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Can the Mediterranean Diet reduce Alzheimer’s Disease risk?

Posted on November 15, 2021June 25, 2025 by Nathan Gock

Eating more seafood, fruits, and vegetables, and less red meat and dairy is good for your brain health. #neuroscience #health #brain

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    Going under anesthesia as a teen may change how alcohol affects you

    Posted on July 7, 2021June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

    Adolescence, anesthesia, and alcohol: a recipe for a captivating new study. Is anesthesia in adolescence affecting our relationship with…

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      What the velociraptor’s brain tells us about its diet

      Posted on April 30, 2021June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

      The brain of one of popular culture’s most infamous dinosaurs helps to clarify its diet and hearing range.

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        Can opiate painkillers change how you feel about rewards?

        Posted on September 5, 2019June 25, 2025 by Hunter Dulay

        How many times have you hurt yourself badly? How many friends and family members do you know who suffer from sharp pain? In many of these…

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          How the body responds to synthetic THC product “Spice”

          Posted on April 21, 2019June 17, 2025 by Gina Misra

          The line “times they are a changin’,” as Bob Dylan sang in 1964, describes the state of cannabis research aptly. As cannabis and…

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            First Clinical Trial of Stem Cell Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease

            Posted on August 16, 2018June 24, 2025 by Nathan Gock

            A landmark clinical trial was announced recently by researchers at Kyoto University. For the first time in history, this trial tests the use…

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              Brain Cancer Treatment Finishes Phase 3 of Clinical Trials

              Posted on July 9, 2018June 13, 2025 by Nathan Gock

              For most types of cancer, survival rates have steadily been improving since the 1970s as medical advancements have been made in both cancer…

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                Prenatal Inflammation May Affect Brain Development

                Posted on November 22, 2017June 23, 2025 by Nathan Gock

                A normal pregnancy usually lasts around 40 weeks, but births that occur before 37 weeks are defined as being premature. Premature births are…

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