Topic: University Of Pennsylvania

Eight Easy Tricks to Improve Your Health Now

Self - 600 days ago
They get a bad rap for being rude, but yawns are one of the best-kept secrets for flexing your mental muscles, says Andrew Newberg, M.D., associate professor of radiology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. "They might also strengthen the precuneus, ...

A gene associated with Alzheimer's disease may play a role

Scientific American - 1286 days ago
The association between darkness and depression is well established. The researchers observed neurons that produce norepi nephrine, dopamine and serotonin-common neurotransmitters involved in emotion, pleasure and cognition-in the process of dying. This neuronal death, which was accompanied in some areas by compromised ...