Loneliness is no longer a private struggle, it’s a public-health issue that we’ve discussed quite a bit in my recent books. Research increasingly links social isolation to cognitive decline, depression, card...

For decades, we’ve been asking the wrong question about Alzheimer’s disease. We have focused intensely on what to remove, amyloid plaques, without fully understanding who is responsible for removing them. Th...

We tend to think of emojis as harmless, simple digital decorations that soften language, add humor, or clarify tone. But emerging neuroscience suggests something far more consequential. A recent EEG-based st...

On this episode of The Empowering Neurologist, I spend time with Dr. Trisha Pasricha, gastroenterologist and author of the provocative and important new book, You’ve Been Pooping All Wrong. Yes, the title ma...

For decades, I’ve been emphasizing the importance of exercise as one of the most powerful tools we have to protect the brain. It improves insulin sensitivity, enhances mitochondrial function, increases BDNF,...