Healthy food is a key to cognitive health, new study shows
In a new study, researchers found that midlife and older people (aged 45-85) who consumed more vegetables and fruits and more nuts and pulses...
Cannabis addiction may increase risks of many mental health problems
More than 1% of Canadians have been dependent on cannabis at some point in their lives.
Despite the fact that marijuana use is expected to...
Stanford scientists rapidly reduce depression with this treatment
A recent study at the Stanford University School of Medicine found that a new form of magnetic brain stimulation rapidly relieved symptoms of severe...
How to stay safe, healthy and cool this summer despite COVID-19 threat
With the arrival of warm weather, and as states begin to loosen months of lockdown restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic, it's only natural that...
What can you do about the opioid crisis? Get a free naloxone kit and...
Who needs a free naloxone kit?
Just about anyone who might come across an opioid overdose, according to a range of University of Alberta experts.
Alberta...
This mood function is impaired in people with depression, Oxford study shows
A recent study from the University of Oxford found that periods of lockdown during the COVID-19 situation likely to exacerbate problems with mood regulation.
The...
Loneliness may affect your brain’s social network
Social media sites aren't the only things that keep track of your social network—your brain does, too.
In a new study, researchers found that loneliness...
New evidence that depression linked to higher heart disease risk
In a new study, researchers found further evidence of the link between depression and an increased risk of heart disease and early death.
The research...
Cannabis could temporarily relieve PTSD symptoms
In a new study, researchers found that people suffering from post-traumatic distress disorder report that cannabis reduces the severity of their symptoms by more...
High doses of this depression drug can temporarily switch off the brain
In a new study, researchers have identified two brain phenomena that may explain some of the side-effects of ketamine.
Their measurements of the brain waves...