In early July, as the covid-19 pandemic slammed rural America, the president of a small Kansas hospital sat down on a Friday afternoon and wrote the president of the United States to plead for help. “I do not intend to add to your burden,” said Brian Williams, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and Desert Storm […]
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Black Friday Peloton deals and discount codes: Grab a great deal on a Peloton
Looking for a Black Friday Peloton deal or discount code? Join the queue! It seems that the whole world is obsessed with the American exercise equipment company and who can blame them – it’s one of the leading fitness brands in the US and has a great reputation for high quality, state of the art […]
Covid booster and flu jab in one go – what really happens?
What REALLY happens when you have your Covid booster and flu jab in one go, asks BARNEY CALMAN Chills, fever, headaches and cramps are some of the side effects Mail on Sunday readers have experienced after having flu and Covid vaccine at the same time MoS resident GP, Dr Ellie Cannon reported in her column […]
Mapping the mouse brain, and by extension, the human brain too
The circuits of the human brain contain more than 100 billion neurons, each linked to many other neurons via thousands of synaptic connections, resulting in a three-pound organ that is profoundly more complex than the sum of its innumerable parts. In recent years, however, transformative advances in imaging, sequencing and computational technologies have opened the […]
People fart and burp more when they are depressed, study finds
Is FLATULENCE a sign you’ve got the blues? Depressed people are more likely to break wind, feel bloated and suffer other stomach troubles, study says Study found people with more gas more likely to feel depressed or anxious UK trumps the US, with Brits breaking wind 6 per cent more than Americans Mexico blew the […]
So how tasty (and how healthy) is the vegan burger McPlant,
So how tasty (and how healthy) is the first vegan burger from McDonald’s? BARNEY CALMAN and EVE SIMMONS get a sneak preview of the McPlant McDonald’s is launching the new McPlant across 250 restaurants on Wednesday Ahead of the official launch, McDonald’s trialled the product in Coventry Barney Calman and Eve Simmons were invited to […]
Anger and sadness soared following George Floyd’s death, particularly among Black Americans, psychologists find
The brutal death of George Floyd profoundly impacted people across the country and now Stanford researchers have determined just how much of a psychological toll it took on people in America, particularly among Black Americans. Following the murder of Floyd, an unarmed Black man killed by a white police officer, more than one-third of Americans […]
Sounds and words are processed separately and simultaneously in the brain
After years of research, neuroscientists have discovered a new pathway in the human brain that processes the sounds of language. The findings, reported August 18 in the journal Cell, suggest that auditory and speech processing occur in parallel, contradicting a long-held theory that the brain processed acoustic information then transformed it into linguistic information. Sounds […]
Detecting depression and partner violence risk during pregnancy
Carnegie Mellon University engineering and public policy researchers Kristen Allen, a Ph.D. student, and Alex Davis, an associate professor, have new research that could complement the ability of doctors to aid recently or currently pregnant individuals who experience depression or intimate partner violence. The new research, done in collaboration with Tamar Krishnamurti, assistant professor at […]
Global and regional alterations in brain structural network in early-onset schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by both brain structural and functional abnormalities. Most of the existing findings, however, were limited to adult patients with established schizophrenia with a long duration of illness. It is still not clear whether the altered brain structural and functional abnormalities observed in adult patients have also been exhibited in […]