Category: Mental Health
Vitiligo a Skin Disease That Causes Serious Psychological Distress to Sufferers
Everyone has seen people with more or less extensive white patches on their faces or arms. This skin depigmenting disease is called vitiligo. Although it is not life-threatening, it …
Brain Health: Sleep Deprivation Negatively Affects Memory Study Shows
A new study showed that sleep deprivation increases the activity of inhibitory neurons in the hippocampus, an important area in the brain responsible for navigation and for processing and …
Scientists Discover the Memory Cells Responsible for How We Recognize Familiar Faces
If you are an inquisitive person, you may have wondered how you can recognize familiar people, even when you have not seen them in years. Well, you are not …LIPUS Therapy: Applying Ultrasound to The Brain May Help Reverse Dementia
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Prion Research Suspended in France as Researcher Dies from Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Several French public research institutions have announced the temporary suspension of prion research after a former Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (Inrae) researcher that worked with prions developed …
What Determines How People Feel About You?
What Makes You Good Company? Let’s face it: some people just have it way easier when it comes to relating with others. You probably know one or two persons …Childhood Abuse Leaves Scars on DNA That Could Be Passed to Offspring
Abuse and other forms of stress experienced in childhood or even in utero put children at increased risk for health problems in adulthood. There are several anatomical and functional …Yale University: Psilocybin Can Increase the Number of Neuronal Connections in Mice
Yale University researchers have found that a single dose of psilocybin a serotonergic psychedelic can cause an increase in the number of neuronal connections in mice. A finding that …