A couple of years back while still in the research phase of writing "Your Brain After Chemo," I watched a PBS series from 1988 called, "The Power of Myth."

There sat Bill Moyers, the thoughtful, intelligent journalist I have long admired (who unfortunately retired from PBS last April)...

I can't even begin to tell you the number of people who have contacted me since I co-authored "Your Brain After Chemo: A Practical Guide to Lifting the Fog and Getting Back Your Focus" (with Dr. Dan Silverman at UCLA). They say they are debilitated since cancer treatment;...

I have always been interested in how the brain works, not just in adults but in kids too. So some years back when a national magazine asked me to write a piece on the best ways for children to learn, I couldn't wait to dig in and interview the experts.

Have you heard the term, "cognitive domains?" That's how mental health experts explain which areas of the brain do what. People who have gone through chemotherapy often take a hit in some of these domains. Look at the categories below. Do any describe what you may be calling chemo brain...

Do We Ever Really Lose Our Memories?

That's what a research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology wanted to know. And so to begin, they genetically engineered some mice to develop Alzheimer's disease-like symptoms. The mice quickly forgot what had taken them several weeks to learn (one task was...

You know it's just on the tip of your tongue. It's a word that has a "ka" sound in the beginning and a "tah" sound somewhere at the end. And you can almost see it, but then darn, it's gone. Perhaps later, when you're rushing to slap dinner on the...

I have no connection to the University of Rochester in New York other than I interviewed one of their scientists while researching and writing "Your Brain After Chemo." Perhaps if I did, I wouldn't sound like some gushing MC. But here it goes: Boys and girls, brothers and sisters, give...