Neuroscientist Sandrine Thuret provides a TED talk (link here) advice on how we can help our brains better perform neurogenesis – improving mood, increasing memory formation and preventing the decline associated with aging. According to Ms. Thuret, to increase the … Continue reading Strategies to improve memory and reduce depression
Wait, what? Netflix? On a screen? When I’m so sensitive? Yes. It can be done, even if looking at a screen is otherwise like putting your head into a vice and scraping it with sandpaper. But ‘how’, you ask? Desperate … Continue reading Extreme Netflix
Sunlight is the best light, as long as it’s not too bright. You’ll see that mantra repeated throughout this site. But, why is sunlight the best? What makes it better than the displays on our electronics? Or the light in … Continue reading How Sunlight Is Different From LEDs And Other Lights
Neuroscience researchers at Michigan State University recently published a study examining how light affects functions of the hippocampus in the brain. To do this they split a group of diurnal Nile grass rats into two groups. The first group were … Continue reading Study finds dim lighting impairs hippocampal brain functions in mice
In 2011, Japanese researchers studied 28 migraine patients (full text here) living within 10 km of the Utsunomiya Meteorological Observatory in Japan to investigate whether atmospheric pressure may contribute to migraine symptoms. These researchers found that frequency of migraine worsened when atmospheric pressure … Continue reading Japanese researchers find correlation between changes in atmospheric pressure and migraines
Brazilian researchers recently published results of a study involving 196 men and women between the ages of 18 and 65, to find out whether melatonin could an effective migraine treatment. To be eligible to participate in the study patients needed to have experienced … Continue reading Study finds melatonin can be effective for migraine
Back in the 1960s, General Electric released a special cathode ray tube (“CRT”) television capable of displaying colors. It was a technological breakthrough at the time. It worked by shooting electrons from the CRT into the phosphor coating on the … Continue reading Trivia: does sitting too close to TVs damage eyesight?
In a study published on January 3, 2017, Finnish researchers studied a group of 2,601 Finnish men between the ages of 42-60 years old and found that lower levels of Vitamin D were linked with prevalence of headache. The average serum … Continue reading Early study links low Vitamin D levels with headache
In a fascinating study published in Nature, researchers found that astrocytes that exist in the brain to protect neurons take on a more toxic role following a brain injury. In a healthy brain, astrocytes assist with developing and protecting the … Continue reading Brain’s builder cells turn toxic following injury
According to a recent study published online in the British Medical Journal, those that suffer migraine are at an increased risk of stroke after surgery and hospital re-admission within 30 days of discharge. The authors of the study go on … Continue reading Migraine sufferers at higher risk of stroke after surgery
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