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How Focus Builds Brain Connections

by Dr. David Perlmutter

Neurons develop a relationship that facilitates future coordinated activation as a response to being repeatedly stimulated.

This is how networks are constructed.

Are Medications Depleting Your Nutrients? Part 2

by Dr. Hyla Cass

To understand the role of medications in nutrient depletion, we must first understand the variety of nutrient-depleting mechanisms.
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Cut Your Risk of Diabetes

by Dr. Leo Galland

Do you eat the typical American diet, high in soft drinks including diet soda, white flour, French fries and processed meats like cold cuts and hot dogs?

Exercise for Migraine Prevention

Research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has shown that exercise is just as good as drugs at preventing migraines.

Alcohol Cuts Sleep Benefits

Large amounts of alcohol are known to shorten sleep latency, increase slow-wave sleep, and suppress rapid eye movement (REM) during the first half of sleep.

During the second half of sleep, REM increases and sleep becomes shallower. A study of the acute effects of alcohol on the relationship between sleep and heart rate variability (HRV) during sleep has found that alcohol interferes with the restorative functions of sleep.