Magic mushrooms may 'reset' the brains of depressed patients
Patients taking psilocybin to treat depression show reduced symptoms weeks after treatment following a 'reset' of their brain activity.
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Patients taking psilocybin to treat depression show reduced symptoms weeks after treatment following a 'reset' of their brain activity.
Oct 13, 2017
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People who drink around three cups of coffee a day may live longer than non-coffee drinkers, a landmark study has found.
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A large analysis of current research shows that people who eat at least 20g of nuts a day have a lower risk of heart disease, cancer and other diseases.
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A type of treatment for multiple sclerosis that 'resets' the immune system may stop progression of the disease in nearly half of patients.
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Exciting early results from analysing the brain imaging data, alongside thousands of measures of lifestyle, physical fitness, cognitive health and physical measures such as body-mass-index (BMI) and bone density have been ...
Sep 20, 2016
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Scientists have uncovered a method for improving short-term working memory, by stimulating the brain with electricity to synchronise brain waves.
Mar 14, 2017
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Intermittent fasting changes the gut bacteria activity of mice and increases their ability to recover from nerve damage.
Jun 27, 2022
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A better understanding of how a key chemical messenger acts in the brain could lead to a radical shift in psychiatric care, according to a new paper.
Sep 5, 2017
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New research shows that the first SARS-CoV-2 spike protein a person encounters, be it by vaccination or infection, shapes their subsequent immune response against current and future variants. That is, it imparts different ...
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A poor diet during pregnancy can cause biological changes that last throughout life, according to research from Imperial College London.
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