21 veterans kill themselves each and every day. 48000 souls across the USA. Moreover, these numbers have escalated during the pandemic.
Continue reading A new age dawns tomorrow?
It’s always great when there’s competition.
(Yes, I know the problem in America is that we no longer have capitalism- instead, our politicians have enshrined crony capitalism, where we grant favors to certain companies [and those are the ones that donate all those funds for their political campaigns]. But, it’s possible for us to re-enshrine capitalism as the partner for our democracy (there’s another institution that is endangered here in America, thanks to TheDonald and his buddies at qAnon)- so we really can re-stablish the American Dream, where anyone with a good idea, a little bit of luck and a lot of hard work can become successful. But, enough about politics. Let’s get back to science.)
Continue reading In Vitro Alzheimer’s Test
Tarjinder Singh (Broad Institute- MIT and Harvard), as well as Benjamin Neale and Mark Daly (both from Mass General), along with more than 100 coauthors (dozens of research institutes) published “Rare coding variants in ten genes confer substantial risk for schizophrenia” in Nature recently.
Continue reading Schizophrenia and genetics
You know, there’s been a slew of books discussing what is consciousness. And, we all have our own definition. (I think, therefore I am?)
So, today, we’ll first talk about a process that its been around for a while- and then discuss an exciting new use for this concept.
Continue reading A New Use for Chelation
Ah, we all know folks who’ve exceeded their “Peter Principle”. Sure, I wish we didn’t, but…
Continue reading Fake it ’till you make it?
You know, all of us (ok, those of us on the dark side of 50) are petrified we are going to succumb to Alzheimer’s, dementia, or other sorts of mental decline.
Continue reading Cognitive Decline?
I am extremely lucky. I learned to read at a very early age; not only that- I developed the ability to read very quickly. Of course, I always was bored easily in school- which may explain why I spent more of my elementary days in the hallways than the classroom. And, had I been born a decade later, probably would have been dosed with massive doses of Ritalin.
Continue reading Reading is Fundamental
I have been reporting about brain implants for a long time. (Click the brain link above to see a slew of them.)
Continue reading The Amygdala did it
Since I was a tyke, I have always been mesmerized by rainbows. Yes, I know this was influenced by my yeshiva training- which always associated the appearance of the technicolor event as part of Hashem’s promise to us.