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The Tiny Brain Cells that Connect Our Mental and Physical Health

By Donna Jackson Nakazawa — 2020

A new understanding of long-overlooked cells called microglia is challenging the assumption that body and brain function are completely independent.

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Microglia: A New Target in the Brain for Depression, Alzheimer’s, and More?

As a science journalist whose niche spans neuroscience, immunology, and human emotion, I knew at the time that it didn’t make scientific sense that inflammation in the body could be connected to — much less cause — illness in the brain.

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Donna Jackson Nakazawa
2020
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Trying to Stay Afloat

Kamilah Majied shares her advice for staying afloat when you feel like you’re drowning.

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Kamilah Majied
2020
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What Is Inflammation? Everything You Need to Know and How to Reduce It

You may not be able to see it happening, but inflammation is the body’s interior defense mechanism toward anything going wrong, like illness or injury—it occurs with anything from a bruised elbow to an aggravated gut barrier. The catch? Inflammation can be both good and bad.

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Mara Santilli
2021
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How Social Rejection Causes Stress and Inflammation

And why food is not the best prevention.

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Amee Severson
2019
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Autoimmune Disease and Stress: Is There a Link?

A new study has found a higher incidence of autoimmune diseases among people who were previously diagnosed with stress-related disorders.

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Robert H. Shmerling
2018
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Autoimmune Disease