Reviewed by Dr. Teralyn Sell One of the most misleading things in performance is a clean practice session. You repeat the same sequence. The environment is quiet. The timing is predictable. Feedback is immediate. By the end, you look sharp. Then the real moment...
Melatonin is often discussed as if it were a small, simple answer to a large problem: trouble sleeping.It is available without a prescription in the United States. It comes in gummies, quick-dissolve tablets, extended-release capsules, and combinations with other...
A medication regimen can become more complicated for a perfectly understandable reason. A person starts a medication. It helps one problem, but a new difficulty appears. Sleep changes. Weight changes. Sexual function changes. Restlessness, nausea, fatigue, tremor, or...
Ferritin is often described as an “iron storage” test. That description is useful, but incomplete.A ferritin result can add important context to an iron discussion. It can also invite more certainty than one number can support. A low result, a high result, and a...
The World Health Organization released updated guidelines on reducing the risk of cognitive decline and dementia in July 2026. The document is useful for one reason in particular: it treats brain health as more than a puzzle of supplements, memory games, or one ideal...
Iron is often treated as an anemia issue. If hemoglobin is normal, the thinking goes, iron cannot be the explanation for fatigue, concentration trouble, or a sense that the brain is not keeping up.That assumption is too simple.Iron has biologically important roles in...
One of the most useful recent developments in psychiatric medication conversations is also one of the least dramatic: a 2026 expert consensus statement on deprescribing argued that medication decisions should include clear treatment aims, ongoing reassessment, and...
We often tell people under pressure to focus harder. It sounds sensible. If the stakes rise, surely the answer is more concentration, more control, more attention to every detail. Sometimes that’s exactly right. And sometimes it’s the beginning of the problem. The...
Magnesium is one of those lab topics that invites a fast conclusion.A result is low, normal, or high. Surely that tells us whether someone has enough magnesium.Not quite.A recent 2026 narrative review renewed attention on a long-running laboratory problem: serum...
“Move more” is one of the most repeated messages in brain health. It sounds straightforward. It isn’t. A recent systematic review and meta-analysis in The Lancet Public Health pulled together 74 studies involving more than 4.2 million adults. Higher leisure-time...
