Month: May 2026

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If you have mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer’s disease, changes in lifestyle are more likely to provide benefit to your cognitive capacity than available medicines, a study by Johns Hopkins neurologist Majid Fotuhi shows. Fotuhi says this is largely …

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Lifestyle interventions are more effective than medications in early Alzheimer’s disease, a study led by Majid Fotuhi, a neurologist at Johns Hopkins, has found. When a number of trials were analyzed together, implementation of several lifestyle changes emerged as superior …

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Declines of several fold in rates of progression- sounds pretty good, doesn’t it, if you have the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s disease and are considering available medications. Yet a recent study by Johns Hopkins neurologist Majid Fotuhi finds that those …

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Comprehensive lifestyle changes are better than medications to slow, stop or even improve mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer’s disease, a study by Johns Hopkins neurologist Majid Fotuhi finds. This meta analysis of existing randomized trials sought to compare the …

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Healthcare teams operate under constant pressure, making meaningful support, not token gestures, essential for sustained well-being. In this episode, we explore the gratitude literature, sharing how gratitude practices strengthen well-being across multiple domains, and offer strategies leaders, teams and individuals …

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Many substances marketed as ‘supplements’ enjoy a lack of oversight and regulation, among them kratom, a plant based extract from Asia. While some users report pain relief and mood improvement there are no studies to support this, and as Eric …

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Over a thousand fold in the last year. That’s the increase in the number of emergency department visits nationally due to use of kratom, a drug sold unregulated in convenience stores and gas stations as well as online. Substance use …

What is the likelihood that you’ll experience a problem with a product labeled as kratom? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »