Could raising our body temperature treat depression?
Hyperthermia could be more effective than anti-depressants, with fewer side effects
David Haggerty is a neuroscience graduate student at the Indiana University School of Medicine, develops mental health programs for companies and organizations, and writes about research and his love / hate relationship with mental illness. David is a graduate of Indiana University, where he received a B.S. in biology and where he was banned from DJ-ing at his own fraternity for playing only Arcade Fire.
We need to change the way we think about alcoholism
A neuroscientist argues that genetics alone isn't enough to beat the illness or the stigma
Meet a scientist: David Haggerty, who hates working with mice but does it anyway
"I was trying to figure out what the hell was going on with my own life."
I empathize with anti-vaxxers. Here's how flawed autism science can lead to the wrong conclusions.
Autism research is difficult to understand, and that's our fault as scientists.
Science doesn't need to be so complicated. The answer: more sensible statistics
Let the battle between human psychology and science have statisticians' supervision
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These researchers want to stop treating depression with trial and error
A promising startup is using deep learning to tailor treatments to patients
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Here's how to avoid outliving your own bones
Hit the gym and find the sunshine vitamin
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Aging is not the inexorable process we thought it was
Can we slow down aging and add decades to lives?
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Scientists have learned to grow brain tissue to 100x (just add water)
A new technique to expand cells seems like science fiction: it lets researchers bypass laws of microscope physics
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