Two years ago, Steve Nicander was suicidal. He weighed 638 pounds and struggled with depression, sleep apnea, hypertension, diabetes, a 25-year addiction to alcohol and nicotine, and chronic pain in his feet that tortured him day and night. He was so big that whenever he fell one or two people...

Faced with the recent surge of sex scandals, I have found myself holding back, not wanting to comment. They happen all the time, but somehow this season seems different, worse. The ex-governor of California had his family torn apart by an affair he had a decade ago; the IMF leader...

It has been a particularly bad few weekends for the NFL as far as brain health goes. Violent tackles this weekend and last left multiple players with concussions, head injuries, and spinal cord injuries.

• The Falcons' cornerback Dunta Robinson collided so violently with the Eagles' wide receiver DeSean Jackson...

When we created the Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Foundation, we had people just like James in mind. James, an Iraq veteran, is the first person the Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Foundation has sponsored to receive...

The potential lasting brain damage suffered by NFL players due to the thousands of helmet-to-helmet blows over a career has been the subject of much recent controversy. For years, the NFL has said that it didn't know if playing professional football caused long-term brain damage, even though they started their...

Why is it so hard to lose weight? Have you ever wondered why the diets you've tried never seem to work even though they helped your best friend, husband, or neighbor lose weight? Have you ever gotten so irritable and emotional on a diet that your spouse threatened to divorce...

When I appeared on MSNBC's nationally televised forum About Our Children, host Bill Cosby asked me a very intriguing question. We were talking about how important good nutrition is for optimal brain performance and physical health when Mr. Cosby asked me, "How do we teach poor people to eat right...

Bad eating habits in the White House? You must be kidding! Aren't these the folks who are bringing us the Affordable Health Care for America Act, the health care reform bill that was recently passed in the House of Representatives that will cost us more than $1 trillion over the...