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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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FEB 17, 2019Cardiology
Cigarettes are a leading contributor to preventable disease and deaths in the United States. Smoking accounts for one in ...Written By: Abbie ArceFEB 16, 2019Videos
Ticks transmit the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, which infects about 300,000 people every year in the US.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 15, 2019Genetics & Genomics
New research utilizing genetic data from over two million people has identified new genes that are linked to depression.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 15, 2019Microbiology
The microbes living in our gastrointestinal tract have been connected to many health problems, including mental disorder ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 14, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Cigarette smokers become addicted to nicotine, a highly addictive substance that is absorbed through the skin, mouth, an ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 14, 2019Cannabis Sciences
There is a growing consensus among scientists that adolescents who use marijuana are at risk for developing mood disorde ...Written By: Amy LoriauxFEB 13, 2019Immunology
Research scientists have demonstrated that immune cells make brain chemicals to fight off infections.Written By: Nicholas BreehlFEB 12, 2019Cardiology
Research has shown that stress is not good for the heart. To combat stress, some people participate in meditation practi ...Written By: Abbie ArceFEB 11, 2019Neuroscience
Apparently, the spinal cord has been pretty underrated. It pops up when neuroscience students learn about basic reflexes ...Written By: Amy LoriauxFEB 10, 2019Cardiology
You’ve probably noticed the “feel good“ effect of good work out. We know that this feeling is a result ...Written By: Abbie ArceFEB 08, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at University of Technology Sydney warn that the protein supplement, L-norvaline, could damage brain cells. ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 08, 2019Cannabis Sciences
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a newly discovered, recently studied physiological system which interfaces with the ...Written By: Amy LoriauxFEB 07, 2019Cannabis Sciences
An exhaustive review came out in mid-2018 in the journal Brain Research Bulletin by Dr. Dwaipayan Sen and coll ...Written By: Amy LoriauxFEB 06, 2019Immunology
Researchers show, for the first time, that a blood-clotting protein called fibrinogen is responsible for a series of mol ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlFEB 06, 2019Immunology
Researchers have revealed a subtype of immune cell aiding in the autoimmune disorder Multiple SclerosisWritten By: Nicholas BreehlFEB 05, 2019Neuroscience
A new review published in the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease suggests that our previous diagnostic criteria f ...Written By: Amy LoriauxFEB 03, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
About 6.7 percent of Americans had a major depressive episode in 2016. SSRIs are often prescribed as a treatment, but do ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2019Technology
A new form of nano-encapsulating technology was recently announced by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) for t ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 01, 2019Cannabis Sciences
Cannabidiol (CBD) oil has been touted as the "safe" cannabinoid, different from its psychoactive cousin delta9 ...Written By: Amy LoriauxJAN 30, 2019Cancer
Doctors from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York recently published a paper in Nature detai ...Written By: Amy LoriauxJAN 30, 2019Cardiology
Children who have autism are at a higher risk of physical inactivity. This is, in part, because characteristics of the d ...Written By: Abbie ArceJAN 27, 2019Microbiology
Alzheimer's is more likely in the aged, but the exact causes were unclear. New work shows that it may stem from a brain ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2019Neuroscience
A study out of John's Hopkins University published by Dr. Faith Dickerson, MD, and colleagues late last year have fo ...Written By: Amy Loriaux
FEB 17, 2019
Cardiology
Cigarettes are a leading contributor to preventable disease and deaths in the United States. Smoking accounts for one in
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
FEB 16, 2019
Videos
Ticks transmit the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, which infects about 300,000 people every year in the US.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 15, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
New research utilizing genetic data from over two million people has identified new genes that are linked to depression.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 15, 2019
Microbiology
The microbes living in our gastrointestinal tract have been connected to many health problems, including mental disorder
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 14, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cigarette smokers become addicted to nicotine, a highly addictive substance that is absorbed through the skin, mouth, an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 14, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
There is a growing consensus among scientists that adolescents who use marijuana are at risk for developing mood disorde
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
FEB 13, 2019
Immunology
Research scientists have demonstrated that immune cells make brain chemicals to fight off infections.
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
FEB 12, 2019
Cardiology
Research has shown that stress is not good for the heart. To combat stress, some people participate in meditation practi
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
FEB 11, 2019
Neuroscience
Apparently, the spinal cord has been pretty underrated. It pops up when neuroscience students learn about basic reflexes
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
FEB 10, 2019
Cardiology
You’ve probably noticed the “feel good“ effect of good work out. We know that this feeling is a result
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
FEB 08, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at University of Technology Sydney warn that the protein supplement, L-norvaline, could damage brain cells.
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 08, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a newly discovered, recently studied physiological system which interfaces with the
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
FEB 07, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
An exhaustive review came out in mid-2018 in the journal Brain Research Bulletin by Dr. Dwaipayan Sen and coll
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
FEB 06, 2019
Immunology
Researchers show, for the first time, that a blood-clotting protein called fibrinogen is responsible for a series of mol
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
FEB 06, 2019
Immunology
Researchers have revealed a subtype of immune cell aiding in the autoimmune disorder Multiple Sclerosis
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
FEB 05, 2019
Neuroscience
A new review published in the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease suggests that our previous diagnostic criteria f
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
FEB 03, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
About 6.7 percent of Americans had a major depressive episode in 2016. SSRIs are often prescribed as a treatment, but do
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2019
Technology
A new form of nano-encapsulating technology was recently announced by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) for t
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 01, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabidiol (CBD) oil has been touted as the "safe" cannabinoid, different from its psychoactive cousin delta9
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
JAN 30, 2019
Cancer
Doctors from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York recently published a paper in Nature detai
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
JAN 30, 2019
Cardiology
Children who have autism are at a higher risk of physical inactivity. This is, in part, because characteristics of the d
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
JAN 27, 2019
Microbiology
Alzheimer's is more likely in the aged, but the exact causes were unclear. New work shows that it may stem from a brain
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2019
Neuroscience
A study out of John's Hopkins University published by Dr. Faith Dickerson, MD, and colleagues late last year have fo
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux