COVID-19, Stress and Tinnitus Copy

Are you experiencing tinnitus (ringing, humming  or buzzing in your ears) for the first time? Has your tinnitus has changed or increased recently? This is a stressful time and most of us are worrying more than usual. Many people find that their tinnitus increases...

Daylight Saving Time in the US

Why can an hour’s time change in spring disrupt our body, sleep, and mental health? On March 12, most Americans will observe the start of daylight saving time (DST) and “spring forward” by setting their clocks one hour ahead. (The exceptions are people...

Dr Jian Guan and cGPMAX™ – 35 years in the making.

Age-related memory decline is a by-product of the natural ageing process. While ageing is a part of life that we cannot change, we can control HOW we choose to age. Today, with increased awareness and advances in scientific research, we can make ageing more graceful...

Your Brain Needs Energy

The human brain consumes more energy than any other part of the body: The entire brain weighs three pounds (1.4 kg) and so is only a small percentage of an adult’s total body weight, typically 2%. But it consumes 20% of all the energy the body uses.   Why?...

Tips for Sudoku Beginners

5 Tips for Sudoku Beginners Sudoku, which has gained in popularity in the past dozen or so years, actually originates long before that, and not from where you might expect. Although “Sudoku” is a Japanese word (meaning “digit single”), it got that name only around...