Fish has long been considered in myriad cultures to be “brain food,” but only recently has bona fide science begun to support this deep-rooted belief. Researchers now know that the omega-3 fatty acids found in oily fish such as salmon and herring may play a critical role in both development and maintenance of the brain [...]

Berkeley.edu – Children who were exposed to common, organophosphate pesticides while still in their mother’s womb were more likely to develop attention-deficit disorders years later, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. The study raises the public health issue of whether organic produce might be a better choice for [...]

UCLA.edu – UCLA scientists have found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning after just one week of internet searching. The findings, presented October 19, 2009 at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, suggest that Internet training [...]

JAMA / Archives – The amino acid N-acetylcysteine (NAC) appears to reduce symptoms of compulsive hair-pulling in patients with a condition known as trichotillomania, according to a report in the July 2009 issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. Trichotillomania has been described for almost 200 years and researched for more than two decades, but there [...]