A Stanford Medicine research study following 250 children for five years, “did not find a meaningful association between the age at which kids received their first phones and their well-being, as measured by grades, sleep habits and depression symptoms.” | learn more
“In this phase 2 trial involving participants with treatment-resistant depression, psilocybin at a single dose of 25 mg, but not 10 mg, reduced depression scores significantly more than a 1-mg dose over a period of 3 weeks but was associated […]
This drug had a much better clinical trial result than the recently-approved and controversial aducanumab. That being said, the risk factors (brain bleeds and swelling) seem pretty high to me. | learn more
“In most assessments of AD, researchers used genome-wide association studies (GWAS), which are observational tests that look at all of the genetic information within DNA to find connections. However, GWAS does not catch the risk from rare variants of mutations. […]
“Mechanochemistry is a relatively recently coined term, referring to chemical reactions that are triggered by mechanical forces as opposed to heat, light, or electric potential differences.” | learn more
“It is probably the most complicated therapy ever attempted in the clinic,” says study co-author Antoni Ribas, a cancer researcher and physician at the University of California, Los Angeles. “We’re trying to make an army out of a patient’s own […]
“For people who have lost their sense of smell, a neuroprosthetic could replace biology with technology. An e-nose sensor would detect odors, a processor would send signals to an implanted receiver, and an implanted electrode array would stimulate the olfactory […]
“The device works by tackling oxidative stress that impacts on follicles, with the result being thicker and denser hair coverage than what is possible through commonly used treatments.” | learn more
“What happens to food intake and adiposity when researchers dramatically restrict food reward? In 1965, the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences published a very unusual study that unintentionally addressed this question.” | learn more
Get to the end about the eggs! “One thing that makes lithium a plausible explanation for the obesity epidemic is that clinical doses of lithium cause weight gain as a side-effect.” | learn more