Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty ImagesWith more of us living into old age than at any other time, dementia is increasing steadily worldwide, with major individual, family, societal and economic consequences. Treatment remains largely ineffective and aspects of the underlying pathophysiology are still unclear. But there is good evidence that neurodegenerative diseases – and their manifestation as dementia – are not an inevitable consequence of ageing. Many causes of dementia, including viral infections, are preventable. COVID and other viral infections are centrally involved in insults to the brain and subsequent neurodegeneration. COVID-positive outpatients have a more than three-fold higher risk of Alzheimer’s and more than two-fold higher risk of Parkinson’s disease. A study of almost three million found risks of...
It’s no secret that people who set and achieve goals are more successful than those who don’t. And while you may have your sights set on success, you may not know how to train your brain to help you achieve your goals. The first step is to get clear on what you want to achieve. What are your goals for 2022? Once you have a clear picture of your goals, you can start to train your brain to help you achieve them. Here are a few tips to help you train your brain for success: 1.Visualize your goals. When you have a clear picture of your goals in your mind, you’re more likely to achieve them. So, take some time...
5 Engaging Ways to Teach Nonfiction Text Features I have 5 ENGAGING ways to teach NONFICTION TEXT FEATURES (yep, big and all-caps emphasis on engaging!). Nonfiction text features are so important for students, but can often be tricky to teach and to get enough practice for. Like all reading strategies, it can often be tough to think of new ideas to engage and motivate your students to learn, practice, and review the concept. Teachers are BUSY, so I wanted to give you a few ideas for teaching nonfiction text features that you can easily implement in your own classroom. Read about my five ideas below! And don’t forget to leave your name and email below to get a reading comprehension...
Del Jolly is a key figure in psychedelics research right now, specifically as it applies to medicinal mushrooms like psilocybin. Del worked with leading CBD brand, Charlotte’s Web before co-founding both Unlimited Sciences, a research non-profit, and Umbo, a functional mushroom brand. If you're new to the topic of microdosing and psychedelics, I hear you. The truth is that microdosing has quietly taken off here in LA more than you might imagine, and the anecdotes I'm hearing are impressive. Now it's time for the science to catch up. Our first story on psilocybin was with Elissa Goodman, juicing advocate and something of a wellness straight arrow in my book. If you're new to this topic -- or still highly skeptical,...
Finally got my new Covid booster today. I mentioned the other day I’d gotten the run-around trying to book an appointment for the Moderna booster at the only local place I could find that has it. We were early for the appointment, as requested. Walgreen’s was late, though when the woman finally gave me the shot, she was most pleasant and also skilled—a painless shot, and tonight my arm is tender but not really sore. But back to the wait at the pharmacy—we were there at least forty-five minutes. When we got to the pharmacy—why are they always in the far back corner of a humongous store?—I was ready to sit down, so Jordan checked me in. I can’t tell...
