How to change emotions when you need it most
Do you ever wonder why your mood can suddenly change when you hear an old favorite song, and then change as quickly as it did when you see a long queue in a bank? This is a process that goes on around and within us all the time, whether we are read more

By: Kirstin ODonovan
Category: Health > How The Body Works

VSV Kills Molecules that Help Body Identify Cancer Cells
Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus (VSIV) is a widely-known virus that belongs to the Rabies virus, affecting not only humans but also a wide range of animals and insects. read more

By: Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Health > How The Body Works

Signs and Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder
With bipolar disorder on the rise for adults and children and considered a life-long disease, what is developing is an increased awareness and diagnosis of what we previously recognized as manic depression. Causing severe mood shifts from depression read more

By: Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Health > How The Body Works

Connecticut Virtual Colonoscopies vs. Physical Colorectal Exams
For anyone who has had a colonoscopy done, the words virtual colonoscopy and physical colorectal exams are as opposite as night and day in many areas, depending on the person involved. Granted, many people walk right in and have no problems at read more

By: Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Health > How The Body Works

Influence of Digital Information On The Brain
Recently Nebraska transferred from analog television to digital, a process which has left many Nebraskans with rabbit ears and antennas perplexed and without adequate reception. Where the larger cities have already made this transition, the smaller read more

By: Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Health > How The Body Works

Richard Cytowic, M.D. and Synesthesia
When the neurologist, Richard Cytowic became involved with the world of synesthesia, it was when a dinner host apologized for the cooked chicken with the explanation, "There aren't enough points on the chicken!" This led to the man read more

By: Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Health > How The Body Works

The Rarity of Synesthesia
The word synesthesia is new to most people, a neurological condition in which people experience a mixing of the senses. The description is "a sensation produced at a point other than or remote from the point of stimulation", or simply read more

By: Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Health > How The Body Works