http://www.choosehelp.com http://cache.choosehelp.com/img6/logo.png http://www.choosehelp.com urn:syndication:ead0d027c7f8653bf6ecd18b0e8d1037 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/neuroscience/the-link-between-traumatic-brain-injuries-tbi-and-depression Wondering what’s causing your depression? Have any concussions or other forms of brain injury in your past? Well, if you do it might explain the way you’re feeling, because having a brain injury, even a minor one, greatly increases your risks of ... ]]> TBI Brain Traumatic Brain Injury Concussions Depression Mon, 14 May 2012 07:06:48 -0400 urn:syndication:38685c69b5da18ca1f61bce331e858be http://www.choosehelp.com/news/neuroscience/sexually-deprived-fruit-flies-drink-more-alcohol Male fruit flies that couldn't get any sex drink far more alcohol than sexually satisfied male fruit flies. Researchers say that variations in levels of a chemical called neuropeptide F explain the difference and that humans also make use of a very s... ]]> Neuroscience Alcohol Alcohol Research Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:55:01 -0400 urn:syndication:66e6352f384976117262bf67e14f5744 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/neuroscience/music-reduces-experience-of-pain-especially-among-people-with-high-anxiety Looking for a way to control your pain without resorting to addictive opiates? Well, researchers say you might as well start by putting on some of your favorite music, because in one recent study, listening to music actually reduced sensations of pai... ]]> Neuroscience Music Therapy Music Pain Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:50:35 -0500 urn:syndication:f8ecc8549d5b4df8486c7a43b5664a7f http://www.choosehelp.com/news/neuroscience/music-therapy-reduces-pain-and-anxiety-in-cancer-patients Research suggests that music therapy reduces cancer related anxiety and some pain. ]]> Music Therapy music Therapies Cancer Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:34:14 -0400 urn:syndication:32709e06b77dab3176816f0d0a552e2e http://www.choosehelp.com/news/neuroscience/researchers-say-they2019ve-developed-an-effective-heroin-vaccine Researchers at The Scripps Institute say they’ve got an experimental heroin vaccine in the works, and based on the results of animal testing experiments, it looks like it just might work. ]]> Heroin addiction drug treatment Heroin Vaccine Heroin Heroin addiction treatment Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:40:12 -0400 urn:syndication:173e807f398ce16791b2eb8ba10c3c6d http://www.choosehelp.com/news/neuroscience/air-pollution-2013-smoggy-skies-linked-to-depression-and-cognitive-declines Researchers in Ohio say it’s not only our lungs that suffer as urban skies grow hazier – Intelligence and happiness are also at risk. ]]> environment Anxiety Urban Life memory loss Cognitive Decline Depression Pollution Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:51:54 -0400 urn:syndication:cae1fa90e5918df05436c2e4e3362f3e http://www.choosehelp.com/news/neuroscience/long-term-adult-relationships-cause-brain-changes-that-reduce-the-intensity-of-an-amphetamine-high.html Researchers at Florida State University say that animals which form long term adult pair relationships get much less reward from amphetamine than unpaired (single) animals. ]]> Amphetamines Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:14:04 +0000 urn:syndication:0e83c34a2fab95f6b7787268227cbe75 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/neuroscience/forgetful-how-bout2019-a-cup-of-green-tea-2013-it-may-protect-the-brain-from-dementia.html Researchers have long known that a healthy diet, exercise and mental stimulation into older age all protect the brain from dementia and Alzheimer’s, and now based on the results of some research coming out of Newcastle University in the UK – they... ]]> Alzheimer's Dementia Green tea Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:12:00 +0000 urn:syndication:df6d4e992485b88a533359c23f91a145 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/neuroscience/scientists-say-ritalin-helps-kids-learn-faster.html Researchers discover that not only does Ritalin improve focus – it also quickens learning. ]]> Ritalin ADHD Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:53:04 -0400 urn:syndication:1586f3ca72c3dbaa63221c30ef6fd589 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/neuroscience/junk-food-diet-causes-2018drug-addiction2019-like-changes-in-the-brain.html Researchers say that eating too much junk food can lead to changes in the brain similar to what is seen in drug addicts. They say this helps to explain compulsive and unhealthy eating at the neurochemical level. ]]> Obesity overweight Dopamine Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:53:04 -0400 urn:syndication:be44597a3d2cc25c6d3d03f066193133 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/neuroscience/cigarettes-or-heroin-2013-can-your-brain-tell-the-difference.html Deep in your mind, in the area that sends out pleasure signals to the body, heroin and cigarettes seem to do pretty much the same thing. ]]> cigarettes Heroin Dopamine Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:53:04 -0400 urn:syndication:660f0b3089663928bc3d5acde06511e9 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/neuroscience/greater-knowledge-of-the-brain-may-lead-to-super-soldiers-and-mind-controlled-weapons-says-dia-report.html Neuroscientists working to unlock the mysteries of the mind may provide military strategists with fertile material for new weapons development, says a report by leading scientists for the DIA ]]> Military research Brain Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:53:04 -0400 urn:syndication:bb5270f9a8f47ecb50966f8b8896b002 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/neuroscience/performance-enhancing-drugs-for-the-brain-ilegal-and-used-by-20-of-scientists.html One in 5 scientists polled admitted to using performance enhancing drugs to increase mental ability. ]]> performance enhancing drugs scientists Ritalin Adderall Modafinil Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:53:04 -0400 urn:syndication:96770747c38358974881972a38d0e2e1 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/neuroscience/alcohol-linked-to-accelerated-aging-2013-it-quickens-cellular-biological-clock.html Italian researchers say that chronic heavy drinking shortens telomeres, a part of our DNA that serves as a ‘biological clock’ for aging. ]]> Alcohol alcohol & society Alcohol abuse telomere Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:31:17 +0000 urn:syndication:1f068c21a44bbd268c020c342aa5b123 http://www.choosehelp.com/news/neuroscience/children-with-sleeping-problems-are-at-risk-of-substance-abuse-as-young-adults.html Children who can’t sleep well suffer from overtiredness and impulse control problems. These children tend to start experimenting with drugs and alcohol at an earlier age and are at greater risk of substance abuse problems in early adulthood. ]]> Addiction insomnia Sat, 10 Apr 2010 06:59:53 +0000