Researchers Have Found Neurons That Influence Neuropathic Pain In The Brain!

"Neuropathic pain is a hard-to-treat chronic pain condition caused by nervous system damage. For people affected, the lightest touch can be intensely painful. 

A study published online Sept. 12 in Nature may open up a new angle on treatment and could help explain why mind-body techniques can sometimes help people manage their pain." Read more...

A ‘Volume Control’ for Pain. Study isolates neurons in the brain that influence touch sensitivity.
NANCY FLIESLER Harvard Medical School. September 12, 2018.  https://hms.harvard.edu/news/volume-control-pain

Household Cleaners Could Be Making Children Overweight By Changing Their Gut Biome!

"Multi-surface cleaners and other commonly used household disinfectants could be making children overweight by altering the bacteria found in their guts, a new study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests." Read more...

Household disinfectants could be making kids overweight, study says. By Susan Scutti, CNN.
Updated 12:15 AM ET, Mon September 17, 2018

Depression In Children May Look Different Than In Adults!

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"When we think of a depressed person, we tend to think of someone who, well, acts sad. The picture we have in our head is of someone who doesn’t want to get off the couch or out of bed, who is eating much less or much more than usual, has trouble sleeping or wants to sleep all the time, who has trouble with usual daily activities, and doesn’t talk much." Read more...

In children and teens, depression doesn’t always look like sadness Updated March 14, 2018, 11:53 am.Claire McCarthy, MD. Harvard Health Publishing.

Stopping Smoking Reduces Dementia Risk In Men!

"Men who quit smoking for a prolonged period drive down their overall risk for dementia compared with recent quitters and continuous smokers, results of a large longitudinal study suggest." Read more...

Smoking Cessation Lowers Dementia Risk .Damian McNamara. Medscape. September 12, 2018.  https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/901890?src=soc_fb_180916_mscpedt_news_mdscp_cessation%26faf%3D1

First Link Between Diabetes And BPA At Levels That Were Considered Safe!

"The controversial study suggests that BPA exposure deemed safe by the feds could alter the amount of insulin released and elevate people's type 2 diabetes risk." Read more...

In a scientific first, researchers gave people BPA — and saw a link to precursor of type 2 diabetes. Lynne Peeples. Environmental Health News. Sep 13, 2018

Probiotics May Improve Cognitive Function And Boost Your Mood!

Probiotics can do more than improve your gut health. They also may indirectly enhance your brain, too.

Research shows that the gut and brain are connected, a partnership called the gut-brain axis. The two are linked through biochemical signaling between the nervous system in the digestive tract, called the enteric nervous system, and the central nervous system, which includes the brain. The primary information connection between the brain and gut is the vagus nerve, the longest nerve in the body. Read more...

Probiotics may help boost mood and cognitive function. Harvard Publishing. https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/probiotics-may-help-boost-mood-and-cognitive-function?utm_content=bufferd858b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer

Alternative Plastics Cause Reproductive Problems In Mice!

"Twenty years ago, researchers made the accidental discovery that the now infamous plastics ingredient known as bisphenol A or BPA had inadvertently leached out of plastic cages used to house female mice in the lab, causing a sudden increase in chromosomally abnormal eggs in the animals. Now, the same team is back to report in the journal Current Biology on September 13 that the array of alternative bisphenols now used to replace BPA in BPA-free bottles, cups, cages, and other items appear to come with similar problems for their mice." Read more...

BPA replacements in plastics cause reproductive problems in lab mice. September 13, 2018, Cell Press