PTSD May Double Chances of Dementia
A new study, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, is the first-ever global meta-analysis on the possible link between...
The Over-the-Counter Medicine That Increases Your Risk-Taking
We tend to think of our personalities as pretty fixed and stable. We divide ourselves into introverts and extroverts, dreamers and...
Medicinal Music: Stroke Recovery
Last week, we talked about a study suggesting that listening to a Bach sonata boosts the effectiveness of a painkiller. Today, it’s more...
The Best Painkiller is Not What You Think it Is
When we say that listening to the right song makes us feel better, usually we mean it in terms of emotions. However, a new study from the...
New Robotics Solve an Old Riddle
It turns out your teachers were being a little hasty when they said there are only five senses. For instance, there’s proprioception,...
Change Your Food, Change Your Mood?
If you’re looking to bring a change in your psychological state, the answer may be as simple as adjusting your eating habits. So, which...
Take 9 Hours and Call Me in the Morning
Sleep: we all know it’s important. We all know we should be getting 7 to 9 hours a night. And yet one in five U.S. adults regularly fails...
Food Allergies: Nothing to Sneeze At
Do you have a food allergy? If you’re an adult in the U.S., there’s about a 10 percent chance that you do—and, according to a new study,...
Depressed? Check Your Gut
As if depressed or anxious people needed another thing to worry about, a new study from UC San Francisco suggests that depression and...
Placebo Power
Imagine that scientists have discovered a painkiller that is incredibly cheap to make, has no dangerous side effects, and performs at a...
