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Scientists Discover Healing Chemical in Marijuana

Marijuana users have long claimed that the plant has amazing healing and medicinal properties; new scientific research shows there may be some truth to these claims. Three European universities, including ETH in Zürich Switzerland, have studied the molecular properties of cannabis and determined [...]

New Research Suggests That Ibuprofen Reduces the Risk of Dementia

In one of the largest research studies to date, Boston University School of Medicine evaluated data from nearly 250,000 US veterans, and determined that those who used the painkiller ibuprofen for more than five years reduced their risk of developing Alzheimer’s by an impressive 40%. The [...]

New Brain Scan Technology Decodes Images in the Mind

By using a combination of MRI scans and a massive computer database of visual brain activity images, researchers can now “read” images within the brain. The Washington Post is reporting that Professor Jack Gallant of the University of California, Berkeley has invented a process to [...]

Studies Show Cell Phones Unsafe on the Road

We’ve all seen careless drivers, chatting away on a cell phone in traffic, and sometimes even dialing numbers or checking text messages while negotiating tricky intersections. It’s easy to see how using a cell phone in traffic can be distracting, and potentially lead to increased [...]

Are Some of Us Hard-Wired for Stress?

We’ve all known people who seemed unflappable; no matter what happens, they never seem to lose their composure or fly off the handle. But on the other hand, most of us also know people who seem overly excitable, or have a low threshold to stress. For many years the differences in how people [...]