It’s often said that depression results from a chemical imbalance, but that figure of speech doesn’t capture how complex the disease is. Research suggests that depression doesn’t spring from simply having too much or too little of certain brain chemicals. Rather, there are many possible causes of depression, including faulty mood regulation by the brain, genetic vulnerability, stressful life events, medications, and medical problems. It’s believed that several of these forces interact to bring on depression.
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Parasites and Diabetes
Big Changes in Social Security and Retirement Plans for 2018
Beware of Kratom herb – plant
Mitragyna speciosa (commonly known as kratom, also ketum),[2] is a tropical evergreen tree in the coffee family (Rubiaceae) native to Southeast Asia in the Indochina and Malaysia phytochoria (botanical regions). M. speciosa is indigenous to Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia, Myanmar, and Papua New Guinea[3] where it has been used in traditional medicine since at least the 19th century.[4] Kratom has some opioid– and stimulant-like properties.[5][6] As of 2013, no clinical trials had been done to understand kratom’s health effects and it had noContinue reading “Beware of Kratom herb – plant”
Parasite Treatment Fights Prostate Cancer
Parasite Treatment Fights Prostate Cancer
Parasite Treatment Fights Prostate Cancer Wed, 11/15/2017 – 11:43am by Joanne Van Zuidam – Editor – @dddmag Cancer researchers at the University of Bergen (UiB) in Norway have been experimenting with hundreds of known drugs in recent years to see how they influence cancer cells. Their most recent discovery shows that a medication prescribed for parasites, suchContinue reading “Parasite Treatment Fights Prostate Cancer”
Researchers find that green roofs can help moderate the effects of climate change
Healthy immune system, healthy brain function
Landed makes downpayment easy to those who work at a school
Arvinas on a mission
Arvinas on a mission
Arvinas is developing a new class of drugs that engage the body’s own natural protein disposal system to treat cancers and other difficult-to-treat diseases. As a potential improvement over traditional small molecule inhibitors, PROTACs (Proteolysis-Targeting Chimeras) are able to degrade disease-causing proteins through the cell’s Ubiquitin/Proteasome System, which routinely removes damaged proteins. PROTACTM degraders work by recruiting anContinue reading “Arvinas on a mission”