Most of us have some form of amnesia [meaning partial or complete loss of memory], how often have you gone through all your children’s names before actually calling the right one? Or forgotten the name of an item you want or need [verbal amnesia]. A more uncommon form of this disease is a temporary loss of total memory - this is where the person dos not even know his own name, age etc.

Don’t panic you are not going senile, there are many forms and degrees of amnesia, it is just unfortunate that it tends to happen with old age [though even the youngsters can get it]. (more…)

Alzheimer’s Disease is a degenerative, neurological disease that results in memory impairment and deterioration in everyday functioning. Usually it culminates in death, three to 20 years after the diagnosis.

Although Alzheimer’s is considered incurable, several natural treatment options recommended by Functional Medicine practitioners often help alleviate the symptoms and slow the progression of the disease. Functional Medicine is a relatively new health care perspective that instead of treating symptoms in a standardized way, looks for the root cause of an individual’s health problem and tries to remedy it with nutrition, supplements, lifestyle changes, detoxification and other drug-free modes of treatment. (more…)

Every week brings news about the growing worldwide epidemic of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. In the meantime, those in the vulnerable 50-plus age bracket worry “Will this happen to me too?” According to William Thies at the Alzheimer’s Association, “What every survey points to as the biggest fear of people as they age is becoming dependent on others or becoming a burden.” Others worry that they might carry the gene that pre-disposes them to Alzheimer’s disease, APOE4. While genes are one of the risk factors of developing Alzheimer’s, “Genes are not ever the dominant factor” for the majority of people, insists Paul Thompson, a professor of neurology at UCLA.

Scientist have found that, while there is no simple “prevention prescription” for Alzheimer’s disease, there are proven steps anyone can take to keep their brain healthy and compensate for the effects of normal aging. Here are six simple steps you can take right now to help prevent Alzheimer’s: (more…)

The human brain is one of the most sophisticated organs nature has ever made. One of the most interesting aspects of the brain is its power to retain information, which we call as memory. Memory is perhaps the most vital of the aspects that differentiates human beings from other animals. However, memory can become faulty due to several reasons, and in that case the person is not able to make full use of his or her potentials.

Since ages, drugs and natural remedies have been prescribed to enhance memories in people. Ayurveda has a treasure-chest of such memory enhancing drugs, which are today popular all over the world due to their proven effective qualities. The following is a list of the most effective herbs used in memory enhancement all over the world.

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24 hours!” Just not enough time in the day to get everything done. Work, kids, homework, your spouse and “oh yeah,” EATING! Its hard sometimes to always eat healthy and what we eat has a powerful affect on our brain’s function, our general mood, and how well the mind handles tasks. The foods listed below can help you increase memory, speedup reaction time, concentration, keep you motivated and even control stress!

Here are 10 simple foods we can add to our diet that will help us get through our busy day.

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Many people worry about loss of memory as they become older. As we get older our brain start to degenerate  which can result decrease in memory and cognitive function. However, memory loss not only occur in older people but it can occur to anyone.

One of the best things you can do to optimize brain function and prevent memory loss by taking  brain vitamin supplements. Here are some types of vitamins that can protect and enhance your brain and memory:

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Epilepsy is mainly a nerve related physical disorder that present in many ways . In epilepsy the brain’s normal electrical activity is that disrupted and the patient experiences seizures just as a result of that. In an Epilepsy attack always patients may lose consciousness or his/her vision can turn blank just for a few seconds. Patients lose control that over their senses and start making queer movements that like jerking or thrashing various parts of their body.

Epilepsy also attack can be controlled but it cannot be easily cured. Thus treatment of epilepsy has to be continued right for the whole life. Patient has to further continuously remain health conscious. That’s how he/she can better lead a healthy life.

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Do you remember when you last spent time reading? Reading is an excellent work out for your working memory. Should it have been a long time, you should take some quality time for yourself and spend by reading something you enjoy. Doing so is a very good method of remaining sharp and actually reducing the risk of some problems related to your mental health. Spending as little as fifteen minutes per day reading may be of benefit to you.

So it is valid to assume that this would result in varying opinions. When you are reading, seek out styles of writing with which you are not familiar. Should you encounter words which you cannot define or pronounce, spend a few moments to look them up in a dictionary. You will benefit by increasing your vocabulary and knowledge. At times you may be able to determine a word’s meaning by the context in which it is written, but it is acceptable if not. As you read, detailed images of the story are being formed within your mind. (more…)