When Your Words Disappear Mid-Conflict If you've ever been so anxious you couldn't find the words to speak–you're not imagining it. There's real brain science behind that...
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Tips and resources on how to identify, maintain, and improve your brain health.
Traditional Healthcare is Holding Back Prevention of Dementia
Cognitive Decline Deserves More Than Resignation I’ve spent over two decades working with individuals and families affected by cognitive decline. I’ve sat knee to knee with...
Menopause & Your Mind: What Every Woman Needs to Know About Brain Health
The Brain Changes No One Talks About Let’s talk about menopause—and not just the hot flashes, night sweats, and “Is it hot in here or is it just me?” moments. Let’s talk about...
We Don’t Just “Diagnose and Adios” when it comes to Dementia
Why A Dementia Diagnosis Isn't the End of the Story At Minds Matter, our mission is to prevent dementia—and we’re not shy about it. We work hard every day to give people tools to...
Prevagen? Donepazil? A Drug Didn’t Get You into This Mess and It Sure Won’t Get You Out
Why We've Given Away Too Much Power Over Brain Health If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my 23 years of treating cognitive decline, it’s this: we’ve given away too much power...
Genetics Aren’t Destiny—Take Control of Your Brain Health
"It Runs in the Family" Doesn't Mean "It's Inevitable" We often hear that Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s “run in the family.” But here’s the truth: hereditary forms of these...
Why Dementia is on the Rise – and What It Really Means
Dementia Diagnoses Are Increasing— Here's Why Everywhere you look, dementia diagnoses are rising. And yes, part of that is because people are living longer. But let’s take a...
Long-COVID, West Nile, Lyme disease and Brain Fog
When "Something Feels Different" After Illness There’s a pattern I see too often in my office—and it usually starts with someone saying, “Something’s just… different. Everyone...
What is Brain Fog Anyways?
When Your Brain Feels Like It's in Slow Motion You know the feeling. You walk into a room and forget why. You reread the same sentence five times. You can’t find your words in a...
Take Your Brain Personally
Why We Treat Our Cars Better Than Our Brains If you’ve ever taken your car in for a tune-up, bought vitamins to boost your health, or changed your furnace filter before it...