Tag Archives: Mind

How your hormones might be controlling your mind

How your hormones might be controlling your mind

Again, the reason for thyroid hormone’s impact on mood isn’t known, but one theory is that T3 in particular may increase levels of serotonin and dopamine in the brain, or enhance the sensitivity of receptors for these neurotransmitters. Thyroid hormone receptors are also prevalent in brain regions heavily involved in mood regulation. New treatments  The hope is that this new …

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25 Incredible Pictures That Blew My Mind

25 Incredible Pictures That Blew My Mind

25 Incredible Pictures That Blew My Mind 1. This is what a wild peanut growing out of the ground looks like: 2. So many people lose their hats at the Hoover Dam that there’s basically a hat graveyard at the bottom: 3. This is what Mount St. Helens looked like before it erupted in 1980, becoming the deadliest volcanic eruption …

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How The Rock transformed his body — and mind — into Mark Kerr

How The Rock transformed his body — and mind — into Mark Kerr

SITTING IN A Beverly Hills hotel room during one of multiple media junkets, Dwayne Johnson spent nearly three minutes explaining how he morphed his mind and body into Mark Kerr for “The Smashing Machine” when he turned to the MMA pioneer and asked: “How did I do, by the way?” Kerr opted for an anecdote. His son, Bryce, saw the …

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Love sleeping with the AC on? These 6 health dangers might change your mind

Love sleeping with the AC on? These 6 health dangers might change your mind

There’s something undeniably comforting about sleeping in a cool, air-conditioned room, especially on a hot summer night, like the ones northern India is witnessing right now. The soft hum of the AC, the crisp air, it feels like a slice of heaven. But spending too much time in an air-conditioned environment or sleeping under the AC all night might be …

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Autism community says Trump announcement a “mind game”

Autism community says Trump announcement a “mind game”

Courtesy Christina Collura Mom Christina Collura and her young son Luca, who was diagnosed with autism at three years old. When Christina Collura heard President Donald Trump’s announcement linking taking Tylenol during pregnancy to autism, she went down a “rabbit hole”. The Canadian mom of two boys, including a 12-year-old son with autism, wracked her brain for if she had …

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5 things to keep in mind while taking its supplement

5 things to keep in mind while taking its supplement

These are not generic “take with food, get sun, etc.” but more nuanced, based on recent research: Monitor retinal health baseline and follow-ups:Before starting, having a retinal scan or check (if in risk group) gives baseline. If eye disease already present, supplement might slow damage, but existing damage may be irreversible. Changes visible by ophthalmologist may lag behind blood level …

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How frontotemporal dementia changed a mind and a marriage

How frontotemporal dementia changed a mind and a marriage

I lost me. You lost yourself? Yeah. Where did you go? I don’t know. I don’t have a sense of who I am.  Marc Pierrat’s mind once ran as smoothly as the gears on his endurance bike. He was a mechanical engineer by training and a marathoner for fun, a guy who maintained complicated systems at work and a meticulously …

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