Author: Dinah Basha

It’s mid July 2021 in Paris and people have taken to the streets to protest COVID-19 vaccine certificates. This isn’t anything new – from Australia to America and everywhere in-between, the world has seen a multitude of COVID-related protests in the last year; from anti-vaxxers, to anti-masks, to anti-lockdown. But why are some groups so […]

Cannabis’s popularity has been seen to rise in the last couple of decades. Its positive impacts are being researched within the medical community, and the recreational use of marijuana has also found its way into political discourse. Further, research supports its use in treating anxiety, insomnia, nausea, and depression. That said, a team from Curtin […]

We are all largely familiar with good cholesterol, bad cholesterol, and how cholesterol is a risk factor, or a possible precursor for many cardiovascular diseases. That said, what is less known is that cholesterol is, in effect, essential for the brain to function effectively. Healthy cholesterol has been shown to help improve memory retention and […]

Exam season is looming and stress levels are rising! Although a familiar feeling, and common, have you ever considered the biological factors associated with why we feel a certain way when stressed? Most of us know when we get stressed, our brains release a ‘cocktail’ of neurotransmitters which in turn signal our sympathetic system to […]

If you haven’t heard, the Brain-Based team are doing Mind’s 27 27 challenge this month, where we attempt to run/walk 27 miles in 27 days, to raise awareness about student mental health. Research has found that the first lockdown saw more people reporting mental health disorders in the UK, however, mental health began to recover […]