Posts about Mental Health

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The Inflammatory Subtype of Depression: When Cytokines Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and a quietly transformative finding from the last fifteen years of psychiatric research is that depression is not a[…]

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The Biology of Connection: Why Love is Good for Your Heart

On Valentine’s Day, we often focus on the romantic symbolism of the heart, but science suggests that our emotional connections have a profound, tangible impact[…]