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Depression and anxiety were probably the unofficial mascots of 2020. Even people without a previous history of these challenges found themselves climbing the walls after COVID-19 struck, as the effects of isolation, uncertainty and social divide hit everyone hard. When times get tough, more people start to seek new ways to gain relief, which means new products with big promises are sure to hit the...
April 23, 2021
Patience is a virtue, or so the saying goes. According to the latest research, however, the attribute could have a lot more to do with brain chemistry than personal fortitude. Experts have been working to unravel the secrets behind patience and where it originates in the brain, and their discoveries have all led back to one neurotransmitter. How's your patience? - Pinpointing Patience in the Brain...
February 22, 2021
Society says women aren’t as sexually driven as men, that they don’t need as much action in the bedroom as their male counterparts. Science, on the other hand, says women actually need - more - sex than men. And the stats back it up. The majority of women - approximately -62% - are not satisfied with their sex life. What’s more, women are twice as likely than men to describe their sex life as “boring.”...
October 26, 2020
Antidepressants have changed the face of modern psychiatry. For many people, these medications are an important and necessary part of their therapy. But whether reducing intake to move to another medication, or to try a different therapy, to eliminate a drug-interaction, or some other reason, sometimes, we have to cut ties with an existing antidepressant. And in this case, doing so slowly is not only...
August 12, 2020
Boo!- Did you jump? That startle response is universal among humans — and possibly even across the animal kingdom. It can be unsettling, but it could also serve a vital purpose. So what causes us to become scared stiff? One well-known chemical in our brain appears to be responsible. Study Links Serotonin to Startle Response - If fear has ever stopped you in your tracks — literally like a deer staring...
June 30, 2020
Smiling, not the kind where you've been asked to smile by some schmoozy guy, but the act of it—the lift the corners, feel the boost kind of smile (even if you don't mean it) is actually beneficial to your well-being and can help improve our outlook on life. It turns out that this simple action not only makes us feel better in reality, but it's infectious and can make other people feel at ease in our...
August 29, 2019
Serotonin is a chemical found in the brain, blood platelets, and mainly in the digestive system (up to 90%). Its scientific name is 5-hydroxytryptamine, or 5-HT. This chemical is a neurotransmitter that delivers messages between our nerve cells. Most of our 40 million brain cells are communicating with serotonin. It is derived from tryptophan which is an essential amino acid, which means that we must...
April 11, 2019
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