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40 AAPI authors who made the USA TODAY bestseller list, including Jenny Han, Sanjay Gupta and Ali Wong Mary Cadden, USA TODAY © USA TODAY NETWORK Illustration by Emily Nizzi/Getty Images Pictured from left to right to left: Kevin Kwan, Charles Yu, Frances Cha, Dwayne Johnson, Jhumpa Lahiri, Susie Yang, Vice President Kamala Harris and Helen Hoang. Books from Asian American Pacific Islander writers have always found a home on USA TODAYs Best-Selling Books list. From memoirs a...

Time to sharpen your inner black box(Book Review) ​ Mon, May 17 2021 12:33 IST | ​ 0 Views Time to sharpen your inner black box.. Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, May 17 : His three teen and preteen daughters find it hilarious that their father has written a book about memory; they believe he "literally cant remember anything". His wife, after reading the manuscript of the book, reminded him that she was, in fact, his truest love. He wisely conceded this point. "Our brains sculpt who w...

Article content I have been in Vancouver since March 18, visiting a bit-younger friend from University of Manitoba days who needed some help. For me, this is a novel experience. I love the city’s hedges, but I am a “flatlander,” born in raised in the Netherlands, where in its entire 41,780 square kilometres the highest point is 323 metres above sea level, and the fifth-highest point is just 56 metres above sea level. And I have spent much of the past nearly 70 years on the Canadian Prairi...

Nutrition and Mental Health: An Interview with Julia Rucklidge, Ph.D. 49 This episode of “Mad in the Family” discusses the links between nutrition and mental health, and the science that’s showing that diet may help improve or even prevent mental health issues in children and adults. Julie Rucklidge: “Taking a one-a-day gummy bear might prevent you from getting scurvy, but it’s not meeting the optimal amount that your brain needs.” Our guest is Julia Rucklidge, Ph.D. Dr. Rucklidge i...

April 13, 2021 Twitter/drsanjaygupta The brain is a complex organ of which much is still unknown. Sanjay Gupta, best known as CNN’s chief medical correspondent – he is also a practising brain surgeon – wants to change that. Gupta explores the brain in his latest book,  Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age, with a focus on how to avoid dementia. And for a personal touch, it’s peppered with stories relating to his own family. The book is partly a compendium of neuroscientific rese...

5 Ways to Prevent Dementia, Says Dr. Sanjay Gupta By Michael Martin of ETNT Health | 5 Ways to Prevent Dementia, Says Dr. Sanjay Gupta "The key to treating dementia is prevention," says Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNNs chief medical correspondent and a practicing neurosurgeon, in his new book Stay Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age. Gupta notes that brain changes that result in dementia have been found to begin 20 to 30 years before a diagnosis, making prevention an urgent and worthy goal. "And...

Worried about staying sharp as you age? Dr. Guptas book is for you. Beth NIeman Brain health is the topic of “Keep Sharp: Have a Better Brain at Any Age,” a new book by Sanjay Gupta, MD. Sharing some of the exciting developments of brain research in recent years, Dr. Gupta informs readers of new discoveries you can put into practice to boost your own brain health. I was pleasantly surprised that the practical ideas he shares are easy and inexpensive for most people to achieve — if they ar...

Congratulations to Roberta Brown of Cadillac for being the winner of last week’s book giveaway,  “The Better Brain Solution” by Dr. Masley, and thank you to everyone else who entered because we appreciate your support. This week I’m shifting, like the tide, over to thoughts of all things finned, likely because I am Catholic, and we just entered the season of Lent. Thanks to God, I got to grow up in the Great Lakes region of the United States, and while I was raised near i...

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN medical correspondent: “What’s the single most important thing for brain function and mitigating disease? The answer is exercise. And it’s as easy as walking.”

Written By: Loren Else | × I remember sitting at a table when a man gave my father a piece of paper and a pen. He asked my dad to sign his name. After putting pen to paper a couple of times, my dad, with a lost expression, slid the paper back, unsigned. My dad had a distinguished signature. At that moment, I realized my father could no longer sign his name. He would never emerge from several different memory care facilities across a couple of states. My father died 22 years ago. His plight ...