The Raeven Review
Monthly notes on brain health, recovery, and care.
Notes from our experienced clinicians on brain health, recovery, and the science behind neurological care.
Why Every Concussion Deserves Evaluation, Even the Minor Ones
A bump to the head that seems minor in the moment can have lasting consequences for the brain. Here is why timely concussion evaluation matters for athletes, weekend warriors, and anyone who has taken a hit.
From the Archive
Women's Health
Why Women Need a Different Playbook for Training, Fasting, and Longevity
Most exercise and nutrition guidelines were written from research on young men. Here is what the science actually tells us about training female physiology for strength, hormone balance, and a longer healthspan.
Brain Health
Memory Loss Is Not Where Alzheimer's Starts
By the time memory symptoms appear, the disease has been at work for two decades. The actual starting point is the metabolic health of the brain, and the window for prevention is much earlier than most patients realize.
Neuroscience
Focused Ultrasound and the Future of Alzheimer's Treatment
Recent trials using focused ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier and reduce amyloid plaque have rightly captured attention. A careful read of what the technology can and cannot do.
Protocols
A Minimum Effective Daily Protocol for Brain Health
Patients ask me for the shortest defensible list of daily habits that genuinely move the needle on cognition, mood, and long-term brain resilience. Here it is.
Nutrition
The Mediterranean Diet, Explained
Of every named dietary pattern studied in the last fifty years, one has the deepest evidence behind it for the heart and the brain. Here is what it actually is, and how to eat it.
Longevity
A Longevity Guide to Your Brain
Ten things every patient should know about how the brain ages, what protects it, and why the most important interventions begin two decades before any symptom appears.
Sleep
Sleep Hygiene: What to Actually Do
Sleep is the single most powerful nightly intervention available to the brain. This is the practical protocol our clinicians give patients, in the order it should be attempted.
Nutrition
Creatine and the Brain
Long dismissed as a gym supplement, creatine is one of the most interesting molecules in neurology: cheap, well tolerated, and increasingly studied for cognition, mood, concussion, and sleep deprivation.