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Jun 12 2026HEALTH

How Back Pain Changes How People React to Tasty Food

When someone has long-term back pain, their daily life changes in ways that aren’t always obvious. One surprising area where changes show up is in the brain’s reaction to food. Researchers compared how people with chronic low-back pain and those without it responded to a sweet, high-calorie drink wh

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Dec 10 2025HEALTH

How Smartphone Breaks Affect Your Brain

People who struggle with smartphone use might experience changes in their brain activity when they take a break from their devices. This is what a recent study found out. The study looked at how the brain behaves when it's not doing anything specific, called resting-state. It compared two groups: th

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Oct 20 2025HEALTH

Brain Connections and Schizophrenia: What's the Link?

Schizophrenia is a complex mental health condition. It affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. Scientists have been trying to understand what happens in the brain of someone with schizophrenia. They think it might be about how different parts of the brain talk to each other. Recently, rese

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