Mental Health

It's easy to appreciate that physical exercise is good for the body. Did you know that mental exercise is good for the mind? There are brain exercises to help improve memory and learning just like...

Brain-derived Neurotropic Factor (BDNF) is a growth factor that helps maintain brain health as we age. It's similar to several other Neurotrophic Growth Factors (NGF) but offers some specific benefits to mental performance. Taking...

Lion’s Mane is a mushroom that has been used for centuries for its natural medicinal value. Hericium erinaces, as it’s referred to in scientific literature, has shown tremendous potential in helping to stimulate the...

If you’ve ever heard someone talk about the hormone cortisol, it was probably in a negative context. Often referred to as a “stress hormone,” cortisol is one of the most misunderstood hormones in the...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is characterized by several physical, emotional, and mental symptoms that occur in response to a traumatic event. This disorder is alarmingly common among military personnel but is also common...

The most recent data on depression in the United States shows that approximately 16.2 million adults (nearly seven percent of the adult population) experienced at least one major depressive episode in the last year...

Everyone deals with stress, and in the modern world of constant movement and commerce, it can seem a never-ending fountain of opposition. There are many approaches that can reduce stress, avoid stress, and even...

Drug addiction, also known as substance use disorder, is a chronic disease that affects your brain and behavior. It’s essential to note that drug addiction covers a breadth of substances: alcohol, heroin, cocaine, tobacco,...