Category: Mental Health
The Beneficial Effects of Cannabis on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Are Short Lived
According to a 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). …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 …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 …
Alzheimer’s Breakthrough: An Antibody That Can Recognize the Disease Much Earlier Is Now Available
Thanks to the development of a new antibody capable of detecting the presence of amyloid-beta oligomers, scientists have just made a new leap in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. …Drunkorexia: The Toxic Alcohol Diet Amongst Young Adults
What is drunkorexia? According to recent research done by the University of South Australia (UniSA) on Australian female college students, more and more of them are engaged in “drunkorexia”. …
3D Tattoos Increase the Risk of Cancer Because of the Amount of Ink Used
With famous people such as Justin Bieber, Adam Levine, Scarlett Johansson, and Johnny Depp having tattoos all over their bodies, getting a tattoo has become so mainstream nowadays that …