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Here you will find blogs on the latest research and news, blogs from members of the CogMission team and delicious, healthy recipes.
Acupuncture and Cognitive Decline: A Clinical Perspective
Acupuncture a supportive neuromodulatory therapy My interest in acupuncture for cognitive health comes from clinical experience as much as research. I completed part of my acupuncture training in a research hospital neurology unit in Shanghai, where acupuncture was...
Bacopa monnieri (Brahmi): nourishing the brain, gently and deeply
Some herbs don’t shout for attention. They work quietly, steadily, and over time you realise something has shifted. Bacopa monnieri, also known as Brahmi, is very much one of those herbs. Used for centuries in Ayurvedic medicine as a tonic for the mind and nervous...
🎄 Festive, Not Frazzled: Your Health Guide to Christmas
Christmas. A magical time of year filled with twinkly lights, mince pies, mulled wine… and blood sugar chaos, digestive distress, poor sleep, family dynamics, and the mysterious reappearance of symptoms you thought you’d “sorted”. From a Functional Medicine (FM)...
Hormones, cognition and the menopausal brain: why testing matters for long-term brain health
In midlife, many women begin to notice changes that feel subtle at first — lapses in memory, reduced mental sharpness, word-finding difficulties, poorer focus, disrupted sleep, or a sense that their brain simply isn’t as reliable as it once was. These changes are...
I Tested My Blood for Microplastics: Here’s What It Taught Me About the Modern World:
When I received my PlasticTox blood screen, I half expected a clean report. After all, I’m someone who filters water, avoids processed food, and has spent years championing prevention through functional medicine. Yet there it was — microplastics detected in my blood.
Air Pollution and Dementia: New Research Links PM2.5 to Lewy Body Dementia
A landmark study published in Science (Zhang et al., 2025) has uncovered compelling evidence that air pollution—specifically fine particulate matter known as PM2.5—not only increases dementia risk in general but plays a direct role in triggering Lewy body dementia...