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·April 7, 2025·7 min read

ADHD Drugs Linked to Heart Effects

A large new analysis of 102 clinical trials finds that ADHD medications have overall small effects on blood pressure and heart rate in both children and adults. These cardiovascular effects—mostly modest increases—were consistent across stimulants and non-stimulants, with guanfacine being the exception, lowering these parameters.

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·October 3, 2024·6 min read

Dual-Targeting Drug Halts Tau Accumulation in Alzheimer’s

Scientists have developed a drug that targets both major aggregation-promoting sites of the Tau protein, a key player in Alzheimer's disease. This peptide inhibitor, RI-AG03, effectively prevents Tau buildup in lab studies and fruit flies, offering hope for new Alzheimer's treatments.

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·February 19, 2024·5 min read

Sleep, Circadian Rhythm, and Mental Health

A new study highlights the critical link between sleep, circadian rhythms, and psychiatric disorders, suggesting that disturbances in sleep and internal body clocks can trigger or exacerbate mental health issues. The research underscores the prevalence of sleep-circadian disturbances across all psychiatric disorders, pointing to the need for holistic treatments that address these factors.

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·August 16, 2022·3 min read

Microglia Cells Colonize the Human Brain in Waves

In humans, microglia develop in different ways, undergoing growth patterns that go up and down, creating waves throughout our brain development.

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·June 8, 2021·4 min read

Immune Cell Behavior That Plays a Key Role in Alzheimer’s Disease Discovered

Sustained microglia activation leads to the cells becoming senescent. This leads to an accelerated accumulation of amyloid in the brain, influencing the early stages of Alzheimer's development.

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·March 11, 2021·5 min read

Dry Eye Disease Negatively Affects Physical and Mental Health as Well as Vision

People who suffer from dry eye disease symptoms report visual problems, increased depression and anxiety, and mobility issues. Dry eye disease, researchers say, can have a negative impact on the overall quality of life for sufferers.

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·March 10, 2021·5 min read

Alzheimer’s Disease Protein Linked to Common Sight Loss

Exposing retinal pigment epithelium cells in mouse models to amyloid-beta resulted in retinal pathologies similar to those seen in human age-related macular degeneration.

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·May 22, 2020·4 min read

Study links severe childhood deprivation to neuropsychological difficulties in adulthood

Severe adversity experienced in childhood increases the risk of being diagnosed with ADHD later in life.

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·April 23, 2020·2 min read

Healthy diet with nutritional supplements support body in fight against COVID-19

Researchers provide advice about the best foods and supplements to help boost the immune system to stave off COVID-19 infection.

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·February 26, 2020·3 min read

New study allows brain and artificial neurons to link up over the web

Researchers have created a hybrid neural network where biological and artificial neurons in different parts of the world were able to communicate via the internet through a hub of memristive synapses.

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·June 28, 2018·4 min read

Early Maternal Diet Affects Brain Development and Adult Memory

A new study reveals maternal diet during pregnancy can have dramatic implications for fetal brain development and can impact short term memory in adults.

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·January 10, 2017·3 min read

Microglia Cells Renew Themselves Quicker Than First Thought

The turn over of microglia cells is at least ten times faster than previously predicted, allowing for entire renewal of microglia a number of times during ones lifetime, a new study reports.

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