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- Gene variants may protect against Alzheimer’s
- Study reveals how brain injury can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder
- Some CBD products may yield cannabis-positive urine drug tests
- Stressed to the max? Deep sleep can rewire the anxious brain
- The most spectacular celestial vision you’ll never see
- Health care, mass shootings, 2020 election causing Americans significant stress
- Study challenges decades-old patient eligibility criteria for weight-loss surgery
| Gene variants may protect against Alzheimer’s
Posted: 05 Nov 2019 06:04 AM PST  new study provides insights on why some people may be more resistant to Alzheimer’s disease than others. The findings may lead to strategies to delay … Read more |
| Study reveals how brain injury can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder
Posted: 05 Nov 2019 06:00 AM PST  Post-traumatic stress disorder in U.S. military members frequently follows a concussion-like brain injury. Until now, it has been unclear why. A UCLA team of psychologists … Read more |
| Some CBD products may yield cannabis-positive urine drug tests
Posted: 05 Nov 2019 05:59 AM PST  Small study concludes that caution is warranted for users of “high CBD, low THC” cannabis products In a study of six adults, Johns Hopkins Medicine … Read more |
| Stressed to the max? Deep sleep can rewire the anxious brain
Posted: 05 Nov 2019 05:58 AM PST  When it comes to managing anxiety disorders, William Shakespeare’s Macbeth had it right when he referred to sleep as the “balm of hurt minds.” While … Read more |
| The most spectacular celestial vision you’ll never see
Posted: 05 Nov 2019 05:56 AM PST  Contrary to previous thought, a gigantic planet in wild orbit does not preclude the presence of an Earth-like planet in the same solar system – … Read more |
| Health care, mass shootings, 2020 election causing Americans significant stress
Posted: 05 Nov 2019 05:56 AM PST  A year before the 2020 presidential election, Americans report various issues in the news as significant sources of stress, including health care, mass shootings and … Read more |
| Study challenges decades-old patient eligibility criteria for weight-loss surgery
Posted: 05 Nov 2019 05:55 AM PST  Weight-loss surgery has long been shown to improve or resolve diabetes, reduce heart attacks and stroke and produce significant weight loss, but the operation has … Read more |