Scientists Found a Way to Control the Brain and Decision Making Using Ultrasound Waves

Medicine & Technology May 20, 2020

Researchers have found a way to control decision-making abilities in monkeys. In their study, the authors used ultrasound therapy pointed at the monkey's frontal cortex. Scientists believe that this approach could be used to treat addiction and depression in the future.

How Binge Drinking Affects Your Brain Activity

Nov 26, 2019

This article contains information about binge drinking and how it affect the brain activity of individuals.

Lego-like Therapeutic Brain Implants That Can Be Controlled by a Smartphone

Aug 12, 2019

Compact therapeutic brain implants would potentially solve current issue on complex, bulky, and short-term drug and light delivery systems.

Video Game Addiction Is Real

Jun 03, 2019

Research has found that approximately 88 percent of American youth play video games, and 8.5 percent of children and teens, ages 8 to 18, show signs of video game addiction.

Long-term Happiness Caused by Traveling, Not Shopping

May 11, 2019

The happiness associated with traveling will become a mainstay in your psyche, as shopping gives a rather short lived feeling of happiness.

FDA Is Preparing To Develop New Rules To Decrease Nicotine Levels In Cigarettes: An Effort To Curb Addiction

Aug 01, 2017

The FDA intends to write new regulations to reduce the nicotine levels in the cigarettes and to curb the addiction.

Opioid Awareness Campaign To Reduce Overdose, Addiction Risks Launched By Utah

May 01, 2017

A red sticker campaign to raise awareness about opioid was launched by Utah and will start on Monday.

Brain’s Reward System Says That Alcoholism Tends To Be "More Rewarding" In Women Than Men

Apr 28, 2017

Alcoholism is known to be more common in men; however, a study suggests that a woman’s brain interprets it as “more rewarding”

Adderall Dangerously Affects Heart, Brain, Body Physiologic Functions

Feb 21, 2017

Adderall is legally used in some countries promoting both recreational and medical use. Does the drug affect the body dangerously?

First Caffeine-Related Death Reported

Dec 24, 2015

In the fall of 2014, the world of medicine was shocked to have received a report of death because of caffeine overdose.

Why People Cannot Get Rid Of Facebook

Dec 14, 2015

With the advent of technology, people get stressed out when missing out with friends' updates.

Woman Gets Addicted To Giving Birth, Becomes Surrogate Till Her ‘Womb Falls Out’

Mar 13, 2015

Remember, there are all kinds of addictions. A woman claims that she is addicted to being pregnant and that she is in a rush for being pregnant as many times as she could until her womb falls off.

Study Reveals iPhone Separation Anxiety Is Real

Jan 14, 2015

A new report published in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication reveals the impact of iPhone separation on users, taking simple word-search puzzles as an indicator, and finding that being separated from one's phone turns out to cause both psychological and physiological ramifications.

How Tales of Rotting May Inspire Smokers to Quit

Jan 04, 2015

A new campaign developed by the Public Health England (PHE) organization aimed at encouraging long-term smokers to quit may have people putting their cigarettes down after warning smokers about how smoking "rots" the body from within. The new graphic online and in-print billboard advertisements feature a roll-up cigarette full of decaying tissue. And while the images are rather graphic, some even saying too uncomfortable for an international campaign, the organization is clearly defending the aim of the ads, claiming they're intended to try and shock smokers into giving up the potentially lethal habit.