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The Mystery Of The Man With The Tiny Brain

The Mystery Of The Man With The Tiny Brain

You don't need a big brain, or a high IQ, to have a comfortable life and a good family. Witness the case of this French civil servant, written about by Dr. Lionel Fuillet in The Lancet. At age six…
Restless Leg Syndrome Is Genetic, Says Study

Restless Leg Syndrome Is Genetic, Says Study

A team of scientists from the Institute of Human Genetics of the GSF Research Center, the Technical University of Munich and the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry have now identified risk factors…
The Prefrontal Cortex And Food Preference

The Prefrontal Cortex And Food Preference

A research study carried out by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona describes the brain region connected to our declarative memory functions. According to this experiment, part of the prefrontal…
Eat Curry, Prevent Alzheimers

Eat Curry, Prevent Alzheimers

Researchers isolated bisdemethoxycurcumin, the active ingredient of curcuminoids – a natural substance found in turmeric root – that may help boost the immune system in clearing amyloid beta, a…
How Drinking Can Help You Forget Your Worries

How Drinking Can Help You Forget Your Worries

Just in time for the weekend, this study from Dutch researcher Ingmar Franken says that while alcohol does not make good things any better it can make bad things a lot less worse. Previously…