Medical Notes: Trauma Shrinks Your Brain, Restoring Movement To Paralyzed Limbs, And Why Rates of Poverty Have Declined
Does trauma shrink your brain? Can spinal stimulation restore mobility for paralyzed limbs? Rates of poverty are in decline.
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Medical Notes: Is Your Brain Shrinking? Why Are Suicides At An All-Time High? And Why Your Future Wristwatch May Be Prescribed By A Doctor
Is Your Brain Shrinking? Why Are Suicides At An All-Time High? And Why Your Future Wristwatch May Be Prescribed By A Doctor
Medical Notes: Your Local Park May Be Polluted With Lead, How Pupil Size Affects Anxiety Levels, and the Stress Hormone That Makes Insulin Work Better
Scientists may now be able to catch dementia earlier than ever before. Are eyes the windows to our mental health? A new mouse study may improve diabetes treatments. The neighborhood playground may be holding onto more than just childhood memories.
From Hollywood To The Hospital: Jamie-Lynn Sigler’s Battle With MS
Jamie-Lynn Sigler explains the steps she took in hopes of helping others in similar situations.
Dopamine And Parkinson’s: Challenging Over 100 Years Of Research
Our experts dive into the research and explain how this affects the future of Parkinson’s treatment.
Do It Scared: How To Become a More Resilient Person
Dr. Dennis Charney breaks down what common characteristics resilient people share and how you can overcome hardships in your own life.
Medical Notes: Inadequate Addiction Treatment, Genetic Eating Disorders, and the Song of Mosquitoes
Why aren’t people getting the addiction treatment they need? Can eating disorders be caused by your genes? Your cells are talking to each other. You’ve heard birds sing, but what about mosquitoes?
Revealing the Hidden Symptoms and Stigmas Surrounding Brain Injuries
Dr. Sandeep Vaishnavi, a cognitive neuroscientist, reveals the best practices to heal from a TBI, including meditation and nutrition.
Medical Notes: How We Can Hear Silence, Using a Blood Disease To Fight Dementia, and the Rise of Snake Bites in America
Can we hear silence? Then, can a disease protect us from dementia? And finally, extreme heat isn’t the only threat this summer.
Have We Cheated Natural Selection?
Dr. Steve Reilly, a professor at Yale School of Medicine, reveals how natural selection works and how humans may be its best ally.
Medical Notes: Over-the-Counter Contraception, Biodegradable Plastic, and How Psychedelic Drugs Help Brain Development
Birth control is more accessible than ever before. Psychedelic drugs may help brain development. New plastic could help recycling efforts.
Medical Notes: Music Is Good for Your Health, New Cancer Therapy, and Is America Ground Zero for the Next Pandemic?
Will America be ground zero for the next pandemic? Grief may be making you sick. A new experimental therapy is saving cancer patients. Music is good for the soul—and your health.
