New research in pigs finds that sugar intake alters the reward-processing circuitry of the brain in a similar way to addictive drugs. Whenever we learn something new or experience something pleasurable, our brain’s reward system becomes activated. With the help of natural brain chemicals, several brain areas communicate with each other to help us learn… Read More »
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that 150 hotels have agreed to give deep discounts to health care workers logging long hours in hospitals while dealing with coronavirus outbreak, during his daily news briefing at the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services in Rancho Cordova, Calif. Thursday, April 9, 2020. Rich Pedroncelli | Pool | AP California… Read More »
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Daisy Robinton’s first signs began with mild fatigue before slowly progressing over the next 10 days into a set of symptoms that left the 33-year-old scientist and fitness model working harder to breathe. “A fever kicked in and… Read More »
‘Not a day goes by when I don’t think about her’: Dianne Oxberry was a much-loved BBC presenter who died just 10 days after she was told she had cancer… now, one year on, her husband shares her story in the hope it will save others Dianne Oxberry died aged 51 ten days after being… Read More »