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After waiting more than 100 days for a response, four terminally ill cancer patients have now been approved to use psilocybin to treat end-of-life distress. These patients will be the first to legally use the psychedelic in Canada for almost half a cen… Continue reading Canada grants first legal exemptions for psilocybin use in 50 years
A new review from neuroethicist Eddie Jacobs, and published in the Journal of Psychedelic Studies, is suggesting psilocybin may have great potential as a treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Jacobs, from King’s College London and the Univ… Continue reading Psilocybin & OCD: Can psychedelics treat obsessive compulsive disorder?
[Rickysisodia] had a few dead ATmega128 chips laying around that he didn’t want to just throw away, so he decided to turn them into his own light-up fidget toy. The toy is in the form of a six-sided die so small that you can hang it on a keychain. He …read more
Continue reading Bringing Back the Fidget Toy Craze with the Magic Microcontroller Cube
A new study, led by neuroscientists from the University of Cambridge, has identified apathy as an important early sign of dementia. The research finds apathy is distinct from depression, and offers a more accurate longitudinal association with the onset of dementia.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Dementia, Anxiety, Depression, University of Cambridge, Alzheimer’s Disease, Brain, MRI, Neuroscience
Continue reading Cambridge study finds apathy, not depression, is an early sign of dementia
A new Yale University-led study has solved a long-standing mystery of how acute stress seems to amplify inflammatory disease despite the fact many stress hormones actually suppress the immune system. The research reveals a particular immune cell is rel… Continue reading Yale study solves mystery of how stress triggers inflammation
A new Yale University-led study has solved a long-standing mystery of how acute stress seems to amplify inflammatory disease despite the fact many stress hormones actually suppress the immune system. The research reveals a particular immune cell is rel… Continue reading Yale study solves mystery of how stress triggers inflammation
A new study has described the accidental discovery of a novel protein that may be associated with the anxiety and stress behaviors seen in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Blocking the expression of this protein in mice reduced anxious behaviors, o… Continue reading Novel antibody treatment proposed for obsessive compulsive disorder
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First of all, no one is suggesting that if you suffer from depression and anxiety, you should drink a lot of red wine. That would ultimately not help the situation. However, it turns out that a plant-derived compound in the wine – known as re… Continue reading Compound in red wine may decrease depression and anxiety
Boredom is as universal a human state as happiness or sadness, but the degree to which it is triggered in different individuals is incredibly subjective. A fascinating new study from researchers at Washington State University, looking at brai… Continue reading How neuroscience could provide the answer to beating boredom