Gut Disorders & Alzheimer’s: Breakthrough Study Reveals Link and Potential Treatments
This article discusses a breakthrough study revealing the genetic link between Alzheimer’s disease and gut disorders and the potential treatments for both conditions.
Can a Tiny Gut Amino Acid Treat Depression? What New Research Says About the Microbiome, Diet & Mental Health
They say you are what you eat. But can your diet affect your mood? A new study has found a connection between a tiny amino acid, proline, and the gut that could answer this question. This link may also lead the way in treating depression. Join us as we dive deeper into the world of […]
Microbiome Research Using AI Leads to a More Personalized Approach to Medicine
If you Google “microbiome,” you’ll see over 17 million results, with most of them leading to the latest research on how gut microbiota is linked to health and disease. However, even with the deluge of information about this area, mystery still surrounds these microorganisms. Researchers are working harder than ever to study individual microbial species to decipher […]
Inflammation & Cognition: What the Latest Research Says About Long Term Effects and New Treatments
Chronic inflammatory diseases are the most significant cause of death in the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) ranks chronic diseases as the greatest threat to human health. The prevalence of diseases associated with chronic inflammation is anticipated to increase persistently for the next 30 years in the United States (Pahwa, R. et al., 2020). […]
How the Gut Microbiome Can Save Lives
To stay healthy, humans rely on a diverse community of viruses, fungi, and bacteria in their guts. Like Russian nesting dolls, our bodies contain about 38 trillion bacterial cells that make up our gut microbiome, and those cells have their own residents and so on. Most people are aware that this community of gut bacteria, or […]
New Research Says We Hold the Power to Change Our Personality Traits
Dr. Benjamin Hardy, an organizational psychologist, just released his new book, “Personality Isn’t Permanent” and his research suggests our personalities can and do change over time. Moreover, Hardy takes his research a step further to reveal that everyone can transform any negative personality trait or habit with consistent effort. This article looks at the latest […]
Is Split Brain Theory Really a Myth? What New Research Says
If you were to split a brain in half – would your consciousness also be divided? What about the notion that some people are more right-brained and others more left-brained?
In the original findings of split-brain theory, researchers believe that patients who underwent surgery to sever the corpus callosum, the nerve tract connecting the two hemispheres of the brain, would also experience a split within their consciousness. They also hypothesized that the right and left hemispheres of the brain perform very different functions – or brain laterality. They believed that when the two sides of the brain weren’t able to communicate with each other, they responded differently to stimuli, indicating that the hemispheres have different functions. Are these claims true, just a myth, or somewhere in-between?