Nearly 12 months in, and heavy is the head that bears lockdown. Coping during this period of national incarceration has been a mental battle — and experts say the dramatic change to our lifestyles, coupled with unprecedented levels of stress, has aged our brains. If you’ve been feeling more forgetful, unable to concentrate, and stumbling… Read More »
Fibromyalgia, characterized by chronic, widespread pain is an often-debilitating condition that primarily affects women. While as many as 10 million Americans have fibromyalgia, its cause remains a mystery. Brain scans of fibromyalgia patients have offered hard evidence that the pain they experience is indeed real — mainly because their threshold for tolerating pain impulses is… Read More »
Melatonin is best known as a sleep hormone because of its action controlling the circadian cycle. But melatonin also has antioxidant properties, and may have an important anti-aging role. A recent study looked at artificially aged mice to determine the effects of melatonin on aging. Such mice are used as a model to study the… Read More »
The key brain cells controlling appetite have been identified in a study. Cells called tanycytes, which are located in the area of the brain that controls energy levels, detect nutrients in food we have eaten and pass the information directly on to the brain.[1] Tanycytes found in the brain react to amino acids in food… Read More »