself is not hard to find since you can just “Google” it and find various retailers who sells it online. I got mine from an Ad listing in a local site, sulit.com.ph.

Things that I attest about the medicine. First, it is really cheap, around 3$ to 4$...

The relationship between antioxidants and brain health is the subject of on-going research. The subject of brain food health, so to speak, is relatively new, although we’ve known about fish for many years.

Fish is considered the ultimate brain food because of the “gray matter” is primarily composed of an omega-3 fatty acid known as DHA. Our brains need it to maintain and rebuild cells. In clinical research, supplementation of omega-3 fatty acids has been...