If you or someone you know has been pregnant or are pregnant, you might have come across people saying “you should not be drinking coffee whilst pregnant”. However, as an avid coffee drinking population, cutting out a daily staple is difficult. For which reason, experts in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) have […]
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Have you ever tried meditating and found it difficult to focus? Or wondered why your attention just slips in class, or why you keep thinking about a particular topic repeatedly? Well, new research led by UC Berkeley has come up with a way to track the flow of our internal thought processes and signal whether […]
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As the end of the year approaches, many of us are probably making mental checklists of things we would like to accomplish for next year. If reading is on your list, then why not add some neuroscience-related books to that list. Here are my 3 top picks, in no particular order: 1. The Reason I […]
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Drinking young can have adverse biological effects. This understanding informs a mandated drinking age in countries, with some debate over the age at which one could start. Some nations allow their youths to start drinking at 16 whilst others, 21. The impact of alcohol consumption on health have long been investigated. Recently, however, researchers in […]
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Antibiotics are a type of medication given to people of any age suffering from a bacterial infection. It was first discovered about 90 years ago with the accidental discovery of penicillin which was used to treat people in the war. Nowadays, there are hundreds of antibiotics used by individuals of all ages, from babies to […]
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