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In Brief: Drug Approaches Under Study for Alzheimer's

New drugs for Alzheimer's lag, but not for lack of trying

Human Brain Project Needs a Rethink

The European Human Brain Project's effort to simulate the entire brain in a supercomputer is premature, a new report says

Cord-Blood Research Sits Poised for Therapeutic Discovery

Whenever one examines any area of scientific inquiry, there are two important things to understand: where the science is today, and where it may lead us in the future.

Why Don't Animals Get Schizophrenia (and How Come We Do)?

Research suggests an evolutionary link between the disorder and what makes us human

24-Year-Old NFL Player's Retirement Reignites Brain Injury Topic

Chris Borland's decision has provoked discussion of the types of brain damage that can occur including a severe degenerative disease abbreviated as CTE

First Aid for Mental Illness Shows Promise

Could an eight-hour class prevent tragedies triggered by psychiatric disorders?

Beyond Resveratrol: The Anti-Aging NAD Fad

Whenever I see my 10-year-old daughter brimming over with so much energy that she jumps up in the middle of supper to run around the table, I think to myself, “those young mitochondria.” Mitochondria are our cells’ energy dynamos...

Bioelectrical Signals Can Stunt or Grow Brain Tissue

By tweaking the charges of brain cells, researchers alter early brain development, opening a door to healing mature brains or undoing genetic damage

Animals Can Be Given False Memories

Two studies, one with bees and one with mice, show that the brain can be manipulated into having a memory of an occurrence that did not in reality happen. Karen Hopkin reports  

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Mental Illness: How to Spot Fact from Fiction

Sensationalist coverage and our brains contribute to misunderstandings about mental health

No Link Found between Psychedelics and Psychosis

A large U.S. survey found that users of LSD and similar drugs were no more likely to have mental-health conditions than other respondents

Mental Health May Depend on Creatures in the Gut

The microbiome may yield a new class of psychobiotics for the treatment of anxiety, depression and other mood disorders

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Microbes in the Gut Are Essential to Our Well-Being

Revelations about the role of the human microbiome in our lives have begun to shake the foundations of medicine and nutrition

Is an Optimistic Mind Associated with a Healthy Heart?

“Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.” — World Health Organization (1946) Many poets, philosophers, and thinkers throughout history have recognized the intimate link between physical and mental health...

Can Personality Improve after a Stroke?

—Jenna Owen, England

Innovations in the Microbiome

Revelations about microbes in the gut are shaking the foundations of medicine and nutrition

Catching Alzheimer’s before Memory Slips

Can a five-minute eye-tracking test warn of disease to come?

Music Can Heal the Brain

New therapies are using rhythm, beat and melody to help patients recover language, hearing, motion and emotion

As Psychedelics Revival Rolls On, Don't Downplay Bad Trips

I’m no psychedelic prude. I reported on, and applauded, the resurgence of research into psychedelics in my 2003 book Rational Mysticism.