The Leading Edge

Trauma

When the Body Remembers

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on April 28, 2025

Your body remembers what your mind forgets. Discover how trauma lives in your cells and the breakthrough therapies that can heal these hidden wounds at their source.

Your body remembers what your mind forgets. Discover how trauma lives in your cells and the breakthrough therapies that can heal these hidden wounds at their source.

Metabolism

The Illuminating Science of Biophotons

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on April 26, 2025

Tiny flashes of light from your cells may transform our understanding of mental health. The science of biophotons reveals a fascinating new frontier.

Tiny flashes of light from your cells may transform our understanding of mental health. The science of biophotons reveals a fascinating new frontier.

Stress

Managing Stress: Finding Calm in Chaos

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on April 17, 2025

Feeling overwhelmed by political tension, money worries, and health anxieties? Discover strategies to transform your relationship with stress and find calm even in chaos.

Feeling overwhelmed by political tension, money worries, and health anxieties? Discover strategies to transform your relationship with stress and find calm even in chaos.

Gratitude

How Gratitude Heals From Within

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on April 11, 2025

Discover how gratitude doesn't just change your mind—it may literally reprogram your cells for healing from the inside out.

Discover how gratitude doesn't just change your mind—it may literally reprogram your cells for healing from the inside out.

Psychiatry

Glutamate and Psychiatric Disorders

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on April 5, 2025

Discover how the brain's most abundant neurotransmitter, glutamate, is revolutionizing psychiatry and offering new hope for depression, bipolar disorder, and more.

Discover how the brain's most abundant neurotransmitter, glutamate, is revolutionizing psychiatry and offering new hope for depression, bipolar disorder, and more.

Bias

Misinformation and Scientific Consensus

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on March 29, 2025

From misinformation as a silencing tool to Nobel-winning disasters, discover why questioning scientific consensus is both dangerous and essential for progress.

From misinformation as a silencing tool to Nobel-winning disasters, discover why questioning scientific consensus is both dangerous and essential for progress.

Education

Silent Synapses: Awakening the Brain’s Dormant Potential

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on March 23, 2025

Silent synapses are dormant neural connections that hold untapped brain potential. Discover how ketamine, exercise, and other interventions can awaken these connections.

Silent synapses are dormant neural connections that hold untapped brain potential. Discover how ketamine, exercise, and other interventions can awaken these connections.

Sleep

Could Better Sleep Be Just One Adjustment Away?

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on March 14, 2025

Can't sleep? Discover how spinal health influences your sleep-wake cycle. Research reveals promising connections between chiropractic care and better sleep.

Can't sleep? Discover how spinal health influences your sleep-wake cycle. Research reveals promising connections between chiropractic care and better sleep.

Cognitive Dissonance

Learning to Understand Each Other

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on March 10, 2025

Missing the gorilla in the room? This eye-opening article teaches how cognitive blind spots prevent us from truly knowing others and explains how to see them for who they are.

Missing the gorilla in the room? This eye-opening article teaches how cognitive blind spots prevent us from truly knowing others and explains how to see them for who they are.

Vagus Nerve

The Gut-Brain-Spine Connection

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on March 4, 2025

Recent research reveals how spinal health may influence the gut-brain connection, offering new perspectives on managing depression and stress through chiropractic care.

Recent research reveals how spinal health may influence the gut-brain connection, offering new perspectives on managing depression and stress through chiropractic care.

Psychiatry

The Medical Monopoly on Mental Health and the Flexner Report

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on February 24, 2025

How did the Flexner Report reshape psychiatry? Discover how it led to the rise of pharmaceuticals and the decline of holistic mental healthcare in modern medicine.

How did the Flexner Report reshape psychiatry? Discover how it led to the rise of pharmaceuticals and the decline of holistic mental healthcare in modern medicine.

Cognition

The Importance of Critical Thinking Skills

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on February 21, 2025

From medical myths to media bias, misinformation is everywhere. Strengthen your ability to think critically and make informed decisions in a chaotic world.

From medical myths to media bias, misinformation is everywhere. Strengthen your ability to think critically and make informed decisions in a chaotic world.

Dreaming

Dreams as a Source of Transrational Knowledge

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on February 8, 2025

Dreams have provided scientific breakthroughs and are a source of transrational knowledge. Read on to learn how you can use dreams to accelerate your own personal growth.

Dreams have provided scientific breakthroughs and are a source of transrational knowledge. Read on to learn how you can use dreams to accelerate your own personal growth.

Near-Death Experiences

Traveling Beyond Time

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on January 28, 2025

Why does time seem to stop during mystical, near-death, or psychedelic experiences? Discover how altered states of consciousness reveal the secrets of chronos and kairos.

Why does time seem to stop during mystical, near-death, or psychedelic experiences? Discover how altered states of consciousness reveal the secrets of chronos and kairos.

Consciousness

Can an Organ Transplant Change Your Personality?

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on January 18, 2025

Could a new organ reshape who you are? The mysterious link between organ transplants, cellular memory, and identity.

Could a new organ reshape who you are? The mysterious link between organ transplants, cellular memory, and identity.

Ketamine

Mental Health and the Semmelweis Reflex

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on January 8, 2025

The Semmelweis reflex occurs when novel ideas are rejected because they challenge existing beliefs. Read on to see how this relates to low-dose ketamine treatment for depression.

The Semmelweis reflex occurs when novel ideas are rejected because they challenge existing beliefs. Read on to see how this relates to low-dose ketamine treatment for depression.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Can Revolutionize Mental Health Care

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on December 26, 2024

Artificial intelligence innovation and collaboration show promise for advancing mental health care.

Artificial intelligence innovation and collaboration show promise for advancing mental health care.

Neuroscience

The Promise of Psychoplastogens

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on December 22, 2024

Neuroplastic changes in the brain may treat many types of mental illness. Read on to learn how psychoplastogens are transforming mental health treatment.

Neuroplastic changes in the brain may treat many types of mental illness. Read on to learn how psychoplastogens are transforming mental health treatment.

Depression

Is Inflammation the Missing Link to Depression?

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on December 19, 2024

For decades, depression has been ascribed to chemical deficiencies in the brain. New evidence suggests inflammation may cause depression.

For decades, depression has been ascribed to chemical deficiencies in the brain. New evidence suggests inflammation may cause depression.

Diet

Why Is Losing Weight So Difficult?

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on November 25, 2024

Losing weight is difficult, but keeping it off can be harder. Have you ever wondered why? Memory in fat cells may contribute to this yo-yo effect.

Losing weight is difficult, but keeping it off can be harder. Have you ever wondered why? Memory in fat cells may contribute to this yo-yo effect.