FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE BLOG
Includes over 800 monographs reporting on emerging studies in the medical and scientific literature of practical clinical importance, easily searched for content.
Unresolved PTSD promotes adverse cardiovascular and brain effects
PTSD is associated with a 50% to 60% increased risk of incident CVD and elevated stroke and dementia risk.
Alzheimer's disease and blood-brain barrier leakage
Patients with early Alzheimer's disease have significantly more tissue characterized by blood-brain barrier leakage than do healthy control subjects...BBB leakage may help to provide a biomarker for early diagnosis, or at least a marker indicating vulnerability for the development of dementia.
Side sleeping helps clean brain through glymphatic transport
The major finding of our study was that waste, including Aβ, removal was most efficient in the lateral position...
Stunning discovery links brain and immune system
Investigators report in the prestigious journal Nature the stunning discovery of a central nervous system lymphatic system connecting the brain and immune system.
DHA supplementation improves frontal brain activation and attention
DHA supplementation improves frontal brain activation and attention
The brain's role in obesity and the importance of dopamine
The brain's role in obesity and the importance of dopamine
Ginkgo biloba prevents mobile phone-induced brain oxidative damage
Ginkgo biloba prevents mobile phone-induced brain oxidative damage