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Brain Gym
... August/September 2005. “Movement is the door to learning.” — Paul E. Dennison, creator of Brain Gym For three decades, educators, therapists, and movement ...
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Stress and Pain Age the Body and Brain
... June/July 2005. Chronic stress ages the body and can make cells appear up to 17 years older than they really are, according ...
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Retrain Your Brain
... June/July 2001. A new study conducted at the University of Alabama at Birmingham found the brain has the ability to heal itself after a serious stroke (cortical ...
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Potential For Recovery In Central Nervous System Injuries
... According to statistical averages, a stroke, traumatic brain injury, or spinal cord injury will radically change the lives of 116 Americans this hour. Injuries to the central nervous system ...
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Meditation Makes (Brain) Waves
... are on to something. Meditation has a biological effect on the body, easing anxiety and boosting immunity, according to a recent study ... weeks, electrical activity on the frontal left side of the brain — an area associated with lower anxiety — was more active in the ...
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New Possibilities
... 2007. A child is born. It is a miracle. For the first few weeks, the little one sleeps a lot, nurses, occasionally cries, ... does not take its normal course. Cerebral palsy (CP), brain and nerve injury, autism, birth defects, genetic disorders, sensory ...
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A Mind of Its Own
... Love is more than mere sentiment — it nourishes the body, as well as the soul. For most of us, the heart is merely the symbol ... So impressive is IHM’s research into the heart’s “brain” that the American Journal of Cardiology, Stress Medicine, and Journal ...
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Stroke Rehab, Part 1
... magazine, April/May 2000. Stroke is one of the sneaky adversaries that snoops around members of the over-60 set, often ... is an interruption of blood flow to a specific part of the brain. The exact location of the stroke determines the damage that occurs to ...
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The Power of Touch
... treatment room. “I’ve been really stressed at work — the timing’s perfect for a session.” “Any specific areas you want me ... is as powerful and universal as touch. Skin and the Brain The adult human lives inside an envelope of about 18 square feet of ...
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Mental Health
... in five over 80 can’t absorb B12 properly from food. Since the vitamin is necessary for proper neurologic operation, including the functioning of neurons in the brain needed for memory, it’s best to play it safe. Even people who can’t ...