A study published today in the journal ‘Neuron’ links the symptoms of psychosis experienced by people with schizophrenia to a faulty ‘switch’ within the brain.
The findings reveal that the severity of symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations, which are typical in people with schizophrenia...
If you've ever wondered why certain foods taste great together—tomato and basil or, hell, peanut butter and jelly—then wonder no longer. This amazing visualization from Scientific American shows how flavors are linked, and explains why certain combinations work so well.
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The use of LSD, magic mushrooms, or peyote does not increase a person’s risk of developing mental health problems, according to an analysis of information from more than 130,000 randomly chosen people, including 22,000 people who had used psychedelics at least once.
Researcher Teri Krebs and...
Mouse embryos with the human enzyme CYP2C19 in the brain develop a smaller hippocampus and anxiety-like behaviour as adults. The results of this new study, which is published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, agree in principle with earlier genetic findings in humans, and can improve...
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s could be better understood thanks to insight into proteins linked to such conditions, a study suggests.
Scientists studying thread-like chains of protein – called amyloid fibres – have found that low levels of these proteins may cause more harm to...
Scientists from the Monell Center report the surprising finding that two proteins involved in oral taste detection also play a crucial role in sperm development. "This paper highlights a connection between the taste system and male reproduction," said lead author Bedrich Mosinger, MD, PhD, a...
A new study suggests one reason heart-related deaths go up in winter is because the cold causes brown fat to accelerate the build-up of plaque in blood vessels. Researchers from Sweden and China, who made this breakthrough discovery while studying mice, write about their findings in the...
An investigation of the brain circuits behind compulsive behavior has surprisingly revealed they may be intimately linked to circuits that control obesity. The US researchers say the discovery offers new insights into the development and treatment of both compulsive behavior and eating...
Virginia health officials have just announced that the "Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Berry Blend" sold under the Harris Teeter brand, could be the cause of the outbreak of hepatitis A infections. The Virginia Department of Health, along with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and...
The genetic malady known as Fragile X syndrome is the most common cause of inherited autism and intellectual disability. Brain scientists know the gene defect that causes the syndrome and understand the damage it does in misshaping the brain’s synapses — the connections between neurons. But how...
Food insecurity increases the risk of death among injection drug users living with HIV/AIDS even when they are receiving life-prolonging antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to a new study involving Simon Fraser University. The study, recently published in the peer-reviewed science journal...
Trichloroethylene (TCE) exposure has possible links to increased liver cancer risk, and the relationship between TCE exposure and risks of cancers of low incidence and those with confounding by lifestyle and other factors need further study, according to a study published in the Journal of the...
The first symptoms of major depression may be behavioral, but the common mental illness is based in biology — and not limited to the brain. In recent years some studies have linked major, long-term depression with life-threatening chronic disease and with earlier death, even after lifestyle risk...
Up to half of all heart attack cases are missed using just one data source Failure to use linked electronic health records may lead to biased estimates of heart attack incidence and outcome, warn researchers in a paper published on bmj.com today. They show that up to 50% of all heart attack...
Rapid climate change during the Middle Stone Age, between 80,000 and 40,000 years ago, during the Middle Stone Age, sparked surges in cultural innovation in early modern human populations, according to new research.
The research, published this month in Nature Communications, was conducted by...
Men who experience high levels of sexual harassment are much more likely than women to induce vomiting and take laxatives and diuretics in an attempt to control their weight, according to a surprising finding by Michigan State University researchers. Their study is one of the first to examine...
Many kinds of cinnamon, cinnamon-flavored foods, beverages and food supplements in the United States use a form of the spice that contains high levels of a natural substance that may cause liver damage in some sensitive people, scientists are reporting. Their study, published in ACS' Journal of...
JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights A research letter by Brian Wansink, Ph.D., and Aner Tal, Ph.D., of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., suggests that hungry grocery shoppers tend to buy higher-calorie products. The research included a laboratory study in which 68 paid participants were...
A new study has revealed that women who are on birth control pills with lower doses of estrogen are at increased risk for pelvic pain, including pain during orgasm. Ouch. More »
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Colic has historically been described as a gastrointestinal issue, however, a new study suggests that migraines may play a role. The finding was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and revealed that the likelihood was seven times higher that kids with migraines were...