Could raising our body temperature treat depression?
Read now →Hyperthermia could be more effective than anti-depressants, with fewer side effects
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David Haggerty is a neuroscience graduate student at the Indiana University School of Medicine, develops mental health programs for companies and organizations, and writes about research and his love / hate relationship with mental illness. David is a graduate of Indiana University, where he received a B.S. in biology and where he was banned from DJ-ing at his own fraternity for playing only Arcade Fire.
We need to change the way we think about alcoholism
Read now →A neuroscientist argues that genetics alone isn't enough to beat the illness or the stigma
Meet a scientist: David Haggerty, who hates working with mice but does it anyway
Read now →"I was trying to figure out what the hell was going on with my own life."
I empathize with anti-vaxxers. Here's how flawed autism science can lead to the wrong conclusions.
Read now →Autism research is difficult to understand, and that's our fault as scientists.
Science doesn't need to be so complicated. The answer: more sensible statistics
Read now →Let the battle between human psychology and science have statisticians' supervision
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These researchers want to stop treating depression with trial and error
Read now →A promising startup is using deep learning to tailor treatments to patients
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Here's how to avoid outliving your own bones
Read now →Hit the gym and find the sunshine vitamin
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Aging is not the inexorable process we thought it was
Read now →Can we slow down aging and add decades to lives?
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Why scientists are exploring sleep deprivation as a treatment for depression
Read now →With an important caveat, losing sleep appears to have significant short-term effects on depression
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The 'drunken monkey' argument: are we predisposed to alcohol addiction?
Read now →Biologists have found a genetic mutation that may explain why humans like a damaging habit
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Scientists have learned to grow brain tissue to 100x (just add water)
Read now →A new technique to expand cells seems like science fiction: it lets researchers bypass laws of microscope physics
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