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Long-Term Fol­low-Up Data Shows Deep Brain Stim­u­la­tion Is an Effec­tive Treat­ment for Treat­ment-Resis­tant Depres­sion (Mount Sinai press release):

“A study pub­lished online on Fri­day, Octo­ber 4, in The Amer­i­can Jour­nal of Psy­chi­a­try found that deep brain stim­u­la­tion (DBS) of an area in the brain called the sub­cal­los­al cin­gu­late (SCC) pro­vides a robust anti­de­pres­sant effect that is sus­tained over a long peri­od of time in patients with treat­ment-resis­tant depres­sion Read the rest of this entry »

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– Read­ers in oth­er coun­tries can pur­chase the book at reg­u­lar prices by click­ing HERE. The book is also avail­able in Span­ish, Japan­ese, Pol­ish and Por­tuguese. Read the rest of this entry »

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Should you eat an apple—or a bag of Ore­os? Go to McDonald’s—or the veg­e­tar­i­an restau­rant on the cor­ner?

When we make these every­day food choic­es, many of us think first of our phys­i­cal health and appear­ance. But there’s anoth­er fac­tor we may want to con­sid­er in pick­ing foods: their impact on our men­tal health. Read the rest of this entry »

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What: Brain­Mind is build­ing a best-in-class com­mu­ni­ty around the mis­sion to advance neu­ro­science inno­va­tion that will most ben­e­fit human­i­ty. This sum­mit will cat­alyze focused and infor­mal col­lab­o­ra­tions between sec­tor-defin­ing sci­en­tists, entre­pre­neurs, oper­a­tors, investors, lead­ers, thinkers, and phil­an­thropists. Read the rest of this entry »

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In the image above –cour­tesy of Heathrow Express– you can see 27 trains on the tracks.

Quick. Can you spot the  out­lier?

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