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·February 14, 2026·7 min read

How the Brain Distinguishes Instant Treats from Long-Term Triumphs

Is your brain chasing a reward or checking off a goal? Scientists have found a specific electrical signal that could explain why depression dulls pleasure and how to fix it.

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·April 24, 2025·5 min read

Experimental Alzheimer’s Vaccine Shows Promise

Researchers have developed a tau-targeting vaccine that could help prevent the progression of Alzheimer’s disease by generating a strong immune response against abnormal tau proteins. The vaccine showed effectiveness in mice and non-human primates, prompting researchers to pursue human clinical trials.

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·April 15, 2024·7 min read

Microplastics Journey from Gut to Vital Organs

A new study highlights the alarming infiltration of microplastics into human tissues, including the kidney, liver, and brain. The study investigates how these tiny particles, commonly ingested through water, food, and air, breach the gastrointestinal tract to affect major organs and metabolic pathways.

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·August 28, 2023·5 min read

How Wildfire Smoke Can Alter Brain Health and Trigger Inflammation

Researchers discovered that wildfire smoke can trigger long-lasting inflammation in the brain. Their study shows that this inflammation specifically targets the hippocampus, a brain area crucial for learning and memory.

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·December 23, 2022·6 min read

Leaving ‘Bah Humbug’ Behind: A Psychological Phenomenon

Transformative change such as that experienced by Scrooge in A Christmas Carol or The Grinch at the end of their emotional journeys represents the phenomenon of "quantum change".

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·May 5, 2022·4 min read

Cannabis Flower Is Effective for Treating Fatigue

Consuming cannabis buds can help provide relief from symptoms of fatigue, a new study reports. Those who smoked cannabis cigarettes found greater symptom relief than those who consumed cannabis via a pipe or vaporizer.

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·April 20, 2022·5 min read

Explore or Exploit: How Our Brains Make Choices

Study explores brain activity in primates and humans when presented with a choice between one option that maximizes information and another which prioritizes reward during decision making.

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·July 9, 2020·6 min read

How Fear Transforms into Anxiety

In anxiety, neural activity becomes elevated across many specific brain regions, and normal coordination between the networks becomes decreased.

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·February 12, 2020·3 min read

Circular reasoning: Reduced levels of circHomer1a associated with mental health disorders

Lower levels of the circular RNA in the frontal cortex appears to be correlated with earlier onset of schizophrenia symptoms.

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·August 21, 2019·5 min read

Cannabis flower is an effective mid-level analgesic medication for pain

People who used while dried cannabis flowers or cannabis with higher levels of THC had the greatest analgesic response to pain. Those who used CBD reported lower levels of pain relief.

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·August 6, 2019·5 min read

The growing trend of emotional support animals

Researchers detail guidelines and standards for emotional support animals.

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·November 29, 2017·5 min read

Stress During Pregnancy Affects Size of Baby

A new study reveals prenatal stress has a physical effect on babies. Researchers report prenatal maternal stress in late gestation leads to slower growth of the offspring, both in utero and during infancy.