by Neil Bossenger | May 9, 2019 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
Jo Cameron has lived for 71 years without experiencing pain or anxiety because she has a rare genetic mutation. I drive people mad by being cheerful, she said. The notion that the same gene could be responsible for the way a person processes physical and...
by Neil Bossenger | May 18, 2015 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
New research suggests that the synthetic steroids delivered by the female contraceptive pill can shrink certain regions of the female brain and could also be altering their function. Neuroscientists from the University of California took brain scans of 90 women who...
by Neil Bossenger | Jun 11, 2014 | Case of the month, Cases, Spinewave Bulletin, Symptoms
Meniere’s disease (or syndrome) is characterised by vertigo or dizziness, and some combination of four associated symptoms: nausea, inner ear pressure, low-frequency hearing loss and tinnitus. The cause of Meniere’s disease is unknown and the pathology is...
by Neil Bossenger | Mar 27, 2014 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
We have emotions for a reason. Anger in response to injustice can signal that the situation needs to change; sadness in response to loss can signal that wed like to keep the people we love in our lives. When we ruminate, or get caught up in our emotions,...
by Neil Bossenger | Feb 25, 2013 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
The gut has a nervous system of its own called the “enteric nervous system”. It has about as many neurons as the spinal cord and is metaphorically called “the brain of the gut”. The gut has developed powerful mechanisms to defend the body...