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- What social rejection teaches your brain https://today.usc.edu/what-social-rejection-teaches-your-brain/ 3 comments
- A junk food diet can cause long-term damage to adolescent brains https://today.usc.edu/take-it-from-the-rats-a-junk-food-diet-can-cause-long-term-damage-to-adolescent-brains/ 9 comments
- Did the ancient Greeks and Romans experience Alzheimer's? https://today.usc.edu/alzheimers-in-history-did-the-ancient-greeks-and-romans-experience-dementia/ 101 comments
- California's initiative to cover its canals with solar panels hits another green light https://today.usc.edu/solar-canals-a-bright-solution-for-californias-water-and-energy-needs/ 156 comments futurology
- The first clinical trial of its kind has found that semaglutide, distributed under the brand name Wegovy, cut the amount of alcohol people drank by about 40% and dramatically reduced people’s desire to drink https://today.usc.edu/popular-weight-loss-diabetes-drug-shows-promise-in-reducing-cravings-for-alcohol/ 699 comments science
- Earth’s inner core is less solid than previously thought https://today.usc.edu/earths-inner-core-is-less-solid-than-previously-thought/ 71 comments science
- A study explored how our brains learn from past experiences of social acceptance and rejection, finding that painful social rejection can be a powerful learning tool for building future connections https://today.usc.edu/what-social-rejection-teaches-your-brain/ 26 comments science
- Windblown dust from the shrinking Salton Sea harms the respiratory health of children living nearby, triggering asthma, coughing, wheezing and disrupted sleep, USC research shows https://today.usc.edu/salton-sea-an-area-rich-with-lithium-documented-as-hot-spot-for-child-respiratory-issues/ 2 comments science
- Exposure to particular sources of air pollution is harmful to children’s learning and memory, a USC study shows https://today.usc.edu/exposure-to-certain-pollution-sources-harms-childrens-learning-and-memory-usc-study-shows/ 5 comments science
- Did the ancient Greeks and Romans experience Alzheimer’s? https://today.usc.edu/alzheimers-in-history-did-the-ancient-greeks-and-romans-experience-dementia/ 5 comments health
- Severe memory loss, akin to today’s dementia epidemic, was extremely rare in ancient Greece and Rome, indicating these conditions may largely stem from modern lifestyles and environments. https://today.usc.edu/alzheimers-in-history-did-the-ancient-greeks-and-romans-experience-dementia/ 895 comments science
- In identical twins, when one is diagnosed with dementia, BOTH have similarly shortened life expectancy https://today.usc.edu/alzheimers-in-one-sibling-raises-risk-of-shortened-lifespan-in-others/ 127 comments science
- In identical twins, when one is diagnosed with dementia, BOTH have similarly shortened life expectancy https://today.usc.edu/alzheimers-in-one-sibling-raises-risk-of-shortened-lifespan-in-others/ 2 comments health
- A single vaccine may protect against multiple hospital superbugs - a new study shows that a single dose of the experimental vaccine, administered in mouse models, put immune cells into a mode that provided rapid protection against 9 different bacteria and fungi species, including MRSA and VRE. https://today.usc.edu/superbugs-mrsa-vaccine-usc/ 66 comments science