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Brain Health
Brain Health: refers to the ability to remember, learn, play, concentrate and maintain a clear, active mind... Simply, brain health is all about making the most of your brain and helping reduce some risks to it as you age.
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NOV 18, 2022Neuroscience
Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience examined how the dopamine system processes aversive, or unplea ...Written By: Kerry CharronNOV 18, 2022Neuroscience
Researchers noted an association between neural activity and the perceived intensity of pain that others feel, they publ ...Written By: Kerry CharronNOV 17, 2022Cardiology
A new study used fMRI to show how stress impacts our appetites and cravings.Written By: Savannah LoganNOV 17, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
An implantable pump can bypass the blood-brain barrier and deliver chemotherapy to specific brain areas. The correspondi ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 17, 2022Cancer
Vitamin B3, also known as niacin, is a generic name for a group of biochemical compounds, including nicotinamide ribosid ...Written By: Katie KokolusNOV 16, 2022Health & Medicine
Researchers found that psilocybin may have potential as a treatment for those suffering from extreme depression. Psilocy ...Written By: Kerry CharronNOV 15, 2022Cardiology
Adolescent participants decreased their BMI by an average of 16% in a new study.Written By: Savannah LoganNOV 14, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have developed a vaccine that may be able to block the opioid fentanyl from reaching the brain. They note th ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 14, 2022Neuroscience
The virus that causes COVID-19 does not infect neurons, or if it does, that only happens in rare cases. But COVID-19 can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2022Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University College of Medicine researchers collaborated with the Lyme Disease Research Center to understan ...Written By: Kerry CharronNOV 12, 2022Health & Medicine
After only a few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and clinicians knew that the virus could cause myriad healt ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2022Cancer
Today we recognize the Veterans Day holiday in the United States. Each year, on November 11, Americans commemorate ...Written By: Katie KokolusNOV 10, 2022Neuroscience
The HUSH (human silencing hub) protein complex is known to silence genes, and researchers have thought that it could be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 08, 2022Neuroscience
Researchers have found that a bacterium that travels via the olfactory nerve from the nose to the brain may lead to Alzh ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 06, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Added sugars are in many food products, and they are difficult to avoid even when you're trying, and high sugar diets ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 05, 2022Health & Medicine
We know of some risk factors for autism spectrum disorder, and like other neuropsychiatric disorders, there is a genetic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 04, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
It may be possible to reduce the severity of COVID-19 symptoms with an inexpensive amino acid that could open up new tre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2022Neuroscience
Researchers have discovered that wearing special green eyeglasses for several hours a day reduces pain-related anxiety. ...Written By: Kerry CharronNOV 02, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have recently identified a genetic mutation that causes epilepsy, and carried by at least 90 people. These mu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2022Health & Medicine
A study of human brain plasticity and visual perception highlighted potential treatments for patients with traumatic inj ...Written By: Kerry CharronNOV 01, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Shingles, or herpes zoster (HZ), is caused by the varicella zoster virus, which is the same virus that causes chicken po ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 01, 2022Health & Medicine
A study published in PLoS suggests that the ability to recognize emotional cues in voices accurately declines with age. ...Written By: Kerry CharronOCT 31, 2022Technology
Alzheimer’s is a debilitating neurological condition that affects about six million American adults, according to ...Written By: Ryan VingumOCT 30, 2022Neuroscience
People have to experience fear so they can learn to avoid dangerous situations. But some memories can be more persistent ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2022
Neuroscience
Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience examined how the dopamine system processes aversive, or unplea
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 18, 2022
Neuroscience
Researchers noted an association between neural activity and the perceived intensity of pain that others feel, they publ
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 17, 2022
Cardiology
A new study used fMRI to show how stress impacts our appetites and cravings.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
NOV 17, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
An implantable pump can bypass the blood-brain barrier and deliver chemotherapy to specific brain areas. The correspondi
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 17, 2022
Cancer
Vitamin B3, also known as niacin, is a generic name for a group of biochemical compounds, including nicotinamide ribosid
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
NOV 16, 2022
Health & Medicine
Researchers found that psilocybin may have potential as a treatment for those suffering from extreme depression. Psilocy
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 15, 2022
Cardiology
Adolescent participants decreased their BMI by an average of 16% in a new study.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
NOV 14, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have developed a vaccine that may be able to block the opioid fentanyl from reaching the brain. They note th
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 14, 2022
Neuroscience
The virus that causes COVID-19 does not infect neurons, or if it does, that only happens in rare cases. But COVID-19 can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2022
Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University College of Medicine researchers collaborated with the Lyme Disease Research Center to understan
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 12, 2022
Health & Medicine
After only a few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and clinicians knew that the virus could cause myriad healt
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2022
Cancer
Today we recognize the Veterans Day holiday in the United States. Each year, on November 11, Americans commemorate
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
NOV 10, 2022
Neuroscience
The HUSH (human silencing hub) protein complex is known to silence genes, and researchers have thought that it could be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2022
Neuroscience
Researchers have found that a bacterium that travels via the olfactory nerve from the nose to the brain may lead to Alzh
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 06, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Added sugars are in many food products, and they are difficult to avoid even when you're trying, and high sugar diets ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 05, 2022
Health & Medicine
We know of some risk factors for autism spectrum disorder, and like other neuropsychiatric disorders, there is a genetic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
It may be possible to reduce the severity of COVID-19 symptoms with an inexpensive amino acid that could open up new tre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2022
Neuroscience
Researchers have discovered that wearing special green eyeglasses for several hours a day reduces pain-related anxiety.
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 02, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have recently identified a genetic mutation that causes epilepsy, and carried by at least 90 people. These mu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2022
Health & Medicine
A study of human brain plasticity and visual perception highlighted potential treatments for patients with traumatic inj
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 01, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Shingles, or herpes zoster (HZ), is caused by the varicella zoster virus, which is the same virus that causes chicken po
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2022
Health & Medicine
A study published in PLoS suggests that the ability to recognize emotional cues in voices accurately declines with age.
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
OCT 31, 2022
Technology
Alzheimer’s is a debilitating neurological condition that affects about six million American adults, according to
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
OCT 30, 2022
Neuroscience
People have to experience fear so they can learn to avoid dangerous situations. But some memories can be more persistent
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch