If you are like many Americans, your brain may be shrinking without your even knowing it. But it’s not hard to get your body to release a growth hormone vital to your brain.

All of a sudden you can’t sleep. You have nightmares, not to mention paralyzing anxiety attacks and depression. It’s post-traumatic stress disorder. And it doesn’t only affect war veterans.

The human body is not a machine, no matter what you have heard. So where it can seem as though bio-systems like our immune cells run on autopilot, they don’t. The immune system needs input and care … and the good news is, immune cells get stronger when you give them TLC.

A stroke … just saying the phrase is scary. It’s basically “brain attack,” like a heart attack in your brain, where blood flow is interrupted to your head. Even scarier is that there are three ways in which you could cause your own stroke.

I have come to realize how our very words reveal who we have become. They also reveal what we are creating for ourselves. In fact, spoken words have a ripple effect on your health that is stronger than you may think…

Imagine being 80 or even 90 years old and still having the memory and mental sharpness you did when you were 25. It’s everyone’s dream. Here’s how to keep your brain from shrinking and make it your reality…

Imagine you’re sitting at your computer catching up on emails, paying bills, scanning Facebook, when all of sudden the left side of your face and arm feel numb. You try talking and you realize your speech is slurred. You are having a stroke–and this habit prevents…

If you suffer migraine headaches, you’re familiar with their severe pain and the way these headaches make it impossible to cope with your daily routine. But a review of ways to cope with migraines shows that there’s a natural treatment you can use to fight against the pain.

If you give in to fast food cravings for those oh-so-good, but oh-so-bad for you burgers, fries and thighs you could be putting your brain at perilous risk of memory-destroying inflammation.

Most of us feel that we don’t need to worry about dehydration unless we’re outside on a hot, sunny day or exercising. And most of us are wrong.

Migraines are the mother of all headaches. Most drug remedies only provide partial relief, if at all. But there is one solution that’s showing promise…

Chances are you’ve never heard of a natural protein called brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) produced in your body. I had not until I came across several studies where BDNF was referred to as ‘miracle-gro’ for the brain and ‘brain fertilizer.’