Health News

How to avoid despairing when the world is going to sh*t

The past two weeks I’ve been having a bad time. I’ve been in a funk, you might say. I’m down in the dumps. It’s a case of the mondays, but every day. I’m having a severe depressive episode with suicidal ideation, if you want to get into mental health diagnoses. As someone with depression and […]

Personal Health

World-wide recall of dangerous breast implants

Because of the increased risk of cancer of the breast implants of the pharmaceutical company called Allergan back in the world. In about 500 cases of a rare cancer related to the implants was observed, such as the U.S. food and drug administration (FDA) on Wednesday (local time) said. “A recall is appropriate, in order […]

Health Problems

Study eyes how human brain ‘sees’ world

It is plain to see that the world moves pretty fast—but the human brain moves even faster to see. A new Brain and Mind Institute study is offering insights into how the our brains process a world in which the images of people, places and things are constantly shrinking, expanding and changing on the retina […]

Health Problems

Baby talk is similar all over the world

There are vast differences in early child-rearing environments across cultures. For example, the popular French documentary Babies, which documents the life of infants in five different cultures, depicts the multitude of ways infants can be raised across different ecological and cultural contexts. These differences illustrate the reality of infants growing up in distinct contexts. Anthropologists […]

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Cannabis could be downgraded by the World Health Organization

Cannabis could be downgraded by the World Health Organization to make it more available in medicines WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence has proposed to relist substance May also strike non-THC products, such as cannabis oil, from all drug controls  UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs will vote on recommendation next month Cannabis regulations could be […]