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Danuta Wasserman, psychiatrist: ‘In a brain with suicidal ideations there is a lot of anxiety, a lot of ambivalence, and a lot of anger’. Source: EL PAIS

Health MENTAL HEALTH Danuta Wasserman, psychiatrist: ‘In a brain with suicidal ideations there is a lot of anxiety, a lot of ambivalence, and a lot of anger’ The president of the World Psychiatric Association warns of the influence of screens … Continue reading

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Addictions … they never go away but you can try to learn by alternatives. Ruben Baler, neuroscientist ‘We are guinea pigs. Our attention has become a commodity’. Comment: recommend earlier postings by Jonathan Haidt 2010 impact of smartphone to social media on children. Addiction so young! Source: EL PAIS

ADDICTIONS Rubén Baler, neuroscientist: ‘We are guinea pigs. Our attention has become a profitable commodity’ The expert from the US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) warns that overexposure to screens from an early age can have a negative impact … Continue reading

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Scientific American Custom Media (Posted for Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative)

April 26, 2024 4 min read It’s Time for a Global Effort to Defeat Alzheimer’s Advances in testing and treatment are galvanizing progress. Healthcare systems must also transform George Vradenburg, Olivier Schwab This article was produced in partnership with the … Continue reading

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Harvard Medical magazine: The Connections Between Smell, Memory, and Health. Comment. TBI 1994 no smell, loss hearing right ear et al but the common reaction when you said “No smell/Taste” was how lucky you were!! I am delighted to see this article and giving importance to olfactory functions also.

The Connections Between Smell, Memory, and Health The ability of odors to bring to mind past experiences has intriguing scientific and therapeutic implications April 2024 “What can you do with your nose?” That’s the question psychologist Donald Laird posed in … Continue reading

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If ChatGPT was to search the titles of canisgallicus.com, I wonder what would be the overall message. Professor Eleanor Maguire has provided me with answers about amnesia, spatial, location, and that Hippocampus, the Sea Horse, which for me holds a little irony as being thrown from a horse, I sustained the TBI in 1993 and since then have tried to grasp what really happened in my head.

The Anatomy of Memory 04 December 2019 Listen to neuroscientist Eleanor Maguire discuss memory failure as part of her Discourse, The Anatomy of Memory followed by respondent Shane O’Mara MRIA, Professor of Experimental Brain Research, Trinity College Dublin About the discourse Complaints of … Continue reading

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Navigating Modern Adolescence: Social Media & Mental Health (Mental Health Documentary). Source: Real Stories 6.2 mn subscribers

55,743 views 7 Mar 2024″Kids On The Edge” triple episode Ep 1 – Our children are struggling to know how to live in today’s world. Unprecedented numbers are being diagnosed with mental health disorders, medicated, or are facing a crisis … Continue reading

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BreastCheck 2017 found the lump; the operation, chemo and radiation followed but I thankfully am a survivor. no camels are moving detection a stage further with the assistance of AI, hence this article to inform people and help others.

Israeli Hospitals Using AI To Spot Breast Cancer Tumors   By Shiri Epstein, NoCamelsApril 09, 2024 < 1 minute News Briefs A woman undergoing a mammogram (National Cancer Institute) Health centers across Israel have begun to use artificial intelligence to … Continue reading

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The rise of eco-anxiety: scientists wake up to the mental-health toll of climate change. Publication: Nature

The rise of eco-anxiety: scientists wake up to the mental-health toll of climate change Researchers want to unpick how climate change affects mental health around the world — from lives that are disrupted by catastrophic weather to people who are … Continue reading

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Is chronic fatigue syndrome all in your brain? By Anthony L. Komaroff, MD, Editor in Chief, Harvard Health Letter. Personal comment. Never underestimate how debilitating Chronic Fatigue is; it stole 6 years and more of my life and that was post TBI, Bipolar, Anxiety, then CF and finally breast cancer (now a survivor). Search Amazon Fortune Favours the Brave by Michelle Marcella Clarke – the exhaustion during cancer was mild by comparison to the “drop dead” exhaustions of chronic fatigue. Always interested in the latest findings of this “Cinderella” of illnesses.

Is chronic fatigue syndrome all in your brain? An NIH study expands on a body of research locating objective markers of ME/CFS in the brain, the immune system, the gut, and beyond. February 28, 2024 By Anthony L. Komaroff, MD, … Continue reading

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Our new straight upfront, no nonsense publication The Gript. “Homeless Elderly: a new norm and a new low for Ireland”. Comment: Absolutely agree. Had occasion to go to social housing units in Dublin 4. Sad really, many were men, out of the family home and in social housing. Add to this how difficulty and how long you must remain on the housing list to be get a home.

https://8450a664becdbcd22946d40b5d374e88.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html C: Shutterstock April 2, 2024   |   John Mac Ghlionn   |   Comment Ireland Homeless Elderly: a new norm and a new low for Ireland In recent times, according to two charitable organizations, Alone and Threshold, there has been a … Continue reading

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