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Category: Mental Health

Are You Changing With The Seasons?

Have you noticed now that Winter seems long behind us, people aren’t in such dreadful moods? When I first moved to Frederick, I was amazed at how friendly people were and it seemed completely natural for a total stranger to smile and engage in conversation.  This is a far cry from growing up in Southern California, where you know better than to make eye contact with strangers. But as Winter clobbered us with single digit (or below, factoring in wind chill) temperatures,

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Clearing Up The Coconut Oil Confusion

“What is the latest research on coconut oil?  Years ago they said it was absolutely no good but that thinking seems to have changed, especially in Alzheimer’s research.” Great question.  It’s difficult to stay up-to-date on the most current research and even more difficult to discern what’s good research.  Luckily, I was able to time-warp back into my undergrad mode (where I was involved in research for over a year) to look at the research surrounding coconut oil and health.

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A tasty new hope for Alzheimer’s

There’s a lot of talk in the media about Alzheimer’s disease, but what is it and why should we care?  Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia that typically begins with memory impairment and progressively worsens over time.  It affects more women than men and the average person diagnosed with Alzheimer’s will live 5-10 years after they’re diagnosed.  Unfortunately, Alzheimer’s not only affects the individual diagnosed, but their family as well, since their condition worsens over time which puts a strain

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