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A high fat diet leads to overeating because of faulty brain signaling

Posted in Medicine on 23rd Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

A high fat diet causes people to eat more, which ultimately impairs the ability of obese people to successfully control their caloric intake, lose weight and maintain weight loss.

A chemical relative of aspirin might help treat Alzheimer's disease

Posted in Medicine on 21st Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

Salsalate, long used for rheumatoid arthritis, reduces toxic protein in mice study.

DARPA's Targeted Electrical Stimulation of the Brain boosts Memory

Posted in Hardware on 20th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

Electrical arrays implanted in the brain show promise in their ability to improve patients' scores on memory tests.

Is Technology Giving You Digital Amnesia?

Posted in Science on 19th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

Smartphones and the Internet could be changing the way our brains work.

Low vitamin D associated with faster decline in cognitive function

Posted in Medicine on 19th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

A research team has found that Vitamin D insufficiency was associated with faster decline in cognitive functions among a group of ethnically diverse older adults.