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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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JUL 04, 2018Videos
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a condition where the brain, after repeated traumatic impacts, is injured. Bra ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 04, 2018Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease has no cure and no well-understood cause. Experts know that tangles of tau protein that develop ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 03, 2018Microbiology
Zika virus might still be impacting pregnancies.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2018Neuroscience
When computer scientists and robotic engineers get together to create something, there is code, hardware and lots of oth ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 02, 2018Videos
It’s almost Independence Day and while there will be fireworks displays, sparklers and other pyrotechnics for the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 01, 2018Videos
Stress isn’t just an emotion; it is a hardwired, physical response that travels throughout your entire body ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 30, 2018Genetics & Genomics
This is the first time a gene alteration has successfully changed behaviors associated with autism.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2018Cannabis Sciences
More studies are being done to look at the benefit of phytocannabinoids on neurological systems in health and disease.Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUN 28, 2018Genetics & Genomics
This work presents a different way of classifying, and potentially, treating psychiatric disorders.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2018Videos
When we lose someone dear to us, a child or a parent or a partner or really anyone close, the grief can be profound and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 26, 2018Neuroscience
When someone has lost a limb to amputation a common problem is "phantom pain." The limb is gone, but the brain ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 25, 2018Videos
When an athlete has suffered a concussion, the best medical advice is to rest, completely. No television, no reading, no ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 23, 2018Microbiology
A teenage boy in North Central Florida presented with symptoms that defied diagnosis.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2018Technology
MIT researchers create an AI system that observes movement through partitions.Written By: Julia TraversJUN 21, 2018Cannabis Sciences
For years researchers, journalists, and anti-drug organizations have touted that cannabis is the gateway drug to harder ...Written By: Melissa MooreJUN 21, 2018Health & Medicine
Neglect in childhood can have devastating and long-lasting consequences. In the 1970s, after birth control and abo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 21, 2018Neuroscience
“There’s an app for that” is a common saying that shows how far technology has come. No matter what we ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 20, 2018Genetics & Genomics
In a recent study, scientists sequenced the genome to find the mutation behind a disorder that causes blindness and para ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2018Immunology
Several immune cells help fungi infect the brain and cause meningitis when they should be doing the exact opposite. From ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 20, 2018Neuroscience
Many people get nervous when they have to speak in front of a crowd. Whether it's a business meeting or speech, gett ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 19, 2018Cancer
Malignant glioma has specific invasive patterns of growth within the brain; one structure avoided by tumor cells is the ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUN 18, 2018Neuroscience
While there has been recent backlash over participation trophies in youth sports and over-praising children for ordinary ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 15, 2018Cannabis Sciences
Researchers have found that a chemical in marijuana, called tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, could potentially slow the pro ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 04, 2018
Videos
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a condition where the brain, after repeated traumatic impacts, is injured. Bra
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 04, 2018
Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease has no cure and no well-understood cause. Experts know that tangles of tau protein that develop
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 03, 2018
Microbiology
Zika virus might still be impacting pregnancies.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2018
Neuroscience
When computer scientists and robotic engineers get together to create something, there is code, hardware and lots of oth
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 02, 2018
Videos
It’s almost Independence Day and while there will be fireworks displays, sparklers and other pyrotechnics for the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 01, 2018
Videos
Stress isn’t just an emotion; it is a hardwired, physical response that travels throughout your entire body
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 30, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
This is the first time a gene alteration has successfully changed behaviors associated with autism.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
More studies are being done to look at the benefit of phytocannabinoids on neurological systems in health and disease.
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 28, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
This work presents a different way of classifying, and potentially, treating psychiatric disorders.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2018
Videos
When we lose someone dear to us, a child or a parent or a partner or really anyone close, the grief can be profound and
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 26, 2018
Neuroscience
When someone has lost a limb to amputation a common problem is "phantom pain." The limb is gone, but the brain
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 25, 2018
Videos
When an athlete has suffered a concussion, the best medical advice is to rest, completely. No television, no reading, no
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 23, 2018
Microbiology
A teenage boy in North Central Florida presented with symptoms that defied diagnosis.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2018
Technology
MIT researchers create an AI system that observes movement through partitions.
Written By:
Julia Travers
JUN 21, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
For years researchers, journalists, and anti-drug organizations have touted that cannabis is the gateway drug to harder
...
Written By:
Melissa Moore
JUN 21, 2018
Health & Medicine
Neglect in childhood can have devastating and long-lasting consequences. In the 1970s, after birth control and abo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 21, 2018
Neuroscience
“There’s an app for that” is a common saying that shows how far technology has come. No matter what we
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 20, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
In a recent study, scientists sequenced the genome to find the mutation behind a disorder that causes blindness and para
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2018
Immunology
Several immune cells help fungi infect the brain and cause meningitis when they should be doing the exact opposite. From
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 20, 2018
Neuroscience
Many people get nervous when they have to speak in front of a crowd. Whether it's a business meeting or speech, gett
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 19, 2018
Cancer
Malignant glioma has specific invasive patterns of growth within the brain; one structure avoided by tumor cells is the
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 18, 2018
Neuroscience
While there has been recent backlash over participation trophies in youth sports and over-praising children for ordinary
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 15, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers have found that a chemical in marijuana, called tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, could potentially slow the pro
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)