When you enter deep sleep also known as slow-wave sleep your brain activity slows but your body kicks into high gear with important restorative processes. This is when growth hormone is released ...

“We want people to gain muscle and lose body fat — that’s the way to have optimal brain health.” You can measure your waistline yourself — without sucking in your tummy, wrap a tape ...

Resilience relies on the brain’s ability to regulate emotion, adapt, and recover. Myelin plasticity helps speed up and stabilize resilient brain responses. Genes like FKBP5 and BDNF affect how people ...

and the nerve cells in your brain and elsewhere," he says. At 14 hours after fasting begins, "good things" start to happen in the body as ketone levels rise, says Professor Mattson. In response to ...

Neurons are cells found in your brain and central nervous system that tell your body how to behave. There are approximately 86 billion neurons in the human brain. Interestingly, your gut contains ...

One 2023 study found that seniors — the least physically active age group — who participated in a dance program increased ...

When it comes to pregnancy and the postpartum period, there are so many things that happen in your body – and mind, too. One of which has been dubbed 'baby brain', which is basically shorthand ...

Are self-orgasms for the body or mind? Self-orgasms are for both your mind and body. The brain is your biggest sex organ. Self-orgasm is a skill that you can teach your body to create, but your ...

Think your brain is too old to learn new tricks, let alone keep cognitive decline at bay? Think again. Research featured in the journal Cell Stem Cell in 2019 revealed that neurons continue to form in ...

Edmentum programs are meant to help students keep up with their peers. But some teachers and students say the online courses ...

After Skool vividly illustrated an insightful talk by Dr. Joe Dispenza about aligning one's mind and body to affect ...