GABA is a powerful neurotransmitter that inhibits nerve cells’ ability to receive, create and send chemical messages to other nerve cells in your brain. As a result, it slows your brain down and has a calming effect. GABA is also present in the enteric nervous system, and there’s evidence suggesting it may be able to… Read More »
Lindsay Dina wasn’t fooled by a photo on Facebook that supposedly showed masses of dolphins frolicking in the canals of Venice. Ms. Dina, 75, ventured onto the social media platform roughly a decade ago, and has developed some savvy. She mostly shares information from established news organizations. She has deleted posts making bizarre claims about… Read More »
Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan (right) attend the 8th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at … [+] NASA on November 03, 2019 in Mountain View, California. ( Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images Some of the top scientists who accepted Breakthrough Prize awards used the nationally broadcast ceremony to decry the spread of misinformation, problems that… Read More »
If you’re having Botox and filler beautista columnist Annabel Meggeson has expert advice that no one ever tells you straight – that she learned the hard way 1. Fillers can go south (literally) It’s a perpetuated myth that fillers can prop up jowls, loose skin and otherwise sagging bits of face. Placed well (and usually… Read More »
Over time, meat substitutes have gotten increasingly more like real meat. The question is, are these newer, so-called virtuous alternatives to meat healthier than the real meat they mimic? Friends of mine used to run a vegetarian restaurant. Their customers would come in and interrogate them about menu items: what kind of oils were used in… Read More »
Austin Chiang has a unique role as a chief medical social media officer Austin Chiang The antidote to fake health news? According to Austin Chiang, the first chief medical social media officer at a top hospital, it’s to drown out untrustworthy content with tweets, pics and posts from medical experts that the average American can… Read More »