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Just over a decade ago, Gemma Herbertson, founder of Neuro Frontiers, and Chair of the Answers & Hope charity, invented a first aid method to stop a seizure. It is called the Exchange Breathing Method (EBM) and is drug-free, non-invasive and cost-free. Via the power of social media, hundreds of people around the world have started using the method. Now, a group of scientists from three institutions, including Harvard Medical School, are going ...

Why there will never be a one-size fits all ‘cure’ for autism or other DSM-5 Mental Disorder categories Do current conventional methods of assessing neurodevelopmental and neurological disorders deliver the best outcomes possible? Diagnoses for many neurodevelopmental and mental health issues result from noting clusters of signs and symptoms - things such as behaviours and/or feelings.  Perhaps very surprisingly, these ‘diagnoses’ ...

Research has shown that, perhaps surprisingly, therapeutic stimulation of the vestibular (balance) system can modulate mood and emotions; and that additionally, changes in mood and emotions can affect body balance. We, perhaps, are already aware of this, when we consider the posture of someone happy and confident; and then compare this to someone who is feeling anxious or depressed. This so-called ‘body language’ is thus not only a type of ...