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People who engage in altruistic behaviors feel less pain
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China has found that people who engage in altruistic behaviors feel less pain than they...
Bipolar disorder is a very destructive condition with a lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts...
Bipolar disorder is a severe mental health condition. But in recent years it has become the one mental health diagnosis that patients are willing...
Autism : identified key biomarkers
Because early detection of autism is linked to significantly improved outcomes, the discovery of early predictors could make all the difference in a child’s...
Believing change is possible can be undermined by anticipatory anxiety
It’s a new year and many people are in the mood for making a fresh start.
And that often means giving something up (cigarettes,...
Neuroengineers have developed a new way to transport vital medications to the brain
UConn engineers have designed a non-toxic, biodegradable device that can help medication move from blood vessels into brain tissues - a route traditionally...
Study reveals a link between certain diets and their impact on mental health
A new expert review confirms that diet significantly influences mental health and wellbeing, but cautions that the evidence for many diets is comparatively weak....
A newly developed adeno-associated virus vector can treat the progressive neurodegenerative disorder chronic traumatic...
A new study shows the feasibility of using gene therapy to treat the progressive neurodegenerative disorder chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
The study, which demonstrated...
Children are three times as likely to make healthier eating decisions after watching cooking...
Television programs featuring healthy foods can be a key ingredient in leading children to make healthier food choices now and into adulthood.
A new study...
Bile acids play a role in immunity and inflammation
Could bile acids - the fat-dissolving juices churned out by the liver and gallbladder - also play a role in immunity and inflammation?
The answer...
It’s impossible to create an universal map of the functional organization of the brain
New research conducted by Professor Itamar Kahn, director of the Brain Systems Organization in Health and Disease Lab in the Technion’s Rappaport Faculty of...
Researchers have developed a new intervention program that promotes the learning of math to...
How can mathematics learning in primary school be facilitated?
A recent study conducted by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, had shown that our...
Short-chain fatty acid supplementation improves stroke recovery
Supplementing the body’s short chain fatty acids can improve stroke recovery, according to research in mice recently published in Journal of Neuroscience.
Short chain fatty acid...
Victoria’s Secret fashion models have become thinner with smaller busts – Unattainable standards of...
While the average American woman’s waist circumference and dress size has increased over the past 20 years, Victoria’s Secret fashion models have become more...
Cardiorespiratory exercise improves gray matter volume in areas of the brain associated with age-related...
Cardiorespiratory exercise — walking briskly, running, biking and just about any other exercise that gets your heart pumping — is good for your body,...
Lip reading causes brain activity to synchronize with sound waves even when there is...
Brain activity synchronizes with sound waves, even without audible sound, through lip-reading, according to new research published in Journal of Neuroscience.
Listening to speech activates our...
