Aging brains struggle to recycle synaptic proteins
As we age, we begin to lose the connections that wire up our brains-and neuroscientists aren’t sure why.
Category: Health
Like a screwdriver in my face – Life with ‘the world’s most painful known medical condition’
Trigeminal neuralgia is a rare condition where something as simple as a gust of wind can cause excruciating pain.
Vitamin A, While Helpful for Measles, Is Not a Replacement for Vaccination
This is a MedPage Today story. Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend vitamin A for all patients
Mental health chat encouraged at coffee mornings
Three coffee mornings are being held in Wolverhampton as part of a national mental health event.
Families of children with cancer to have travel costs covered
The government sets aside £10 million a year to help families and young people under 24 access cancer treatment.
British soccer union wants fewer headers for pros, and none for kids, to protect players’ brains
The Professional Footballers’ Association is set to announce the first comprehensive protocol to prevent CTE in British soccer players
Families with children battling cancer to have travel costs covered
The government sets aside £10 million a year to help families and young people under 24 access cancer treatment.
DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97
Watson co-discover the double-helix structure of DNA, but his reputation was later damaged by his comments on race and sex.
I wanted ChatGPT to help me. So why did it advise me how to kill myself?
ChatGPT wrote a woman a suicide note and another AI chatbot role-played sexual acts with children, BBC finds.
Exploring how prenatal alcohol and stress affect rhesus monkey offspring in adulthood
New in JNeurosci, Mary Schneider and Alexander Converse, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, led an interdisciplinary study to explore how prenatal alcohol and stress exposure
Playing pink noise during sleep could be harmful for children
Pink noise-often used to promote sleep-may reduce restorative REM sleep and interfere with sleep recovery.
Tufts University School of Medicine launches its Doctor of Physical Therapy programs in Atlanta
Tufts University School of Medicine is expanding its Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) programs with the launch of a new location in Atlanta, joining programs
Visceral pain: More unpleasant, increases empathy, especially for loved ones
Interoceptive, visceral pain from within the body is perceived more unpleasant than exteroceptive pain from outside the body.
Gas explosion in New Hampshire sparks a fire at a mental health facility
A natural gas explosion ripped through a building for mental health services in Nashua, New Hampshire, and sparked a fire