Category Archives: Hypothalamus

Keegan-Michael Key is host of the new season of Brain Games on Nat Geo. The brain is a mysterious thing. I am always fascinated by things like the viral blue or gold dress debate and how two people can look at the same picture and see completely different things, and I love trying to break down optical illusions or solve puzzles Continue reading →

Landing on 20th January 2020, Blue Monday has been calculated as the most gloomiest of them all. However, research commissioned by The Weather Channel and YouGov has found that one in three people suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) a winter depression that is lifted once spring arrives. Curiously, the findings report that women are 40 percent more likely than men to experience symptoms of the condition. Continue reading →

Today, we will study why Soleno Therapeutics (SLNO) is an attractive pick in 2020. Soleno Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of treatment options for rare diseases Continue reading →

The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA-axis) is a feedback and regulatory system for how the body responds to stress. And directly within the HPA-axis, each gland has sexual hormone influence. In fact, the reproductive influence on the stress axis is now referred to as the HPG-axis, where instead of adrenal as the primary target, the gonads or sexual organs are. Continue reading →

Just about all species humans, animals, plants and some microbes are influenced by their circadian clock. The circadian clock controls every hormone. Continue reading →

Abstaining from food for 16 to 18 hours a day could be key to treating a variety of health conditions -- even if you've got to train yourself to push past the hunger. A review of past animal and human studies in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that intermittent fasting can reduce blood pressure, aid in weight loss, stabilize blood sugar levels and improve longevity. The report functions as a road map of sorts for physicians to prescribe fasting as a method of prevention or treatment for obesity, cancer, diabetes and heart disease Continue reading →

Many people are struggling with sleep disorders, which might mean they fall asleep quickly but then wake up multiple times in the night, or it may mean not falling asleep easily at all. I am really very lucky to not have any sleep issues in my life. Continue reading →

by Dr. Jeremy Schmoe, DC, DACNB Ill make this simple: when you injure your brain, you will affect the integration between your brain-gut and gut-brain axis Continue reading →

Source: Lightspring/Shutterstock The human brain is by far the most complex and intricate organ in the body. Apart from regulating our most basic biological functions, the brain is also the seat of consciousness. When something is not right, either due to an irregularity in neurochemical signaling or because of structural deficits caused by either injury or old age, this can often affect how we experience consciousness and how we perceive the world around us. Continue reading →

(Photo : pexels) Not eating food from 16 to 18 hours every day could be a way to treat numerous health conditions, even if you have to train yourself to push past the hunger. A past animal and human studies in The New England Journal of Medicine was reviewed and it suggested that intermittent fasting(IF) can help reduce blood pressure, aid weight loss, and improve longevity Continue reading →