Psychology & Psychiatry
CBD reduces impairment caused by cannabis
The more cannabidiol (CBD) in a strain of cannabis, the lower the impairment to brain function, finds a new UCL-led brain imaging study.
Apr 24, 2019
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Neuroscience
Even mild physical activity immediately improves memory function, study finds
People who include a little yoga or tai chi in their day may be more likely to remember where they put their keys. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and Japan's University of Tsukuba found that even very ...
Sep 24, 2018
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Cardiology
New marathon runners reduced blood pressure, arterial stiffness equivalent to a 4-year reduction in vascular age
The new year means it's time to set resolutions for 2020 and new research from the Journal of the American College of Cardiology suggests running a marathon for the first time could have several health benefits. The study ...
Jan 6, 2020
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Neuroscience
How old is your brain, really? AI-powered analysis accurately reflects risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease
The human brain holds many clues about a person's long-term health—in fact, research shows that a person's brain age is a more useful and accurate predictor of health risks and future disease than their birthdate. Now, ...
Jan 7, 2023
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Neuroscience
Our brains appear uniquely tuned for musical pitch
In the eternal search for understanding what makes us human, scientists found that our brains are more sensitive to pitch, the harmonic sounds we hear when listening to music, than our evolutionary relative the macaque monkey. ...
Jun 10, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
15 percent of babies exposed to Zika before birth had severe abnormalities in first 18 months
Researchers evaluated motor skills and cognitive development, visual and hearing function, and brain images of children who had been exposed to the Zika virus during their mothers' pregnancies. By the age of 12 to 18 months, ...
Dec 12, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Case study shows patient on ketogenic diet living fully with IDH1-mutant glioblastoma
A British man who rejected the standard of care to treat his brain cancer has lived with the typically fatal glioblastoma tumor growing very slowly after adopting a ketogenic diet, providing a case study that researchers ...
Jun 10, 2021
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Health
Going for an MRI scan with tattoos?
Tattoos are increasingly popular. Every eighth person in Germany has already felt the sting of a tattoo needle. Yet, examining tattooed people via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could possibly be risky. The first prospective ...
Jan 31, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Pathway of Alzheimer's degeneration discovered
Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) of McGill University have used a unique approach to track brain degeneration in Alzheimer's disease, uncovering a pathway through which degeneration ...
Jul 5, 2018
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Neuroscience
Scientists chase mystery of how dogs process words
When some dogs hear their owners say "squirrel," they perk up, become agitated. They may even run to a window and look out of it. But what does the word mean to the dog? Does it mean, "Pay attention, something is happening?" ...
Oct 15, 2018
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