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2021

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Are YOU Misunderstanding “Mindfulness”?

Are YOU Misunderstanding “Mindfulness”?

Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From University of Waterloo- Mindful awareness is about both accepting and engaging with life's challenges, and that's what popularized concepts of mindfulness tend to miss, new research has found. Studying popular concepts of mindfulness, the...

First Neuro Mapping of the Brain?

First Neuro Mapping of the Brain?

Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From University of California - Berkeley- When you clicked to read this story, a band of cells across the top of your brain sent signals down your spine and out to your hand to tell the muscles in your index finger to press down with just the...

A Gene that Regulates the Circadian Rhythm

A Gene that Regulates the Circadian Rhythm

Edited By NODE SMITH, ND Life is organized on a 24-hour schedule. Central to this regular rhythm is the circadian clock, timekeepers that are present in virtually every organ, tissue and cell type. When a clock goes awry, sleep disruption or a variety of diseases can...

Availability of Fast Food Leads to Types 2 Diabetes

Availability of Fast Food Leads to Types 2 Diabetes

Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine- An increasing number of studies suggest a link between a neighborhood’s-built environment and the likelihood that its residents will develop chronic diseases such as heart disease,...

Amino Acid, Arginine, Could Enhance Radiation Therapy

Amino Acid, Arginine, Could Enhance Radiation Therapy

Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From Weill Cornell Medicine- Treatment with arginine, one of the amino-acid building blocks of proteins, enhanced the effectiveness of radiation therapy in cancer patients with brain metastases, in a proof-of-concept, randomized clinical trial...

Methods to Repair and Regenerate Myelin

Methods to Repair and Regenerate Myelin

Edited By NODE SMITH, ND From Max-Planck-Gesellschaft- The degradation and regeneration of myelin sheaths characterize neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis. Cholesterol is an indispensable component of myelin sheaths. The cholesterol for the regenerated...

Strategies to Help Alcoholics

Strategies to Help Alcoholics

NODE SMITH, ND A recent qualitative study has identified six strategies that recovering alcoholics use to negotiate social situations and remain sober, depending on how they feel about stigmas associated with drinking and alcoholism. "There is a stigma in the United...

Is Technology Making Workplaces “Better?”

Is Technology Making Workplaces “Better?”

NODE SMITH, ND In the traditional narrative of the evolving 21st century workplace, technological substitution of human employees is treated as a serious concern. But technological complementarity -- the use of automation and artificial intelligence to complement...

Reversing Alzheimer’s in Mice Using Common Prescriptions

Reversing Alzheimer’s in Mice Using Common Prescriptions

NODE SMITH, ND Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia in Western societies and it is estimated that 24 million people worldwide have this condition. ICREA researcher Dr. Patrick Aloy, head of the Structural Bioinformatics and Network Biology lab at...

Robotic Pets for People with Dementia

Robotic Pets for People with Dementia

NODE SMITH, ND Individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (ADRD) often experience behavioral and psychological symptoms such as depression, aggression and anxiety. Frequently, these symptoms are treated with antipsychotics, antidepressants and...