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Brain Implants to "Reboot" Depressed People

Scientists are set to treat depression and headaches by implanting electrodes into people’s brains which alter the function of brain tissue by using electroconvulsive therapy to “reboot” the mind. Is this a potential scientific success story or the first step towards psychopharmacological dictatorship? Hacker Barnaby Jack warned that medical implants like pacemakers could be remotely […]

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October 7, 2013

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Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight

Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how […]

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August 23, 2013

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Fluoride and The Pineal Gland

The single animal study of pineal function indicates that fluoride exposure results in altered melatonin production and altered timing of sexual maturity. Whether fluoride affects pineal function in humans remains to be demonstrated. The two studies of menarcheal age in humans show the possibility of earlier menarche in some individuals exposed to fluoride, but no […]

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July 26, 2013

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