Mental Stress and Nerve Damage: It’s All in the Science
Your body has its own electrical grid. Simply stated, a small cell, known as a neuron, is connected to another neuron by a long, delicate finely specialized “wire.” Neurons come together to form the nervous system. There are over seven trillion nerves in the human...
Will your Job Stress cause Diabetes?
Think about your employment. In the past twelve months, have you frequently called out sick? Do you regularly dread the workday ahead? Do you struggle to meet productivity targets? Do you work through lunch? Do you take assignments home? Are you constantly operating...
The 30-Hour Day
Today’s world is fast paced. Technology has brought the world to our fingertips. Want to know the fastest route to work, the latest sports scores, what your friend had for breakfast, or which neighbor’s cat is missing? The...
iGen
There is a growing mountain of evidence showing clinical and neurological consequences of digital technology on mental health (1). Generation Y, or Millennials, were the first generation to grow up with the internet, cell phones, and digital interactions. Technology...
ZZZZZ
The brain and the body need sleep to fully recharge and restore maximum functioning. A lack of sleep can affect the brain by leading to increased irritability, slower thinking, and depression (1). Reduced sleep can also cause increased blood pressure, diabetes, heart...
You Are What You Eat
In the past decade, bestselling books like Grain Brain that describe elimination of gluten have become popular in mental health. Can foods that have been an essential and nourishing part of the human diet for thousands of years really be that bad for mental...