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·January 6, 2020·1 min read

Cannabis edibles present novel health risks

A new paper explores some of the potential health risks associated with edible cannabis consumption.

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·January 1, 2020·3 min read

New Year’s anxiety hangover? Here’s what’s happening in your brain

Hangxiety, the feeling of waking up with anxiety the morning after heavy drinking, is a common symptom associated with a hangover. Researchers explain how a heavy night's drinking alters neurochemistry, leaving some of us prone to waking with anxiety.

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·December 30, 2019·5 min read

The psychological benefits of working less

Working fewer hours isn't only associated with improved health and psychological benefits; it can also help us to become more productive.

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·December 20, 2019·3 min read

Neurons responsible for rapid eye movements/REM during sleep identified

Nucleus papilion neurons play an important role in eye movement during REM sleep.

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·December 11, 2019·5 min read

Skipping one night of sleep may leave insomniacs twice as impaired

Chronic insomniacs who pull an all-nighter perform twice as bad on reaction time tests as normal sleepers who forgo a night's sleep.

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·November 22, 2019·3 min read

Science underestimated dangerous effects of sleep deprivation

Findings debunk the common theory that attention is the only cognitive function affected by sleep deprivation. Lack of sleep also hinders a person's ability to complete activities that require following multiple steps.

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·November 19, 2019·4 min read

Yoga and physical therapy as treatment for chronic lower back pain also improves sleep

Following 12 weeks of yoga instruction, people with chronic lower back pain reported a significant improvement in symptoms and better sleep over 52 weeks.

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·November 18, 2019·3 min read

Newborn baby hiccups could be key to brain development

Contractions of the diaphragm muscles during hiccuping evoke a significant response in the brain's cortex, causing two large brainwaves followed by a third. The third brainwave is similar to that evoked by noise.

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·November 7, 2019·4 min read

Where does Parkinson’s disease start? In the brain or gut? Or both?

Lewy body disorders, including Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia, comprise of two distinct subtypes. One subtype originates in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) of the gut and spreads to the brain. The other originates in the brain, or enters the brain via the olfactory system, before spreading to the brainstem and PNS.

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·November 6, 2019·2 min read

Circuit responsible for building memories during sleep identified

The nucleus reuniens is responsible for coordinating synchronous slow waves between the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus during sleep. The findings suggest the nucleus reuniens plays a critical role in sleep-dependant memory consolidation.

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·November 4, 2019·5 min read

Anger, anxiety, insomnia: Tweets from Twitter users could predict loneliness

Linguistic analytic models found users who tweet about loneliness post significantly more frequently about mental health concerns, relationship problems, and insomnia.

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·November 4, 2019·4 min read

Stressed to the max? Deep sleep can rewire the anxious brain

Deep sleep restores the medial prefrontal cortex mechanisms that restore emotion. This lowers emotional and physiological reactivity, preventing the escalation of stress and anxiety.