Cutting calories and exercise alone are not enough to help shift excess weight, a new study reports. Researchers report your gut bacteria and the amount of specific proteins your body produces affects your ability to lose weight and sustain weight loss. Depending on personal biomarkers, so people lose more weight following a low carb diet, while some lose more weight while on a low fat diet.
Placebos can help reduce feelings of guilt, even when the placebo is given openly, a new study reports.
Researchers identify the role the Pig-Q gene plays in sleep regulation. Mutations of the Pig-Q gene increase sleep.
Those with a more pessimistic outlook show an increase in anxiety when their expectations turn out to be incorrect.
During absence seizures, most neurons showed decreased activity. This, researchers say, explains the decrease in brain function and impaired consciousness during an absence epilepsy seizure.
Adult exposure to antibiotics appears to be linked to an increased risk of developing an inflammatory bowel disorder, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The risk appears to be cumulative, greatest around two years after use, and for antibiotics that target gut infections.
Advanced brain aging may explain why, on average, people with schizophrenia have a significantly reduced life span.
Roflumilast, a drug commonly prescribed for the treatment of COPD and asthma helps retrieve learning memories following a period of sleep deprivation in mice.
Adding 57g of almonds to the diet every day for a month increases levels of the beneficial fat, 12,13-DiHOME in blood samples immediately after a session of intense exercise.
Clonidine, an FDA-approved medication commonly prescribed to treat blood-pressure disorders and ADHD, shows promise in mitigating the effects of PTSD.
Using neuroimaging, researchers identified three cortical gradients that appear to align with dimensions of consciousness.
High-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) activates MAP2K signaling and enhanced axon regeneration and functional recovery following spinal cord injury.