(Natural News) Current agricultural techniques have made it virtually impossible for you to gain all the nutrients your body needs from food alone. Even if you were to grow your own food, nutritionists still recommend supplementing your diet with a high-quality multivitamin and mineral formula to guard against nutritional deficiencies. The benefits of supplementing with […]

(Natural News) According to the results of a study, if a group of participants is instructed to perform “an effective strategy for a working memory training task,” they are able to immediately improve their performance similarly to individuals who have taken part in a typical working memory training without strategy instructions for a month or longer. Based on […]

(Natural News) Researchers from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum looked at how well category learning works during a stressful episode with the use of electroencephalography (EEG). In the study, they compared the performance of 16 stressed men with the performance of 16 relaxed men in categorization learning. The researchers decided to conduct the research on men because […]

(Natural News) As many as one out of every two children is expected to be diagnosed with autism by the year 2025, and research scientist Dr. Stephanie Seneff, Ph.D., has concluded that one of the most prolific causes in the world today is the deadly crop chemical known as glyphosate. The primary active ingredient in […]

(Natural News) The occurrence of Alzheimer’s disease has grown significantly over the years. It now makes up a significant 50 to 70 percent of dementia syndromes. The disease, described as a continuous neurodegenerative disease that occurs in three stages – mild, moderate and severe – has become the subject of a recent study published in […]

(Natural News) If you want your children to have smarter brains, sharper memories, and longer attention spans, raise them in a home with lots of greenery and plenty of physical activity. That’s because two Spanish studies discovered that nature and exercise exert strong influences upon brain development and mental health, reported a Waking Times article. The Institute for […]

(Natural News) It is common procedure for patients undergoing major surgeries to first receive a specialized dose of anesthesia in order to put them to “sleep.” But the long-term cognitive effects of exposure to such drugs appears to be detrimental, according to a new study published in the journal Anaesthesia. For their paper, researchers from […]

(Natural News) Caffeine levels in the blood could serve as an indicator of Parkinson’s disease, in particular in its early stages, as a study found that caffeine levels were significantly lower in individuals with neurodegenerative disorder. The study was conducted by a team of researchers from Juntendo University in Japan who aimed to develop clinical methods for […]

(Natural News) The “quick facts” provided by the Alzheimer’s Association are pretty concerning: More than five million people in America are living with Alzheimer’s, and that number is projected to reach 16 million by the year 2050. As the sixth leading cause of death in our nation, it kills more Americans than prostate cancer and […]

(Natural News) The human memory is a fragile and often misunderstood thing. It’s well-known that the brain is the organ that is largely responsible for its formation and consolidation, although there is clearly so much more to it that experts still need to learn. A new set of studies helps make sense of the fact that […]