WINSTON-SALEM: In a new research report, researchers examined the efficacy of a meditation and yoga program known as mindfulness-based stress reduction in treating mild cognitive impairment (or having issues with memory) and migraines. They found that, indeed, meditation as a form of therapy actually changes Read More »

SAN DIEGO: A small area in the midbrain known as the substantia nigra is the control center for all bodily movement. Increasing loss of dopamine-generating neurons in this part of the brain therefore leads to the main symptoms of Parkinson’s disease — slowness of movement, Read More »

NEW YORK: Doctors understand how impossible it is to have a good death when life is unnaturally prolonged under the horrible conditions that characterize our hospitals. Hospital deaths are lonely and fearful; tubes invade your body and monitors constantly bing; the environment is frantic, noisy, Read More »

SEATTLE: “Brain injury has been labelled an epidemic. It is the leading cause of death and disability under the age of 44,” explains Paul Mitchell, of Pushor Mitchell. “Our firm has seen first hand the devastating toll that brain injury takes on individuals and families, Read More »