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JAN 10, 2020Health & Medicine
Cannabis edibles are growing in popularity, while cannabis products become more widely accepted across the country and b ...JAN 09, 2020Neuroscience
In the 1980’s James Flynn found that on average, human intelligence quotients (IQ) increase by 3 points every 10 y ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 06, 2020Cardiology
People suffering from cardiovascular disease (CVD) often suffer from depression too- something that can lead to a viciou ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 30, 2019Neuroscience
It’s commonly thought that excessive build-up of amyloid plaques, destroying the connections between nerve cells, ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 30, 2019Neuroscience
Engaging in two or more mentally stimulating activities- including reading books, using a computer and engaging in socia ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 30, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from China and the US have implanted a human gene linked to intelligence in the genomes of macaque monkeys. T ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 29, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) alters nerve cells in the brain that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine. Famously rega ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 22, 2019Clinical & Molecular DX
Patients presenting with severe coughs, chest pain or suspected infections are more than likely to be sent for a chest X ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 22, 2019Neuroscience
A new study on over 1 milion women in the UK has found that women who are obese during their 50’s are at a higher ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 21, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
With the efficacy of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as Prozac increasingly coming under question, the sear ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 20, 2019Neuroscience
Around 44 million people around the world have Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive form of dementia that leads to m ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 17, 2019Immunology
Did you ever consider that your brain can flex similarly to the way your biceps can? Sure, brain flexing is more abstrac ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 09, 2019Microbiology
A protist has been captured on video 'changing its mind.'Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2019Neuroscience
Scientists had suspected for some time that living in extreme environmental conditions- such as in harsh climates and in ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 06, 2019Neuroscience
The last decade has seen an increasing amount of interest on how our gut bacteria, or microbiome, influences our health. ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 04, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found a drug that can correct the memory and learning impairments that are linked to Down syndrome.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 04, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Findings from a new animal study suggest that exposure to cadmium, a neurotoxin, leads to accelerated cognitive impairme ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 26, 2019Neuroscience
Worldwide, 9 in every 10 people breathe highly polluted air. A known contributing factor for many respiratory illnesses ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 23, 2019Cancer
Research suggests that lithium could play a role in minimizing the negative effects of radiation on the brain. The resea ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 19, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Anyone that's owned dogs knows that they have a personality, and the same is true of mice.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2019Neuroscience
A new study by the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences shows the effect that uncertainty, ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaNOV 17, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
When people get sick, they often also feel tired, which can be as troublesome as their disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2019Neuroscience
New research has found that intelligence may play more of a role in a person’s ability to learn to play the piano ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 13, 2019Technology
Virtual reality (VR) has been a rapidly expanding field with a broad spectrum of applications in health care and medicin ...Written By: Nouran Amin
JAN 10, 2020
Health & Medicine
Cannabis edibles are growing in popularity, while cannabis products become more widely accepted across the country and b
...
JAN 09, 2020
Neuroscience
In the 1980’s James Flynn found that on average, human intelligence quotients (IQ) increase by 3 points every 10 y
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 06, 2020
Cardiology
People suffering from cardiovascular disease (CVD) often suffer from depression too- something that can lead to a viciou
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 30, 2019
Neuroscience
It’s commonly thought that excessive build-up of amyloid plaques, destroying the connections between nerve cells,
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 30, 2019
Neuroscience
Engaging in two or more mentally stimulating activities- including reading books, using a computer and engaging in socia
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 30, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from China and the US have implanted a human gene linked to intelligence in the genomes of macaque monkeys. T
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 29, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) alters nerve cells in the brain that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine. Famously rega
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 22, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
Patients presenting with severe coughs, chest pain or suspected infections are more than likely to be sent for a chest X
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 22, 2019
Neuroscience
A new study on over 1 milion women in the UK has found that women who are obese during their 50’s are at a higher
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 21, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
With the efficacy of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as Prozac increasingly coming under question, the sear
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 20, 2019
Neuroscience
Around 44 million people around the world have Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive form of dementia that leads to m
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 17, 2019
Immunology
Did you ever consider that your brain can flex similarly to the way your biceps can? Sure, brain flexing is more abstrac
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 09, 2019
Microbiology
A protist has been captured on video 'changing its mind.'
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2019
Neuroscience
Scientists had suspected for some time that living in extreme environmental conditions- such as in harsh climates and in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 06, 2019
Neuroscience
The last decade has seen an increasing amount of interest on how our gut bacteria, or microbiome, influences our health.
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 04, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found a drug that can correct the memory and learning impairments that are linked to Down syndrome.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Findings from a new animal study suggest that exposure to cadmium, a neurotoxin, leads to accelerated cognitive impairme
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 26, 2019
Neuroscience
Worldwide, 9 in every 10 people breathe highly polluted air. A known contributing factor for many respiratory illnesses
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 23, 2019
Cancer
Research suggests that lithium could play a role in minimizing the negative effects of radiation on the brain. The resea
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 19, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Anyone that's owned dogs knows that they have a personality, and the same is true of mice.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2019
Neuroscience
A new study by the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences shows the effect that uncertainty,
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
NOV 17, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
When people get sick, they often also feel tired, which can be as troublesome as their disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2019
Neuroscience
New research has found that intelligence may play more of a role in a person’s ability to learn to play the piano
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 13, 2019
Technology
Virtual reality (VR) has been a rapidly expanding field with a broad spectrum of applications in health care and medicin
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin