Faith, Truth and Forgiveness: How Your Brain Processes Abstract Thoughts
Carnegie Mellon University via Newswise – The ability of humans to think abstractly plays a central role in scientific and intellectual progress. Unlike concrete concepts, like hammer, abstract concepts, like…
Screen-Based Media Associated with Structural Differences in Brains of Young Children
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center via Science Daily – A new study documents structural differences in the brains of preschool-age children related to screen-based media use. To read the original…
Researchers Engineer Insulin-Producing Cells Activated by Light for Diabetes
Tufts University via EurekAlert – Pancreatic beta cells ‘switched on’ by light are engineered to enhance production of insulin in response to glucose levels. MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (November 1, 2019) –Tufts…
Caffeine Protects Your Heart
Al Sears, MD, CNS – You might be surprised to learn that the caffeine in your morning cup of coffee is especially good for your heart. As a matter of…
Face Mapping: What Your Skin May Be Telling You
Jillian Levy, CHHC via Dr. Axe – If you’re like most people, you at least occasionally deal with acne breakouts, skin dryness, redness and signs of uneven skin tone. If…
Sleep Protects the Brain Against Alzheimer’s By Washing It
Dr. Ananya Mandal, MD via News Medical-Net – Researchers have found that when in deep sleep, the brain waves within can start off a cleaning system within the brain that…
Gratitude Challenge: 250+ Gratitudes By Thanksgiving
Dr. Don Colbert – Do you think gratitude could change your life? Not just the good “feelings” of gratitude, but the actual, slow-down-and-write-it-down act of gratitude. Do you think writing…
Looking at the Way We Walk Can Help Predict Cognitive Decline
IOS Press via Newswise – Gait disorders, particularly slowing gait, should be considered a marker of future cognitive decline say scientists in this special supplement to the Journal of Alzheimer’s…
Living Skin Can Now Be 3D-Printed with Blood Vessels Included
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute via EurekAlert- Development is significant step toward skin grafts that can be integrated into patient’s skin. TROY, N.Y. — Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a…
Controlling the Immune System’s Brakes to Treat Cancer, Autoimmune Disorders
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital via EurekAlert – The findings may also influence cancer treatment by supercharging immunotherapy–in which the patient’s own immune system is activated to target a tumor.…
Ultraviolet B Light Is Good for the Gut Microbiome
Dr. Liji Thomas, MD via New Medical-Net – A small study published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology on October 24, 2019, shows that exposure to ultraviolet B (UVB) light,…
High-Salt Diet May Trigger Dementia
Dr. Liji Thomas, MD via News Medical-Net – We’ve all heard that taking too much salt can damage your blood vessels, and now a new study published in the journal…
Not All Plants Are Good for You
Oregon Health and Science University via EurekAlert – OHSU neurotoxicologists highlight ‘significant global health issue’ for undernourished people around the world. So you say you’re interested in a plant-based diet?…
Cancer Treatment: A Researcher Makes Breakthrough Immunotherapy Discovery
University of Montreal via EurekAlert – “Our work has identified a new T-cell protein that interacts with the key receptor that detects and responds to cancer antigens…” Dr Christopher E.…
Nature’s Memory-Loss Fighter
Al Sears, MD, CNS – Most mainstream doctors say memory loss is a natural part of aging. They’ll tell you that getting older is associated with a greater likelihood of…
