Brain Health

Are You An Organ Donor?

If you’ve marked the donor box on your driver’s license you have done more than just give up your organs. You’ve given up your right to informed consent.

Doctors don’t have to tell you or your relatives what will happen to your body during an organ-harvest operation. Your rights are gone because you’re dead. Or are you?

Number Of Child Transsexuals Growing

Both The Associated Press and the British newspaper The Telegraph published stories about an alarming societal trend: Children as young as 4 are being subject to gender reassignment procedures and therapies.

Being Multilingual May Reduce Alzheimer Symptoms

A team of researchers studied CT scans of patients who had been diagnosed with probable Alzheimer’s disease and who had similar levels of education and cognitive skills, such as attention, memory, planning and organization. They determined that being multilingual can ward off symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.

Brain Regions May 'Go Offline' When Deprived Of Sleep, Causing Mistakes

If you’ve ever found yourself making silly mistakes, such as putting the milk in the cupboard and the cereal in the refrigerator, a region of your brain may have been taking a little nap.

Broccoli compound shown to help prevent lung damage in COPD patients

In addition to being low in calories and high in a variety of nutrients, broccoli may have the added benefit of helping patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) fight off lung infections, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University.