The Spectrum of Imagination: From Aphantasia to Hyperphantasia – Exploring the Unique Ways Our Brains Process Sensory Information
The Art of Visualization: Exploring the Wonders and Implications of Aphantasia and Hyperphantasia
Visualizing a memory is a common occurrence for many people. A whiff of cinnamon and ginger may whisk you back to your childhood kitchen to relive eating freshly baked cookies, while hearing a particular tune may trigger images of dancing with a special someone.
“When people say they can bring up images, to me that sounds really quite odd. I can’t relive any experience I see.” – Mary Wathen
Mary Wathen, a solicitor from Newent, England, represents a rare group of individuals who have difficulty forming mental images in their minds. This phenomenon is known as aphantasia, wherein the brain doesn’t create visual imagery for memory or imagination.
- Aphantasia: An Alternate Reality
For individuals like Wathen, memories are not captured through vibrant visuals but rather through thoughts and emotions.
“I understand concepts, I comprehend things, I have memories… but they aren’t supported by any images.” – Mary Wathen
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Neural circuitry for reduced food intake at high temperatures decoded
– 2024-03-27 16:23:05
Study shows new approaches to the treatment of pathological overweight and underweight
Vienna (OTS) – When the temperatures rise, the appetite decreases: This can be noticed after a visit to the sauna in winter as well as on a midsummer day outdoors. It has also been scientifically proven that food intake is reduced when exposed to acute heat. However, the exact background to this was not yet known. An international research team led by MedUni Vienna has now described for the first time the neuronal signaling pathway that reduces food intake in hot weather. Their results can provide potential starting points for the development of new treatments for obesity and anorexia and were published in the top journal “Nature”.
As the studies in the mouse model showed, the signaling cascade starts in the parabrachial nucleus, the “thermostat in the head” that is responsible for sensing temperature. “In this area, we observed the activation of special cells in the brains of mic
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Endometriosis affects one in ten women
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This Thursday is World Day Against endometriosis, a hormone-dependent disease which is characterized by the abnormal presence of tissue similar to the endometrium (inner layer of the uterus Editor’s note) outside the uterine cavity. This tissue can come on the pelvic organs, notably the ovaries or even extra-pelvic like the colon or the diaphragm and mainly causes significant pain during periods and sexual intercourse.
In a number of cases, endometriosis is associated with infertility problems. It also happens that patients are asymptomatic.
It can significantly alter the quality of patients on a sexual, social, psychological and professional level.
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A Nutrition expert gives the keys to not gaining weight during menopause
Menopause is a stage in a woman’s life in which she undergoes many changes, both physical and psychological. In Spain usually occurs on average at 50-51 years old. As Barbara Munar, dietitian specialized in menopause and author of the book, explains to Cuídateplus Queens without rules“menopause really only lasts one dayit is the first day of our last period but generally professionals use the words menopause and climacteric synonymously to refer to this longer stage of 25 years.”
Although it is not usual, There are women who do not suffer or notice the symptoms of this period. The expert figures in a 20% at women who do not have any symptoms at this stage. “The only thing they notice is that they stop menstruating but they don’t have hot flashes and their energy, vitality, mood are not affected.”
One of the fears of many women when they reach this stage of life It’s weight gain. “The first thing we think is that menopause makes us gain weight,” he points out, and in part it is true but in part it is not. As the nutritionist explains, “It is true that with hormonal changes and the passage of time, the metabolism can slow down.” but “changing the feeding (just a little) and doing physical activitywe can activate the metabolism and improve body composition.
During menopause, a woman experiences certain changes that can cause her to gain weight, During perimenopause, progesterone levels tend to decrease.which is compensated by a greater predominance of estrogens that decrease during menopause. This causes the woman to
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A Nutrition expert gives the keys to not gaining weight during menopause
Seoul National University Hospital-KAIST develops treatment to suppress spread of influenza virus
[메디칼업저버 박선재 기자] A national research team has developed a new respiratory treatment that can effectively suppress the spread of influenza viruses and relieve acute pneumonia.
Influenza viruses are deadly viruses that can rapidly infiltrate and multiply into lung tissue through the upper respiratory tract if they are not killed early.
Current treatments for this virus, which often leads to severe pneumonia and cluster infections, include oral medications and injections, but they have drug resistance, side effects and limitations in strengthening the immune system, so the development of new forms of treatment is needed .
Recently, a research team led by Professor Kim Hyun-jik (Otolaryngology) at Seoul National University Hospital and Professors Ji-ho Park and Soo-hyung Park at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) developed an “inhalable nanoparticle-based therapeutic agent” (IFNλ-PSNP) that combines lambda interferon (IFN-λ) and pulmonary surfactant. On the 28th it was announced that it had demonstrated through animal experiments that an immune response can be induced in the lungs rapid and strong antiviral to the influenza virus.
To develop an inhaled treatment different from existing drugs, the research team combined ‘interferon lambda’, which strengthens the antiviral immune response, and ‘pulmonary surfactant’, used to treat lung dysfunction in infants and children, to develop a new treatment in the form of nanoparticles (IFNλ-PSNP) was created.
These lambda interferon-loaded nanoparticles, less than 200 nm in size, reach lung tissue directly through inhalation and can effectively treat influenza virus infection by inducing rapid death of the virus and strengthening the immune response in the early stages of the disease. ‘infection.
Through experiments on animal models, the research team verified the effectiveness of nanoparticle treatment in suppressing influenza virus infection and improving acute pneumonia through nasal inhalation.
