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...founder of the Center for Internet Studies in West Hartford, Conn., believes that at least 6% of us are what he would classify as compulsive e-mail checkers. "It sounds silly, but people report withdrawal symptoms when they're away from it," he says. "It's very likely the brain gets the same kind of hit from e-mail as it does from gambling...
What doctors suspect is that both leptin and ghrelin are part of a complex system of brain and body chemicals that have evolved over millions of years to govern weight and appetite. Says Dr. Rudy Leibel, an obesity expert and head of the molecular-genetics department at Columbia University: "It's just unlikely that any single component of this system will necessarily lead to a definitive therapeutic agent...
...traditional robes and a matching floppy hat. Bono's fits nicely. O'Neill's seems several sizes too small. The chief looks apologetically at the Treasury secretary and says, "I think one of you got a bigger one." To which Bono replies with a smile, "No, just a bigger brain...
...speculated that aerobic training would increase performance in skills that have to do with executive control--planning, scheduling and/or multiple tasking," says Kramer. "And that's essentially what we found--but not for the nonaerobic group." Besides increasing the flow of blood to the brain, aerobic exercise is believed to stimulate the production of new neurons in the brain and a protein called bdnf (brain-derived neurotropic factor), which helps maintain the health and efficiency of neurons...
...mind, it turns out, can be nourished by certain foods just as much as the body, particularly foods high in antioxidants. When brain cells burn oxygen for energy, molecules called free radicals are created to eliminate harmful toxins. But when free-radical levels get too high, the free radicals start damaging neurons. Antioxidants keep these levels down...