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Psilocybin Study Reveals How Magic Mushrooms Disrupt Brain Networks
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Magic mushrooms, once condemned for their psychedelic effects, are now drawing growing interest because those same consciousness-altering qualities may offer...
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What your walk says about your health
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Walking depends on an enormous volume of communication between the brain and the muscles of the arms, chest, back, abdomen,...
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Universal Blood Test Could Predict Transplant Rejection
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Scientists have identified a non-invasive method for determining whether a transplanted organ is failing in a patient, whether it is...
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Vitamin D supplements may protect telomeres and slow ageing
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Vitamin D supplements may help safeguard the caps on our chromosomes that influence ageing, raising the prospect that the sunshine...
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Study Finds the Brain Briefly Tracks Two Conversations in Noise
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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A recent study reports that when the brain shifts attention from one person speaking to another in a noisy setting,...
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How to Prevent Muscle Loss During Weight Loss
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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When you are attempting to lose weight, wanting fast results is perfectly understandable. Seeing the figure on the scales fall...
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Toxoplasma gondii Could Deliver Therapeutic Proteins to the Brain
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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A parasite capable of passing through the blood-brain barrier and infecting its hosts’ brains could eventually offer a route for...
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Diet and physical activity may be as effective as psychologists for low-grade depression
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Around 3.2 million people in Australia are living with depression. Meanwhile, only a small proportion of Australians achieve the recommended...
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Energy Balance May Explain Why Mice Live Longer
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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For more than a century, scientists have known that mice and rats tend to live longer when given less food....
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Deoxyribose Gel May Offer a New Treatment for Hair Loss
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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In 2024, researchers identified a possible new therapy for hereditary-patterned baldness, the leading cause of hair loss among men and...
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LANS Dementia Gets New Diagnostic Criteria to Distinguish It From Alzheimer's Disease
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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A previously overlooked type of dementia, which can readily be confused with Alzheimer's disease, has been given a new name...
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Beta-Glucan May Aid Weight Loss and Blood Sugar Control in Mice
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Research into the gut microbiome has sparked a ‘revolution’ in nutrition science. Over the past few years, dietary fibre has...
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Mental health conditions: five genetic factors reshape psychiatry
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Depression, autism, schizophrenia and addictions: five genetic factors account for most of the predisposition to these mental health conditions. Psychiatry’s...
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Why the Australian IV fluids shortage means saline and Hartmann’s solution cannot simply be swapped
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Last week, Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration placed intravenous (IV) fluids on its expanding register of medicines experiencing shortages. Demand has...
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Can Blue Light From Your Devices Damage Your Skin?
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Social media is packed with assertions that ordinary daily behaviours can damage your skin. It is equally packed with product...
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Psilocybin Study Reveals Disordered Brain Networks
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Research has repeatedly indicated that psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms, could help treat several mental health conditions. Yet...
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Does ricezempic mimic the weight-loss effects of Ozempic?
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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If you spend much time viewing diet and lifestyle posts on social media, you will probably have come across plenty...
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Health care-associated infections and antibiotic resistance rise in US hospitals
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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A new National Institutes of Health study has found increases in both health care-associated infections and resistance to the antibiotics...
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Exercises to Improve Balance After the Age of 65
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Exercises to improve balance after the age of 65 are among the most effective ways to protect independence, lower the...
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Northwestern Medicine’s AWAKE Kidney Program Keeps Transplant Patient Awake
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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“I saw everything,” recalls Harry Stackhouse, 74, from Illinois, who remained conscious during his recent kidney transplant. While speaking with...
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Bird Flu Spreads From Colorado Dairy Farm to Nearby Poultry Farm, Infecting Five Workers
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
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Bird flu may have moved from a Colorado dairy farm to a neighbouring poultry farm, where five employees involved in...
