Brain & Nervous System
The brain is the center of the nervous system. It is located in the head, usually close to the primary sensory organs for such senses as vision, hearing, balance, taste, and smell. The nervous system is an organ system containing a network of specialized cells called neurons that coordinate the actions of an animal and transmit signals between different parts of its body.
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5 Easy Memory Aids That Can Help Anyone
Memory experts often recommend the following simple aids to people with mild cognitive impairment or early symptoms of dementia...
Medications
New Delhi > India
5 Signs of Alzheimer's That Sometimes Show up Before Memory Loss
Memory loss is the symptom everybody worried about Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia seems to focus on...
Medications
New Delhi > India
6 Ways to Beat Mindless Munching
You know the usual suspects: your co-worker's candy dish, that bowl of salty-nutty whatever-it-is deliciousness they put out during happy hour...
Medications
New York > USA
Depression Higher in Wealthier Nations
Depression rates are higher in richer countries than in low-or middle-income nations, according to researchers who compared socioeconomic conditions with depression...
Medications
New York > USA
Light Therapy Could Brighten the Outlook for Depressed Seniors
One in 20 people suffer from clinical depression in this country, and the rate is significantly higher among seniors. It's higher still among senior women (women are twice as likely to be depressed as men)...
Medications
Lenox > USA
Best Ever Home Remedies for Headaches
Most of these are tension headaches, which account for 90 per of all headaches. The pain is typically generalized all over the head, and you may feel a dull ache or a sense of tightness...
Medications
Cincinnati > USA
High Triglyceride Levels Linked to Increased Stroke Risk: Study
Men and women with high triglyceride levels are at an increased risk of ischemic stroke, which typically occurs when blood flow to the brain is blocked by a build-up of fatty deposits within blood vessels...
Medications
New York > USA
New Evidence Shows that Depression May Be a Risk Factor for Dementia
Our brains and our bodies are so intricately linked that mental disorders like depression have a profound impact on the rest of our health. Depression has been linked to an increased risk of diabetes and heart disease...
Medications
Worcester > USA
Brain Experts' 6 Best Memory Tricks
Remembering names is tricky because we're distracted by the social interactions of the moment. And names are arbitrary, a type of information that's harder to retain...
Medications
Wisconsin > USA
Soon, a pill that won't let you forget
New Drug will help students prepare for exams, patients with disorders like dementia...
Medications
Cambridge > United Kingdom
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