Studies

The irony of the title of this article is that science is not really ‘proving’ anything, it is simply offering an explanation for a timeless spiritual truth that exists as a fundamental universal law. Universal laws operate independently of belief and govern our existence in this reality. We can either accept this and begin to work in…
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Dementia is a thief that picks many pockets. In some guises, it takes our memories. Other forms rob us of inhibition. Sometimes it even takes away happiness itself. A new study has shown for the first time how some forms of early-onset dementia are associated with a profound loss of pleasure linked to a wasting of 'hedonic hotspots'…
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Helicobacter pylori is a spiral-shaped bacterium that grows in the digestive tract. H. pylori, an opportunistic pathogen, it is considered to be the most successful colonizer of the human gastrointestinal tract, infecting the stomachs of roughly 60% of the world’s adult population. Helicobacter pylori often infects the stomach during…
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Neuroscientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that interpreting code activates a general-purpose brain network, but not language-processing centers. Summary: neuroscientists have found reading computer code does not rely on the regions of the brain involved in language processing. Instead, it activates the ‘multiple…
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The ageing process has been biologically reversed for the first time by giving humans oxygen therapy in a pressurised chamber. Scientists in Israel showed they could turn back the clock in two key areas of the body believed to be responsible for the frailty and ill-health that comes with growing older. As people age, the protective…
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A number of studies and experiments have shown that sound can be used as medicine for various ailments and diseases. Is our modern day medical industry truly interested in the health and well-being of people, or do profit and control take more priority? Mental illness has reached an all time high in the world, and yet the modern day…
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Your immune system and gut microbiome share a symbiotic relationship and your immune function is largely dependent on the state of your gut. More than 99% of your genes come from microbes, not your chromosomes. The best predictor of future health is your gut microbiome at birth. This article is part of a weekly series in which Dr.…
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  A study found that 1,000 molecules in the human body ebb and flow on an annual basis, with two pivotal time periods: late spring-early summer and late fall-early winter. As kids, we learn there are four seasons, but researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine have found evidence to suggest that the human body…
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  An international team of researchers identified the neural circuit that dictates whether you will persevere or give up. This neural circuit may be responsible for why people perform better when they are hungry. The researchers conducted their study using fruit flies and found a small region in their brains that…
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  New research is adding worrisome evidence to concerns that the widely used weed killing chemical glyphosate may have the potential to interfere with human hormones. In a paper published in the journal Chemosphere titled Glyphosate and the key characteristics of an endocrine disruptor: A review, a trio of scientists concluded…
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