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  • Understanding Brain Fog: What Causes It and How to Improve Clarity

    Brain fog has become one of the most commonly searched cognitive concerns in recent years. People describe it as feeling mentally “sluggish,” “cloudy,” “disconnected,” or “not fully present.” While it’s not a medical diagnosis, brain fog is a real and frustrating experience that affects focus, memory, processing speed, and overall mental sharpness. This article explores…

    Jeremy Cotter

  • Top Parkinson’s Disease Prevention Tips

    Top Parkinson’s Disease Prevention Tips: A Comprehensive Guide to Reducing Your Risk Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects millions worldwide, primarily impacting motor skills due to the loss of dopamine-producing neurons in the brain. While there is no definitive cure for Parkinson’s, and its exact causes are still being researched, a…

    Jeremy Cotter

  • 5 Tips On How To Prevent Dementia At Old Age

    Prevent dementia is a powerful goal at any age, and research shows that everyday habits can meaningfully lower your risk in later life. This multi‑modal approach—combining movement, nutrition, sleep, social life, and mental stimulation—supports the brain on several levels. Use the attached brain‑health image near the top of your article to visually reinforce that dementia…

    Jeremy Cotter

  • How Chronic Stress Rewires the Brain and How To Reverse It

    Stress touches nearly every part of modern life, but chronic stress does far more than make a person feel overwhelmed—it can literally reshape the brain and affect how the body thinks, feels, and functions over time. This article explains how long-term stress rewires key brain circuits and offers practical, evidence-informed strategies to help reverse those…

    Jeremy Cotter

  • Schizophrenia Symptoms: A Simple Checklist

    Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that affects how a person thinks, feels, and interprets reality. It can involve hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking, and changes in motivation and social functioning, and it usually requires long‑term care from a mental health professional. This article offers a simple, educational checklist of common schizophrenia symptoms to help…

    Jeremy Cotter

  • How Oral Bacterial Infections Cause Binocular Diplopia and Antibiotic Treatment

    Bacterial infections originating in the mouth represent a serious yet often overlooked pathway to neurological complications like binocular diplopia. These infections, typically from untreated dental abscesses or periodontal disease, can spread to critical areas near the cranial nerves, disrupting eye alignment and causing double vision. Antibiotics play a pivotal role in reversing this process by…

    Jeremy Cotter

  • Schizophrenia: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment Options

    Schizophrenia is a chronic brain-based mental health condition that affects how a person thinks, feels, and perceives reality, but with the right treatment many people see meaningful improvement in symptoms and quality of life. This guide covers the key symptoms, suspected causes, and main treatment options in clear, non-technical language.​ What is schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is…

    Jeremy Cotter

  • Living With Epilepsy: Triggers, Seizure First Aid, and Safety Planning at Home and Work

    Epilepsy is a neurological condition where a person has a tendency to have recurrent, unprovoked seizures due to abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Seizures can look very different from person to person, ranging from brief staring spells to full‑body convulsions with loss of consciousness.​ Common seizure types include generalized tonic‑clonic seizures (stiffening then jerking,…

    Jeremy Cotter

  • When Brain Signals Glitch: Understanding Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)

    Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) is a condition where a person experiences real neurological symptoms, but routine tests such as MRI or CT scans do not show structural damage to the brain. Instead of a “hardware problem” in the brain, FND is thought of as a “software problem,” where the way the brain sends, receives, and…

    Jeremy Cotter

  • AI and Big Data in Oncology: Transforming Cancer Diagnosis, Outcomes, and Personalized Treatment

    Artificial intelligence (AI) and big data are rapidly revolutionizing the field of oncology. With cancer presenting as one of the most complex health threats globally, the integration of advanced algorithms, machine learning, and real-world, multi-source datasets is speeding up innovation in how cancer is detected, how outcomes are predicted, and how treatment is tailored for…

    Jeremy Cotter

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