Category: Mental Health
Planet of the Apes: by Enlarging the Brains of Apes Are Scientists Creating Worthy Opponents to Humans
News can be fascinating or frightening. Researchers have managed to “hack” into evolution by accelerating the transformation of the ape’s brain into a human-like brain thanks to a gene …
The Beneficial Effects of Cannabis on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Are Short Lived
According to study conducted by researchers from the University of Washington, therapeutic cannabis could help to relieve the short-term symptoms of people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It …
Ketamine Can Switch off the Brain in an Instant
A new study suggests that using ketamine could completely stop brain activity for a period of time. This discovery could have interesting applications for the future of anesthesia. While …
Neuro-COVID: The Three Stages of COVID-19 Damage to the Nervous System
Cytokine storms caused by severe COVID-19 can lead to long-term brain damage, including Alzheimer’s disease, US neurologists warn. From the loss of smell to Alzheimer’s disease, the COVID-19 virus …
Alzheimer’s: Could Fat Obtained From Liposuction Treat the Disease?
The start-up Cell-Easy and the University Hospital of Toulouse have joined forces to carry out a trial to see if stem cells obtained from liposuction could help treat Alzheimer’s. …
Depression: Latest Facts, Causes, Types, Risks, Treatments and Prognosis
Depression is an illness characterized by, among other things, with great sadness, feelings of despair (depressive mood), loss of motivation and decision-making ability, reduced feelings of pleasure, eating and …
Brain Cancer: A Promising New Treatment for Destroying Aggressive Glioblastoma Cell
Researchers from the Universities of Toronto and McMaster have just achieved promising results in trials of a new treatment for glioblastoma, a widespread and aggressive form of brain cancer. …
Stanford: An AI Can Now Help Predict the Individual Response of Patients to Antidepressants
By using a simple electroencephalogram (EEG), researchers at Stanford were able to predict which depressed patients would benefit most from treatment with the antidepressant sertraline (Zoloft). With only a …
Exifone Reverses DNA Damage in Mice Suffering From Dementia and Alzheimer’s in MIT Study
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently made an immense discovery that the HDAC1 enzyme plays a vital role in the repair of age-related DNA damage to …
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