Researchers from the University of South Carolina and North Carolina’s Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have developed a brain prosthesis designed to help dementia sufferers and brain-damaged soldiers recapture their memories.
Is your little one a psychopath? You’re probably not looking for signs of psychopathy in your toddler, but new research suggests that the signs may be there as young as age 3. Could it be true, or are we stepping over the worry-line?
Researchers have figured out how to send thoughts over the Internet using a brain-to-brain connection and a huge magnet. What could go wrong?
It sounds kind of cool, at face-value: two people can play a game over the Internet by reading each other’s thoughts. They don’t have to look at each other, and they don’t have to talk to each other. The details of the experiment, and its findings, are published in the journal PLOS One:
Professional football players take some violent tackles. Their helmets are intended to protect them from immediate damage, but every hit rattles the brain inside the skull. Over time, trauma to the brain can add up to debilitating injury and disease. A new study on traumatic brain injury reveals the problem may be more widespread than health experts and players ever imagined.
A new study suggests the terrifying possibility that Alzheimer’s disease could be transmitted from person to person through some medical procedures.
Someday soon, a simple blood test may be able to predict a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
A new blood test has been developed that allows scientists to estimate how quickly someone is aging; they hope that it will eventually serve as a predictor of dementia. The test may also be able to determine the “youthfulness” of donated organs for transplant operations. [1]
A naturally occurring compound found in red grapes, raspberries, dark chocolate, and red wine may halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, the results of a new trial suggests.
A federal advisory group said Monday that doctors should screen teens for depression, but the number of students that benefit from the directive might be relatively small.
A 10-year-old boy suffered brain damaged and his family fell ill after their family home in Florida was fumigated for termites. The gas fumigant sulfuryl fluoride was the ‘restricted use pesticide’ used to fumigate the McCaughey home.
Of all the ways to stay healthy, having sex is undoubtedly the most entertaining option. But did you know that – to reference Marvin Gaye – that sex is also healing? It seems that “doing the deed” is a free and fun way to stay fit and boost both your mental and physical wellbeing. Keep reading to discover 7 awesome health benefits of sex. [1]
