Your gut is often referred to as the “second brain.” Your intestines house more than 80% of your immune system and act as a gateway to the rest of your bodies systems, sifting out important nutrients from your food and distributing it throughout the rest [...]
February 23rd kicks off National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (NEDAW), a time when people across the country shine a spotlight on eating disorders in order to educate, spread a message of hope and recovery, and provide lifesaving resources to those in need. Eating disorders [...]
Childhood Apraxia is a motor speech disorder that affects a child’s ability to speak. Speech therapists at Nationwide Children’s Hospital estimate as many as 10 children out of 1,000 are affected by this disorder. This neurological disorder affects the neural pathways involved in planning and [...]
The body is filled with numerous chemicals of various types, such as hormones, enzymes and neurotransmitters. Chemical imbalances happen due to diseases, injuries, aging, chronic stress and poor nutrition. When most people talk of chemical imbalance, especially doctors and researchers, they're referring to an [...]
Did you know that at birth, your baby's brain contains 100 billion neurons (as many as there are stars in the Milky Way)! During his first years, he will grow trillions of brain-cell connections, called neural synapses. And, amazingly, a toddler's brain has twice [...]
