Edd Westmacott / Alamy Stock Photo By Sam Wong THIRTY years ago, ecstasy was becoming the drug of choice at raves – and whenever young people use drugs to have a good time, concerns are rarely far behind. “An increasingly fashionable ‘mind-bending’ drug that induces euphoria and raises self-awareness in users may also damage brain… Read More »
Have you ever experienced your day and your mood getting ambushed by circumstances outside your control? Unless you live high upon a mountaintop in a cave far, far away, I’m betting your answer is yes. The good news is, there are 3 easy ways to pop yourself out of feeling blah and move back towards… Read More »
Brain tumour vanished. (Photo Credit: File image) In a miraculous incident, an 11-year-old girl’s brain tumour disappeared without leaving any trace to as to how it happened. Even the medics don’t know how the inoperable brain tumour just vanished. The little girl, Roxli Doss was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG in the… Read More »
Cancer treatments can work, but the same factors that help them eradicate tumors may also accelerate aging processes in the body — especially the brain. New research explores. Breast cancer treatments leave their mark on the brain years after completion, a new study suggests. Previously on Medical News Today, we covered a study explaining that… Read More »
An Arizona woman has been in a battle for her life for weeks after a rare fungal infection spread throughout her body, costing her both eyes, her palate and part of her brain. Jessica Weldon, who celebrated her marriage to husband Chris in March, first suspected a sinus infection about 12 weeks ago, Fox 10 reported.… Read More »
Research has found that middle-aged individuals in their forties and fifties with elevated cortisol levels, a hormone associated with stress, perform worse on cognitive and memory tasks compared to individuals of the same age who have average levels of cortisol. Elevated blood cortisol levels were also linked to smaller brain volumes. One factor that’s getting… Read More »