Tired All the Time? You Might Have Sleep Apnea
Do you frequently fall asleep during the day? Are you tired all the time, even when you get a good night’s sleep? Have others noticed that you snore or make choking noises when you sleep? If you...
View ArticleThe Most Important 7 Hours of the Day
A good night’s sleep has a hard time getting the respect it deserves in our 24/7 world. But lack of quality sleep can make anyone’s health and memory take a nose dive. “Nearly every disease killing us...
View ArticleIs Lack of Sleep Killing You?
“I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” Sadly, that joking remark has become the motto of many overachievers in our society. The list of reasons why we pass up a good night’s sleep is extensive. It’s estimated...
View ArticleIs it Just a Phase? Or Something More? Understanding Depression in Teens
All teenagers get moody and anxious as they go through adolescence, right? Well, while it may be a cliché to think of teens as sad and moody, there may be something making many teen’s lives harder...
View Article5 Ways to Boost Your Emotional Flexibility
It is important to be able to “keep your cool” and remain flexible with your emotions throughout life’s ups and downs. This ability allows you to adapt more effortlessly to new obstacles, situations,...
View ArticleDepression and Young Girls, are Rates Increasing?
Increasing Rates of Depression in Girls As rates of depression among the girl demographic increases, it gives pause to how this will affect future generations of adults. We pride ourselves on removing...
View Article5 Critical Steps To Parenting A Difficult Child
Parenting a child is one of the most important responsibilities any of us ever undertake. Yet, it does not require any special training or prior experience. It has been said that parents make most of...
View ArticleHealthy Food Rules for Your Workplace
At Amen Clinics, we feel the most important asset of any company is the collective brain health of all its employees. Healthy nutrition combined with proper lifestyle choices are critical strategies...
View Article1 in 5 Teens Have Already Suffered a Concussion
Brain trauma can cause significantly decreased function in a person’s brain. Even though we have seen that brain damage can be reversed to some degree, for the best quality of life, a never-damaged...
View ArticleThe Five Horsemen of Aging
Do you think how you age and when you die is left to the fate of good or bad genes? Think again. “Only about 5 to 20 percent of the aging process has to do with our genes,” says Johnny Bowden, author...
View ArticleHow to Say “Good Night” to Insomnia
Here are some alarming statistics that may keep you up at night… 35% of American adults and 69% of high school students don’t get adequate sleep. It’s estimated that as many as 70 million Americans...
View ArticleCan Diabetes Steal Your Mind?
Diabetes is a disease that no one wants to have. When insulin, the hormone that controls blood sugar levels, becomes deficient or ineffective, the body suffers from chronically high blood sugar. Type...
View ArticleMuhammad Ali: The Fight He Could Not Win
Muhammad Ali died on June 3, 2016. He was “The Greatest.” He told us so himself. And Sports Illustrated named him the greatest athlete of the 20th century. He is a three-time winner of the heavyweight...
View ArticleDon’t Let ADD Ruin Your Family Relationships
Dealing with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is challenging for both children and parents. To better manage the family impact of ADD/ADHD it’s...
View Article8 Ways ADD Affects the Female Brain
This is a subject that is very near and dear to my heart – Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) in females. I am a father of three daughters – two of which have ADD – and my wife, Tana, was diagnosed with...
View ArticleNew Research Shows How Marijuana Drops Blood Flow to the Brain. Should You Be...
Reported rates of marijuana use have more than doubled in the past decade. Medical marijuana is now legal in nearly half of US states and is increasing access to the drug for current and potential...
View ArticleWho Controls Your Moods?
Who You Spend Time With Impacts Your Mood When you are with positive, supportive, and loving people, you feel happier and more content, and you live longer. This is not only intuitively true but...
View ArticleThe Seriousness of Concussions & TBI
At Amen Clinics, we knew about the NFL concussion problem 25 years ago, simply because we were looking at brains. We quickly learned these tragic facts: even mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) can ruin...
View ArticleWhen Depression Looks Like Dementia
We first met Margaret when she was 68 years old. She lived alone, and her family was worried because she appeared to have symptoms of serious dementia. She was ragged and unkempt, she often forgot the...
View ArticleProlonged Sitting Can Cause Early Death
This research study will make you stand up and pay attention, or at least we hope so. A recent study found that sitting six or more hours a day increased the risk of early death from all causes by an...
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