Why the cancers and others…? (Part 1)

What do we know about the inner workings of the human brain?

Everything that humans do is based on the unit structures of the human brain-the Neurons.

Neurons are the building blocks of the human brain. Just as an ant can­not build an anthill, a single neuron cannot create an idea to remedy a situation or condition. Neurons must be networked to each other and by so doing create a unique platform for ideas to be formed to solve issues, develop ideas, invent and innovate among others. There is absolutely nothing that you can do without the help of these neurons.

When the brain is affected by disease or injury, a lot is affected. Getting the children off to school in the morning and cooking dinner in the afternoon goes from normal to an oddity. Keeping up with to-do lists with important meetings and your lit­tle one’s training time table becomes impossible.

It might be difficult to do your job. It might be difficult to keep track of your body. It might affect the loved ones and what you love the most. It can change your life and your life­style.

It can shorten your life. There­fore, we need a brain health strategy on how to best prevent disease and injury, and how to best investigate and treat them. How we can best help patients and their families to cope with disease and injuries that affect the brain.

Society benefits hugely from pre­venting brain diseases on improving the health services for those affected. Active and equal participation from users is vital to create better brain health within the population.

Prevention of brain diseases, good and equal treatment, follow up and rehabilitation, as well as increased re­search and expertise, is a good social investment and an investment in the individual.

What happens to your body and brain if you don’t sleep? We certainly know that a lack of sleep will actually prevent your brain from being able to initially make new memories, so it is almost as though without sleep the memory inbox of the brain shuts down and you cannot commit new experi­ences to memory.

Those new incoming information­al emails are just bounced back and you end up feeling as though you are amnesiac, that is, you cannot essen­tially make and create or make new memories.

We also know that a lack of sleep will lead to an increased development of a toxic protein in the brain that is called Beta Amyloid and that is associ­ated with Alzheimer’s disease because it is during deep sleep at night that the sewage system within the brain actually kicks in to high gear and it starts to wash away this toxic protein, Beta Amyloid.

lf you are not getting enough sleep each and every night, more of that Alzheimer’s related protein will build up. The more protein that builds up, the greater your risk of going on to develop dementia later in life.

Reference: Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa, Prof. M. Walker, Dr. B.S. Van Der Kolk.

By Robert Ekow Grimmond-Thompson