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By Marc Rothman, MD   A while back, I received a call from a college buddy, a successful family man who was running a small business but had no idea how to handle a parent with memory loss. His father had passed, and now his mother’s memory and behavior were…

By Renee Langmuir   By the time we reach the “age of maturity,” most of us have refined our project management skills in the areas of work, home, and family. If your gender reads “female,” you might have even achieved elite status. This level carries with it a priority for…

So what’s currently on your nightstand (or your Kindle)? Are you plowing through a new book or meandering your way through several different works, picking and choosing to start and stop depending on your mood? Well, according to a new NPR/Ipsos Poll, most of us enjoy reading and would like…

By Louise Applebome   Here’s a Pop Quiz:   “What’s most important…the spiritual, psychic or physical effects of an ongoing yoga practice?”    Beep!  “Time’s up!”   Of course, it’s a trick question, and the answer is all three…and much more. Yoga is multi-tiered.   Let’s deconstruct the possibilities.   …

If the world has you feeling tense and stressed these days, then April is your month, as April has been declared Stress Awareness Month! While some of us these days are likely in a perpetual state of stress, so that the anxious, tense feelings we experience seem “normal,” a chronic…

By Annie Fenn, MD   I get asked a lot about how to stick to a brain-healthy lifestyle while traveling. What are the brain-healthy snacks I swear by? How do I navigate airport food? And, what do I eat while in-flight? So I thought it would be helpful to share…