The nanoparticle treatment group showed an inhibition effect on viral infection 3 days after treatment
As a result, the level of influ
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Seoul National University Hospital-KAIST develops treatment to suppress spread of influenza virus
Transforming from Illness to Wellness: The Healing Power of Exercise
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“I will try to heal as quickly as possible. Let’s just say that if I have full treatment for 1-2 months, I’m sure I can return to work as fully as possible.” Sl” Tua Tung published on January 6, 2024.
Later on February 4, he posted the progress that Since I’ve been having health problems I’ve decided It’s time to exercise regularly. I therefore decided to choose “walking” because I believed it would be a not too strenuous activity. and should be able to do it regularly Today I have been walking 6 kilometers a day for 30 days straight.
If done in conjunction with a doctor’s visit and choose more carefully the type of food you eat Health is gradually improved.
But after take a break from work and come take care of your body
Until the last time, on March 22, 2024, Congressman Kaoklai posted that he had made an appointment to see the doctor for the last time. It has been confirmed that both physical and mental health and my mental health I am back 100% strong and complete as before.
Here are the results of the exercise. regularly and strictly follow the doctor’s instruction
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Transforming from Illness to Wellness: The Healing Power of Exercise
Probiotic cheeses that reduce inflammation and are good for your health
Probiotic Cheeses: The Key to Intestinal and General Health
Attention all cheese lovers! Did you know that cheeses produced with natural ferments can provide a powerhouse of health benefits for your intestines and overall well-being? These cheeses, rich in probiotics, are live microorganisms that can help prevent and treat intestinal inflammation, promoting a healthy gut flora. But how do you choose the right probiotic cheese and consume it in a way that maximizes its benefits?
The Power of Live Microorganisms in Your Diet
In today’s world of processed foods, our diets often lack the essential live microorganisms needed for a healthy microbiota. Factors like antibiotics, ultra-processed foods, and lifestyle choices can disrupt the balance of our gut flora, leading to inflammation and other health issues. Natural cheeses, with their high fat content and solid consistency, can protect probiotic microorganisms, ensuring t
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Probiotic cheeses that reduce inflammation and are good for your health
“There is a terrible epidemic of colon cancer in young people” – Health and Medicine
2024-03-27 00:16:16
The biologist, winner of the National Research Award of Catalonia, investigates the spread of metastases in colon cancer.
The scientist Eduard Batlle, director of the Cancer Science Program at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Institute (IRB),
The place on Earth where it is most difficult to live, says scientist Eduard Batlle (Barcelona, 53 years old), must be “the wall of the intestine.” For everything that circulates out there. From digestion waste to carcinogens that we encounter in the environment or ingest. The researcher knows this hostile environment well: this molecular biologist, director of the Cancer Science Program at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Institute (IRB), has been trying to unravel the functioning of colon cancer for three decades, a tumor that affects almost every year. two million people in the world and causes more than 900,000 deaths.
Batlle works in a tiny cubicle that operates as an office inside his laboratory. His discoveries to understand these tumors and his discoveries about the behavior of tumor cells that spread outside the colon to form metastases have earned him, just 24 hours earlier, the National Research Award from the Generalitat of Catalonia. Grateful, he warns that there is still much to know about colon cancer: for example, “understanding how these cells [tumorales] “they escape” from the available treatments.
Ask. Each tumor is a world. What makes the colon different?
Answer. What we have learned is that these tumors are a disease of the stem cells of the intestinal wall: colon cancer adopts the continuous regeneration mechanisms of stem cells. And another central thing that we have learned is cellular plasticity, a mechanism through which tumor cells and normal cells are able to adapt to different types of stimuli or insults.
Q. What implications do these characteristics of tumor cells have?
A. This results in them being very plastic tumors and, therefore, when we give them therapy, some cells die, but others simply change their state to adapt to this new situation and resist the treatment. We are beginning to learn what pathways cells use to adapt and what new states they acquire depending on the situation. If we understand this process of adaptability, perhaps we can block it and this would improve therapies very substantially.
Q. Are tumor cells more intelligent than you scientists?
A. Tumor cells are accelerated evolution machines. And, furthermore, this plasticity gives them an additional property
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“There is a terrible epidemic of colon cancer in young people” – Health and Medicine
Computer Methodology for Cancer Metabolite Prediction Unveiled by KAIST Researchers
▲ Schematic diagram of a computer methodology for predicting metabolites and metabolic pathways associated with cancer somatic mutations (Photo = Provided by KAIST)
[메디컬투데이=이재혁 기자] Unlike normal cells, cancer undergoes metabolic reactions caused by abnormal accumulation within cells, and these cancer metabolic reactions are being studied in a variety of ways for the purpose of cancer treatment and diagnosis.
Accordingly, KAIST researchers succeeded in building metabolic models for 1,043 cancer patients corresponding to 24 types of cancer using computers.
At KAIST, the research team of Professor Hyunwook Kim and Distinguished Professor Sangyeop Lee of the Department of Biochemical Engineering, through joint research with the research team of Professor Youngil Ko, Professor Hongseok Yoon, and Professor Changwook Jeong at Seoul National University Hospital, developed a computer methodology to predict new metabolites and metabolic pathways associated with cancer somatic gene mutations. It was announced on the 18th that it had been developed.
Recently, the discovery of cancer-causing metabolites (oncometabolites) and new drugs targeting them
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Computer Methodology for Cancer Metabolite Prediction Unveiled by KAIST Researchers
A fruit that helps reduce weight and slow down aging
Russia – Oranges are considered one of the most beneficial fruits for human health. It helps those who want to get rid of excess weight, because it has a low glycemic index and quickly saturates the body.
According to experts, citrus fruits in general are beneficial and can be eaten as snacks between main meals.
Experts point out that oranges contain useful dietary fibers, vitamins, and glucose that the body absorbs slowly, making it an important product for those who wa
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