Healthy gut, healthy brain
Your intestines and your brain are linked. Because of that, the composition of your gut bacteria can influence the aging of your brain.
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Fidgeting about and around, is it good for you?
Fidgeting might be beneficial for your concentration and maintaining weight.
Fatigue and brain fog due to long COVID: What’s going wrong in the brain?
It is possible that an inflammatory reaction in the brain and a change in energy management cause many complaints in long COVID.
The aging brain: can you do something about it?
Aging causes the volumes of our brains to decrease, which mostly affects our memory and thinking capacities. But you might be able to slow down this aging by living healthfully.
4 scientific myths busted
A few scientific urban legends are so widespread that they are considered common knowledge. Let’s debunk some of the most famous!
What high sensitivity feels like for adults
Everyone is sensitive to environmental stimuli, but the degree to which we are sensitive differs between individuals. This infographic describes the latest scientific insight on what high sensitivity feels like for adults.
Adults experience ADHD too
ADHD is not just common in children but also in adults
Your immune system influences your brain
Your immune system is important, not just for battling diseases, but also for your mental health and plays a key role in depression.
The nocebo effect: How your own expectations can make you sick
Less well-known than the placebo effect yet just as remarkable: the nocebo effect causes you to experience more complaints because of negative expectations of a drug or your health.
New Year’s Resolutions: Friend or Foe?
The new year’s resolution is a tradition that goes back way long to when people used to make promises to gods to pay off their debts. But how about today? Is it all good or can it bring forward some challenges along with it?