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Your Gut Microbes Affect Your Brain

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Your Gut Microbes Affect Your Brain

December 26, 2021 | 5 min read

Your gut and your brain talk to each other. When the gut talks, the brain listens. Your intestinal tract has about 39 trillion microorganisms in it. Around 500 or more…




Alzheimer’s disease: Presentation, Symptoms, Pathology, and Diagnosis

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Alzheimer’s disease: Presentation, Symptoms, Pathology, and Diagnosis

July 6, 2021 | 23 min read

Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills, and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. In most people with Alzheimer’s,…




How stress and depression affect the immune system

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How stress and depression affect the immune system

May 2, 2021 | 6 min read

In this post, we’re going to take a look at psychoneuroimmunology and depression (major depressive disorder). We’re going to look at how depression (major depressive disorder) and stress can affect…




Struggling to lose weight? These medical reasons explain why you’re not losing weight

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Struggling to lose weight? These medical reasons explain why you’re not losing weight

April 27, 2021 | 8 min read

Have you been struggling to lose weight and wonder if there might be a medical reason behind this? It's not uncommon for people to think that there may be an…