What is Alzheimer’s? Alzheimer’s disease accounts for about two thirds of dementia diagnoses. While dementia can be diagnosed on the basis of a Cognitive Function Test Alzheimer’s dementia requires a specific kind of scan to be diagnosed. Professor David Smith and colleagues at...
There are many factors that increase a person’s risk for dementia, such as age, but very few that are ‘disease modifying’. A risk factor such as age is obviously not modifiable. You can live to any age without getting Alzheimer’s. That means that Alzheimer’s is not a natural function of...
Introduction The time period surrounding pregnancy are highly important for the promotion of brain health across the lifespan. Evidence suggests that the most sensitive windows for nutrition is in late foetal and early postnatal life, with greater acceptance that the success of postnatal...
Introduction ADHD is a common neurodevelopmental condition affecting 5% of children and 2.5% of adults. It is three times more frequent among males than females and is often linked with other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders. ADHD is characterised by varying degrees of inattention,...
Congratulations. You’ve finished a month focussing on improving your sleep and building stress resilience. Now is the time to find out how much difference improving your sleep and building stress resilience has made to your future brain health. To see how much of a reduction you’ve achieved in...
So - what is it that gives you a sense of purpose? Of course, your sense of purpose may change at different times in your life; for example, taking care of your family may give you your feeling of purpose. But, when your children grow up, or leave home, or if they disappoint you, what happens to...
Stress and tension represent trapped energy and yoga is specifically designed to get energy flowing freely through the body. The body stores stress as tension and a great way to release it is with yoga stretches. This short and simple yoga sequence shouldn’t take you longer than 15 minutes....
Firstly, we don't know at what point in the year’s seasons you’ll be reading this so, if mid summer, please store this email so you can get ready for winter, especially if you are prone to lower mood and motivation in the winter. SAD, which stands for Seasonal Affective Disorder, isn’t...
When you signed up for COGNITION you rated your energy score as [… insert ‘number’] out of 10. We note you experience [QID NO=94 C=SleepCalm D=7], [QID NO=96 C=SleepCalm D=7], [QID NO=98 C=SleepCalm D=7], [QID NO=104 C=SleepCalm D=7]. [* how to add ‘and before last item if selected, or...
Pleasure means something I want because it feels good at the time, so I want more, until that ‘want’ becomes a ‘need’. Happiness means contentment. You feel good and are satisfied. You don’t want or need to buy anything. It is about connection. Pleasure seeking, reward and desire are...
