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Lithium in drinking water linked with lower suicide rates - "Naturally occurring lithium in public drinking water may have an anti-suicidal effect – according to a new study..."

4 years ago kcl.ac.uk

Social media use linked to belief in Covid-19 conspiracies and breaking lockdown rules

4 years ago kcl.ac.uk covid media

Faulty brain processing of new information underlies psychotic delusions

4 years ago kcl.ac.uk brain

New insight into how cannabidiol takes effect in the brains of people with psychosis - "Published in Psychological Medicine, the research used fMRI scans to examine the brain activity of 13 people with a diagnosis of psychosis under the influence of a single dose of CBD or placebo..."

4 years ago kcl.ac.uk brain

Introducing peanuts and eggs early can prevent food allergies in high risk infants, suggests new research with over 1300 three-month-old infants

4 years ago kcl.ac.uk

People who drank red wine had an increased gut microbiota diversity (a sign of gut health) compared to non-red wine drinkers as well as an association with lower levels of obesity and 'bad' cholesterol (n=916 female twins)

5 years ago kcl.ac.uk

Liver transplants could be redundant with discovery of new liver cell, suggests a new study by researchers at King’s College London, who used single cell RNA sequencing to identify a type of cell that may be able to regenerate liver tissue, treating liver failure without the need for transplants.

5 years ago kcl.ac.uk

Study suggests bacteria in the gut has a greater influence on body fat compared to diet

5 years ago kcl.ac.uk

Leonardo da Vinci may have had ADHD, suggests a new study in the journal Brain

5 years ago kcl.ac.uk brain

An analysis of wildlife in British rivers has revealed the presence of trace amounts of cocaine and pharmaceuticals (cocaine was found in 100% of the analyzed samples), raising fresh concerns about the proliferation and persistence of harmful chemicals in freshwater.

5 years ago kcl.ac.uk