Wellness Mind
The Mechanisms of Memory
Memory plays a powerful role in our everyday experiences, including how we learn and recall things, how we make decisions, and how we plan for our future. That is,...
Secrets of the Super-Agers
It’s not uncommon to lose a bit of our mental edge as we age, or even to develop some degree of dementia. Mild cognitive impairment affects more than one...
Breaking Down a ‘Brain Booster’
We all—at least those of us of a certain age—forget a word from time to time, misplace our keys, or walk into a room and can’t remember why. When...
Sleep and Dementia: A Possible Connection
In May 2023, the journal BMC Medicine published a study from a UC Berkeley team on the relationship between deep sleep—also known as slow-wave sleep—and Alzheimer’s disease. The paper,...
When Noise Is Good for Your Health
You might think of noise as a bad thing: your neighbor’s yappy dog that wakes you up at 2 a.m. or a coworker’s radio that distracts you from your...
Loneliness, a Growing Public Health Crisis
In May, the Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, released a General Advisory sounding an alarm about a growing public health concern: loneliness. The press release for the Advisory didn’t...
Mind Over Matter
If you need a respite from anxiety-producing news—whether it's about inflation, war, politics, bank failures, ongoing Covid-19 illnesses, or something else—you might want to consider meditation. People who regularly...
How to Cope When Fluffy Is Sick
Few things are worse than knowing your loved one is sick. That doesn’t change when the loved one who’s suffering has four legs and fur. Caregiving for sick pets...
A Spotlight on Psychedelics
Journalist Michael Pollan is known for exploring our relationships with food, plants, and the natural world. Most recently, he has turned his attention to the history and healing powers...
Near-Death Experiences: Is There a Scientific Explanation?
Everyone has heard stories of people dying “on the table” and being brought back to life—so-called near-death experiences. Descriptions of these events are remarkably similar from person to person,...
