A brain injury can have a significant impact on a person’s cognitive abilities, depending on the severity of the injury and what part of the brain was affected. This can lead to changes in a person’s behaviour that in some cases may seem to result in a noticeable change to their personality. If you ever unfortunately have a friend or relative that sustains a head injury affecting their brain, you'll more than likely want to get in touch with attorneys in Jonesboro AR for example or a local law … [Read more...]
JUNE 2015, Brain Injury Awareness Month
Brain injury occurs suddenly, without warning. In an instant life is changed, forever. Everyday we participate in activities that produce endless risks for sustaining a brain injury; events include a car accident while driving to the grocery store, a fall from a bike, or a blow to the head. If you've ever experienced a brian injury, particularly if it wasn't your fault, then you should try and use someone like this injury attorney to help you get the compensation that you deserve. Brain … [Read more...]
Celebrate Hot Tea Month, with a cup for your Mental Health
January is Hot Tea Month in Canada! Canadians drink almost 10 million cups of tea each year, and in the midst of the frosty winter weather, the hot beverage is a great way for tea lovers to drink their way to good health. Not only does tea taste great, but there is a large and growing body of research backing it as a healthy, good-for-you beverage,” says Louise Roberge, President of the Tea Association of Canada. When it comes to mental health, drinking tea can be an excellent addition to … [Read more...]
Female Memory Stronger than Male at 50!!!
Information about even the tiniest details of our daily lives zooms along neurons in our brains and is processed and saved in some predetermined location. How and what information is stored in the memory is in part dependent on whether an individual is a man or a woman. While the underlying mechanisms that explain memory differences between men and women are largely unknown, the fact that there are differences remains an intriguing and insightful area of scientific study. New evidence, reported … [Read more...]
Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
Alzheimer's disease (AD), also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease, is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death. It was first described by German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer in 1906 and was named after him. Most often, AD is diagnosed in people over 65 years of age, although the less-prevalent early-onset Alzheimer's can occur much earlier. In 2006, there were 26.6 … [Read more...]
FEAR vs HOPE – The human mind is a time machine
The human mind is a time machine. Even though we can only live in the present, the mind has the ability to look back to the past and forward to the future. This is both an asset and a liability. Fear is a distressing negative sensation induced by a perceived threat. It is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to a specific stimulus, such as pain or the threat of danger. Fear is apparently a universal emotion; all persons, consciously or unconsciously, have fear in … [Read more...]