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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.
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Could Shingles Be Affecting Brain Health? A Functional Medicine Perspective
Image by freepik For years, shingles was viewed primarily as a painful skin and nerve condition. However, emerging research suggests the Varicella zoster virus (VZV)—the same virus behind childhood chickenpox—may influence stroke risk and cognitive decline. The...
Artificial sweeteners may speed declines in memory and thinking – Harvard Health
High consumption of artificial sweeteners is associated with a 62% faster rate of cognitive decline, equivalent to roughly 1.6 years of brain aging, particularly in individuals under 60 and those with diabetes. Research indicates that daily intake of low- and...
Weight Loss Drugs: A Functional Medicine Perspective on Muscle, Ageing and Brain Health
GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro are being widely described as wonder drugs for obesity, Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk. For many people, they offer real and meaningful benefits.
But as their use increases in older adults, an important question is being overlooked:
What happens to muscle – and what does that mean for cognitive decline and healthy ageing?
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...