Gut microbes may help treat brain disorders
Researchers have found that the community of microbes (the microbiome) that live in our bodies may offer new therapies to help neurological and psychiatric disorders....
read moreCurcumin appears to help fight Alzheimer’s
Curcurmin, a natural product found in turmeric (think curry), is proving to be one of the most promising treatments for Alzheimer’s disease....
read moreObese kids’ brains more responsive to sugar
New research indicates that the brains of obese children are more responsive to sugar than their fit peers....
read moreEating lots of trans fats is linked to poor memory in men
Ruling out other factors, scientists found that healthy working-age men who ate the most trans fats performed worse on memory tests than those that didn’t each much trans fats....
read moreVitamin D deficiency linked to decreased cognition after cardiac arrest...
Cardiac arrest patients with low vitamin D levels may be at risk for poor brain function or death....
read moreSugar causes memory problems in rats
Researchers have discovered that adolescent rats that ate large quantities of sugar or high-fructose corn syrup (comparable to sugar-sweetened beverages for humans) experienced memory problems and brain inflammation....
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