(Natural News) Playing video games might be considered by some as merely a fun, time-wasting activity to be done at one’s leisure, but there is a growing body of evidence that shows it can improve a person’s overall mental health and well-being. There have been numerous studies that looked into the effects of playing video […]

(Natural News) A group of scientists from the University of Otago in New Zealand determined how the brain controls fertility, through a landmark study that revealed how the pituitary gland controls the activity of the reproductive organs by sending pulses of hormone. In their study, they found a group of around 2000 kisspeptin neurons in the hypothalamus that […]

(Natural News) Looking for signs of heart and lung disease in the future could just be as easy as checking your breath, according to experts who participated in the first East Midlands Breathomics Pathology Node (EMBER) Industry Symposium. The EMBER symposium, held at the University of Leicester, examined the most recent advancements in technology could […]

(Natural News) Two new studies from the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California have revealed that even just two years of music instruction has multiple benefits. Music training can alter both the structure of the brain’s white matter, which transfers signals through the brain, and gray matter, which has most of […]

(Natural News) A group of scientists from the University of Cambridge and Karolinska Institute in Sweden has revealed that our skin plays an important role when it comes to regulating blood pressure and heart rate. Even though the discovery was made while observing mice, the researchers posit that the same also holds true for humans. The study shows that skin, […]

(Natural News) There is a lot of finger-pointing going on when it comes to the cause of the opioid epidemic. The pharmaceutical companies making these drugs often get the bulk of the blame, with the doctors who prescribe them following closely behind in the culpability leaderboard. To be fair, some opioid addictions start out fairly […]

(Natural News) They say that “music calms the savage beast,” but now researchers want to know whether music has substantial healing properties as well, according to the UK’s Daily Mail. The National Institutes of Health will assemble a team of musicians, neuroscientists, and psychologists to conduct a major new study on the effect music has […]

(Natural News) According to a recent study, eye contact between an infant and an adult helps their brainwaves “get in sync” which can also “support communication and learning.” Researchers at the University of Cambridge have revealed that “when a parent and infant interact, various aspects of their behavior can synchronize,” such as their gaze, emotions, and heart rate. […]

(Natural News) Duke University published a fascinating study on the futility of current antibiotics in the fight against mutating pathogens. Abuse of selective antibiotics has accelerated the evolution of bacteria. The bacteria survive by passing on resistant traits to their offspring. To combat the resistance, some medical researchers have proposed that we as a society reduce antibiotic use to […]

(Natural News) A technology that can 4D print body organs may become a reality in the near future. A team of scientists from the University of Alberta in Canada developed a technique that may pioneer the engineering of human organs. This technique they developed could allow scientists to produce products that also have a biological […]