Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Health conditions a dentist might find that have nothing to do with your teeth
A visit to the dentist's office could provide a glimpse into your heart and brain health.
Aug 11, 2022
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Neuroscience
Potential link between vitamin D deficiency and loss of brain plasticity
University of Queensland research may explain why vitamin D is vital for brain health, and how deficiency leads to disorders including depression and schizophrenia.
Feb 20, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Goodbye, brain scrapers: COVID-19 tests now use gentler nose swabs
Early COVID-19 images of swabbing from Wuhan, China, looked more like an Ebola news story—health-care workers fully encased in personal protective equipment (PPE), inserting swabs so deeply that brain injury seemed imminent.
Aug 20, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
'Fuzzy thinking' in depression and bipolar disorder: New research finds effect is real
People with depression or bipolar disorder often feel their thinking ability has gotten "fuzzy", or less sharp than before their symptoms began. Now, researchers have shown in a very large study that effect is indeed real ...
May 4, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New approaches in neuroscience show it's not all in your head
Our own unique experiences shape how we view the world and respond to the events in our lives. But experience is highly subjective. What's distressing or joyful to one person may be very different to another.
Feb 16, 2018
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Neuroscience
Superagers' youthful brains offer clues to keeping sharp
It's pretty extraordinary for people in their 80s and 90s to keep the same sharp memory as someone several decades younger, and now scientists are peeking into the brains of these "superagers" to uncover their secret.
Feb 22, 2018
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Neuroscience
Study shows memory loss due to cannabis related to harm to mitochondria
(Medical Xpress)—An international team of researchers has found what they believe is the source of memory loss in people who smoke marijuana—disruption to mitochondria. In their paper published in the journal Nature, ...
Health
What is vascular dementia?
Vascular dementia is a general term describing problems with reasoning, planning, judgment, memory and other thought processes caused by brain damage from impaired blood flow to your brain.
Feb 2, 2023
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Neuroscience
Rely on gut feeling? New research identifies how second brain in gut communicates
You're faced with a big decision so your second brain provides what's normally referred to as "gut instinct," but how did this sensation reach you before it was too late?
Jul 24, 2020
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Neuroscience
Scientists discover genetic timetable of brain's aging process
Brain scientists have identified a genetic programme that controls the way our brain changes throughout life.
Sep 12, 2017
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