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Can Decreased Serotonin Make Mice Bisexual?

Serotonin Levels Linked to Sex Drive in Mice, Humans A recent experiment on mice confirmed what clubgoers have known for decades: altering serotonin levels in the brain will affect sex drive. Boosting serotonin...

created by Jordan Yerman | 46 wks ago | updated 46 wks ago
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Scientists Make Paralyzed Rats Walk Again

Scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles have been able to return function to paralyzed rats using a combination of exercise, drugs and electrical stimulation. The study has important implications...

created by Annina Bergman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Fan in Baby’s Room Reduces Crib Death

Sudden infant death syndrome, also known as SIDS or crib death, is a tragic occurrence that has been extensively researched in an effort to prevent more babies from myseriously dying in their sleep. ...

created by Terri Potratz | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Why infants still die from SIDS

" When Melissa and Rudy Haberzettl's son Jacob was born in November 2006, he was perfect in every way -- full-term, healthy weight, and a champion eater. Like many new moms, Melissa was determined to follow doctor's orders: She breastfed Jake exclusively, put him to sleep on...

created by master_jim2008 | 3 years ago
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New study may explain cause of "winter blues"

We've all experienced the shift that occurs when the climate kicks from warm to cool, and scientists have isolated one of the possible causes for SAD (seasonal affective disorder):"In the first study of its kind...

created by Terri Potratz | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Serotonin may be at the root of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

Albert Milliron

Serotonin may be at the root of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

A malfunction in the regulation of the brain chemical serotonin may be at the root of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), new research suggests. " Reporting in the July 4 issue ofScience, Italian researchers...

created by Albert Milliron | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Winter coming Down Under watch out for the Blues

Albert Milliron

When it's Grey, watch out for those Blues

When it's Grey, watch out for the Blues Most stories about Seasonal Affective Disorder (Winter Blues) arrive in the media around early November. Mostly because the majority the media in the world are based in...

created by Albert Milliron | 3 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Teenage Depression - Fish Theory to be Tested

"SCIENTISTS believe the mood of teenagers could be determined by the food they eat - and are about to put their theory to the test. A group of Australian scientists believe too few omega-3 fatty acids, found in...

created by Paul Conneally | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Cannabis Good and Bad News for Depression Treatment: Study

This is the first study to offer evidence that cannabis can increase brain levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin, at least at lower doses.

created by boakly | 4 years ago
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jan isaac

Happy As a Pig In the Mud?

British scientists are claiming that exposure to dirt may be a key to happiness. Apparently a bacterium naturally found in the ground can boost seratonin levels in the brain.

created by Brian A Kennedy | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Dirt exposure 'boosts happiness'

"Exposure to dirt may be a way to lift mood as well as boost the immune system, UK scientists say. Lung cancer patients treated with "friendly" bacteria normally found in the soil have anecdotally reported improvements in their quality of life. Mice exposed to the same...

created by AlanEvans | 4 years ago
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New Drug Treats Premature Ejaculation

"A new antidepressant drug designed specifically to treat premature ejaculation proved safe and effective in two large trials, researchers report. However, it's not likely that dapoxetine, a short-acting selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), will win U.S. approval...

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FDA: Mixing migraine, depression meds risky (AP)

" WASHINGTON - People taking migraine drugs together with some antidepressants are at risk of a life-threatening condition, health officials warned Wednesday. Serotonin syndrome can occur when migraine headache drugs called triptans are taken with antidepressants known as...