Brain Health
What is Agnosia?
There are a variety of brain disorders that affect up to 1 billion people worldwide! At the United Brain Association, our mission is to find a cure and end these life-altering and sometimes fatal disorders. In this blog, we want to examine at one of... Read More
Cellphones and Brain Activity – How Smartphones Impact Our Brains
Our society is heavily reliant on technology. It’s incorporated into our personal lives, work lives, and it’s even got a solid stronghold on the entertainment avenues we seek to decompress. From our work lives to our children’s school lives, screens are everywhere. With over 3.5... Read More
The Long Term Effects of Covid-19 on the Brain
COVID-19 moves swiftly, and in some cases is devastating and even deadly. Because this disease is a novel virus, the data, and information on how it impacts our population, is limited but ever-growing. As the world continues to analyze, review, and research the viruses’ symptoms... Read More
Lack of Sleep and Dementia – What’s the Connection?
A healthy night’s sleep benefits us in a variety of ways. Sleep helps our bodies reset, heal, and prepare for the next day. During a healthy sleep cycle, new neural pathways are created to help our brains with memory, cognitive learning, and other important brain... Read More
Telling Your Brain Story
The main focus of the United Brain Association is finding cures for brain disorders worldwide. To help support advancements in brain disorder research, we’re striving to raise funding through charity events and fundraisers. A key part of our fundraising efforts consists of raising awareness of... Read More
How Sugar Affects the Brain
When it comes to overall physical health and body function, it’s no secret that glucose is the primary means our body uses for energy. Every cell in the human body utilizes sugar to fuel our day to day brain and metabolic processes. While glucose is... Read More
Mental Health and COVID-19 – Combating Loneliness During Isolation
These are unique times; as we adapt to move forward and adjust to a new way of living, we’re learning new ways to stay safe and function in society as it exists today. Widespread fear and anxiety regarding the unknown has many wondering what life... Read More
What Causes Parkinson’s?
Did you know that complications from Parkinson’s disease are the 14th leading cause of death in the United States? More than 10 million people are living with various stages of the disease worldwide, with no cure in sight. While men are 1.5 times more at... Read More
Physical Activity and Brain Health
Our brains are SO important! They’re our computers, our driving force…they operate our bodies for us. They do things we don’t even have to think about so we can live our lives to the fullest. Just like the rest of our body, taking care of... Read More
