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Neurological Medications for Addiction

keith wrote 16 hours ago: As neurologist’s understanding of brain function improves, so does our perception of addiction … more »

Tags: Addiction, Psychotherapy, health, Psychology, Medication, Opiates, opioid, pharmaconeurology

Cold baths for alcohol withdrawal

wellth wrote 21 hours ago: Baths of 18 degrees C. (64.5 degrees F.) were effective in treating delirium tremens according to a … more »

Tags: Alcohol

Detecting Lies: Not as easy as we think

tisak wrote 2 days ago: High tech machines, specially trained interrogators, liars exhibiting odd behavior - we’ve all … more »

Tags: Psychology, brain, deceit, liars

Sex differences in the brain

gregdowney wrote 2 days ago: Graphic from SlateI fear that I don’t link enough to Mind Hacks because I kind of assume that … more »

Tags: Gender, General, Human Variation, Links, sex, sex differences

Father's occupation and childhood nervous system tumors

wellth wrote 2 days ago: Children whose fathers were employed in fields that exposed them to low frequency electromagnetic fi … more »

Tags: PEDIATRICS, Cancer, Pregnancy

Childhood depression

wellth wrote 2 days ago: Elizabeth C. Hamill, Director of the Northern California Homeschool Association in Berkeley, Califor … more »

Tags: PEDIATRICS

Childhood epilepsy

wellth wrote 2 days ago: From 70 to 75 percent of children placed on medication for epilepsy who have not had a seizure in tw … more »

Tags: PEDIATRICS, Iatrogenic

Valerian and sleep quality

wellth wrote 2 days ago: Persons who suffer chronic insomnia may benefit from valerian (Radix valerianae) according to a repo … more »

Tags: Uncategorized

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy and vitamin C

wellth wrote 3 days ago: Reflex sympathetic dystrophy which presents as discoloration, burning pain, swelling and stiffness, … more »

Your Brain Makes Its Decisions Without You: More on Free Will and Identity3 comments

Bad wrote 4 days ago: There’s little doubt that conscious experience is one of the most perplexing phenomenon that … more »

Tags: Biology, Philosophy, Religion, Science, spirituality, technology, Theology, brain, Free Will

The itch

asianwindow wrote 4 days ago: His book, Better (Picador) was one of Amazon.com’s 10 best books for 2007. Born to Indian immi … more »

Tags: health, Atul Gawande, itch, OCD, scratching

fMRI explained...2 comments

adiemusfree wrote 5 days ago: Hah! now I’ve never really understood fMRI except as a vague generalisation that it ’sho … more »

Tags: CME, News, Research, blogs, fMRI, Science

High fat diet and mental ability

wellth wrote 5 days ago: Laboratory rats given a high fat diet showed reduced cognitive (mental) ability. Earlier studies by … more »

Tags: Nutrition

Carpal tunnel syndrome and wrist splinting

wellth wrote 5 days ago: Neutral wrist splinting reduces symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome. Those who wore the splints full … more »

Diffusion Spectrum Imaging Used to Map the Structural Core of Human Cerebral Cortex1 comment

Kambiz Kamrani wrote 5 days ago: A new paper in the open access journal PLoS Biology describes a new way to model the human brain usi … more »

Tags: Blog, Physical Anthropology, brain, connectome, diffusion spectrum imaging, fMRI, functional magnetic resonance imaging, neurobiology

Mental Differences.7 comments

Catatonic Kid wrote 6 days ago: Depression can make you feel really out of place. I notice this as I’m listening to Spike Jone … more »

Tags: Depression, Brains, Coming of Age, Disorder, Growing Up, Life, Mental Health, mental illness, Mood disorders

Diet and lead poisoning

wellth wrote 6 days ago: Children with high fat and/or high calorie diets are at increased risk of lead poisoning. (Pediatric … more »

Tags: Nutrition, PEDIATRICS

Music training and brain development

wellth wrote 6 days ago: Children who learn to play stringed musical instruments before the age of 12 have greater developmen … more »

Sleep and lavender scent

wellth wrote 6 days ago: Lavender oil scent was as effective as sleep medications in inducing sleep in four elderly patients. … more »


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