Schizophrenia patients appear to have “normal” responses to emotional stimuli. Recent researches have now established that deficits in emotional functioning associated with the ‘Schizophrenic disorder’ may involve the integration of emotion and cognition for adaptive functioning.

It is now an established fact that one of the major causes of persistent functional disability in schizophrenia is emotional functioning disturbance. But it is not clear which specific aspects of emotional functioning are impaired in patients with the condition.

Hypertension and High Blood Pressure are two diseases that reduce blood flow in the brains of the adults who are suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Hypertension conditions make the blood circulate through arteries with extreme thrust. Though hypertension is not a direct cause of Alzheimer’s disease but it hits on the brain and thus enhances the vulnerability to several effects of the disease.

These are the conclusive findings of a recent study carried out at the “University of Pitsbugh”.These findings were also presented recently at the annual meeting of the” Radiological Society of North America(RSNA)”.There have been several researches in recent past and there are enough evidences available that connect the cardiovascular health with the brain health.

Figuring out many things, all at a time comes naturally to many of us. But have you ever wondered how all this is done? How the individuality of each thought is maintained and not jumbled up into thoughts that make no sense? That is the greatness of the human brain. With its many entangled neuron in the order of millions and trillions, the human brain has defeated even the super-computers in their speed of operation.

Understanding the human brain is very difficult. How it functions so meticulously still remains a question to many. Previously researchers were of the opinion that a large number of neurons had to be activated so that the human being could feel or even perceive a stimulus. But this insight into the human brain turns out to be wrong. Brain cells are even more powerful than you think.

Most kids have heard their parents say “eat the green leafy vegetables-they are full of vitamins”. Now what are vitamins?

Vitamins are substances that are found in the food that we eat. They help in the overall development of the human body. Our body needs it to function properly. They are very essential to the human body without which we would develop severe deficiencies.