By Rich Haridy April 18, 2022 Researchers have discovered neurons in the brain’s appetite-control region are directly influenced by bacterial molecules. New research published in the journal Science reports the discovery of a unique pathway by which bacteria in the gut can directly communicate with neurons in the brain responsible for regulating appetite and body…
Do you suffer from an inability to focus, short and long term memory loss, visual disturbances, and / or depression? Have you been diagnosed with a concussion? Then we may be able to help you……….. read on. Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) is also known as photobiomodulation (PBM). Wikipedia states that many different cultures practiced…
By Paul McClure May 03, 2024 Studies show that by applying low-intensity light to the head and gut simultaneously, the effects of chronic stress is reduced. Applying non-invasive, low-intensity light simultaneously to the head and abdomen, reduces the effects of chronic stress on the gut microbiome and the brain, according to a new study. The…
It’s no secret that healthy lifestyle factors such as physical exercise and nutrition are important for maintaining a clear mind and sharp thinking skills.
What many people don’t know is that there are other things they can do to improve their cognitive function, including sauna sessions.
While everyday brain fog can be cleared with a little bit of physical activity, some root causes may be a little bit more of a ‘high-tech’ health problem.
Jill Harrison, B.A, C.B.T. No matter how careful we are, we cannot fully protect ourselves from exposure to the toxins that have become ubiquitous in our environment. They can be heavy metals and/or chemicals and all are lipophilic (fat soluble). The average adult has between 400 and 800 toxic compounds stored in their fat…
When it comes to the benefits of Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT or PBM), there are simply so many studies out there that it would be impossible to list them all!Nonetheless, to give you a sense of the sheer number of effects that LLLT can have on your health, I mostly stuck to referencing the…
The study evaluates whether the addition of low-level laser therapy into standard conventional physical therapy in elderly with bilateral symptomatic tri-compartmental knee arthritis can successfully postpone the need for joint replacement surgery. A prospective randomized cohort study of 100 consecutive unselected elderly patients with bilateral symptomatic knee arthritis with each knee randomized to receive either…
A new treatment is restoring smell, sleep and other things we take for granted. Margaret Jarrett in the garden of her home in Adelaide Margaret Jarrett was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease eight years ago. And although she was bothered by many of the symptoms that commonly afflict Parkinson’s sufferers – resting tremor, uncertain gait and…
Following on from a very nonspecific description and treatment regime for Fibromyalgia, I thought I would open with the final paragraph in the web page for the Mayo Clinic’s discussion of FM. The Causes of FM are described thus: “Doctors don’t know what causes fibromyalgia, but it most likely involves a variety of factors working…
If ever there was a prize for the worst word in medicine, ‘Fibromyalgia’ would beat anything else hands down. Patients tell their doctors they’ve had muscle pain for ten years and hurt all over. When the doctors press onto them, it causes them to wince in pain or startle for apparently no reason. The assumption…