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Patricia Faust
Oct 9, 20204 min read
Drink Coffee After Breakfast, Not Before, for Better Metabolic Control
Drink Coffee After Breakfast, Not Before, for Better Metabolic Control FeaturedNeuroscience ·September 30, 2020 Summary: While poor sleep...
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Patricia Faust
Sep 3, 20204 min read
The Dilemma of Money and Dementia
It seems that there is always a looming catastrophe on the horizon as the huge group of boomers move toward their senior years. With...
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Patricia Faust
Sep 3, 20203 min read
The Increased Vulnerability of Seniors to Frauds, and Scams During COVID
Just when you think we have seen the worst of the worst during the pandemic, the alert about scams and frauds against older people is...
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Patricia Faust
Aug 20, 20205 min read
Your Brain and Decision-making
There is an overwhelming amount of information related to the process of decision-making and the brain. I will try to simplify the many...
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Patricia Faust
Aug 20, 20203 min read
Summer Time, Vacation Time, Brain Health Time - Even in the Time of COVID
We are flying through the end of summer and charging into the beginning of fall. Usually by now I have written about the benefits of...
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Patricia Faust
Aug 6, 20205 min read
Resolving Your Grief Over Covid
The losses we are sustaining during this pandemic are immeasurable. Our lives have changed forever. I remember whining about referring to...
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Patricia Faust
Aug 6, 20204 min read
Common Resilience Factors
The Brainwork of Resilience Common Resilience Factors Through their two decades of work with trauma survivors, Dr. Steven and Dr. Dennis...
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Patricia Faust
Jul 23, 20203 min read
The Magic of Inattentional Blindness
Magicians have amazed us with their ability to make things disappear right before our very eyes! These feats of magic have captured the...
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Patricia Faust
Jul 23, 20203 min read
The Placebo Effect - Real or Imagined?
We are hearing about clinical drug trials to evaluate a possible vaccine for COVID-19. A treatment group is compared to a control group....
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Patricia Faust
Jul 9, 20204 min read
The Prevailing Myths About Brain Health
I decided we all needed a break from the constant news about COVID-19 so, I wrote something a little lighter. Actually, it is a...
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Patricia Faust
Jul 9, 20206 min read
The Power of the Subconscious Brain
“Change your thoughts and Change your life”. This is a very popular quote and one that I believe in. To those who don’t understand this...
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Patricia Faust
Jun 25, 20204 min read
Our Canine Companions - a Blessed Connection
In spite of all the stressful news we get every day, it has been noticed that adoptions of pets have skyrocketed. No doubt, there are...
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Patricia Faust
Jun 25, 20203 min read
Have You Heard About GABA?
That’s right, I said GABA – not ABBA! GABA, also known as Gamma-aminobutyric acid, is a neurotransmitter in the brain that inhibits or...
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Patricia Faust
Jun 11, 20204 min read
Emotional Fitness Will Pull Us Through the COVID-19 Life Challenge
I was sitting here thinking about the past few months and how much our lives have changed. Explaining how the brain works and what you...
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Patricia Faust
Jun 11, 20206 min read
Worry and Anxiety Feed the Chronic Stress Cycle
Do you feel that the stress response is just hard-wired in your brain? Most times I feel that way because my reactions to stressful...
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Patricia Faust
May 28, 20204 min read
Social Isolation and Loneliness During COVID-19
There has been a big concern over the effects of social isolation on older adults. The shelter in place mandate has been longstanding...
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Patricia Faust
May 28, 20203 min read
Our Brain's Reaction in These Troubled Times
Global news has been quite grim lately. It is not unusual to hear of the spread of Coronavirus, new terrorist attacks, and mass...
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Patricia Faust
May 14, 20206 min read
The Reality of Change and Trying to Stay Brain Fit
I was looking over some of my past blogs and was struck by how different the world is now. The issues on brain health have not changed...
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Patricia Faust
May 14, 20203 min read
How Do We Respond to the Reopening of America?
It has been a few months now since we first learned of the pandemic of Coronavirus. Even though it doesn’t look like we are experiencing...
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Patricia Faust
Apr 30, 20203 min read
Perspectives on Socialization and Technology - Then and Now
Way back in 2017 I found an article from 2014 – The Progression of Seclusion. This article was looking at old schools of thought when it...
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