​Love…poets and authors have written about it, scientists have studied it. And for so many of us, we know that love can have an extraordinary range of effects on our body and our mind!
Interestingly, it’s not just humans’ emotions that are subject to the profound impacts. In this article, authors wrote about an informal study conducted in the United Kingdom using heart rate monitors to measure dogs’ heightened responses to hearing their owners say “I love you.” ​

We have only to look at the statistics associated with the rise in autism diagnoses to know we are living with another version of a pandemic situation. Estimates vary, but the numbers in recent years have greatly and alarmingly increased:

• Autism was four times more prevalent among boys than girls as of 2016 in the U.S. 

For many years, researchers have sought to explain the unconscious neural connections we make when we see and recognize a very familiar face. Once posed as a theory, the “grandmother neuron,” which is a “single cell at the crossroads of sensory perception and memory, capable of prioritizing an important face” has often been dismissed as simply being an impossible concept. ​

A recent study sought to provide more understanding of the impacts to our brain processes caused by the menopause transition (MT) that includes pre-, peri- and post-menopausal stages.
Women of all ages can attest to what can occur at these various stages, from increased brain fog, issues with memory and concentration, and other difficulties.