OP/ED I was recently in a YMCA board meeting with visiting guests from our local school board. The topic was early childhood development and narrowing the achievement gap for preschoolers. In our community alone there are at least 700 children who are not prepared to start school. The solution was (more…) RELATED ARTICLES
Two randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled human clinical trials released this month (July 2014) show that citicoline may improve concentration and motor speed. One study on adolescent males and another on adult healthy males leads researchers to believe that this nucleotide may play an important role in improving working memory and overall (more…) RELATED ARTICLES
Little agreement exists as to whether low-level mercury (Hg) exposure causes damage to the central nervous system in adults. Although eating fish is associated with intake of methylmercury, researchers in this field have generally thought that the beneficial effects of a diet rich in long-chain, n-3 fatty acids (N3FA) can (more…) RELATED ARTICLES
