brain-body connection

How Retraining Your Brain Could Help With Lower Back Pain

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How Retraining Your Brain Could Help With Lower Back Pain

Aug. 5, 2022 – Are you among the hundreds of millions of people worldwide with low back pain? If so, you may be familiar with standard treatments like surgery, shots, medications, and spinal manipulations. But new research suggests the solution for the world’s leading cause of disability may lie in fixing how the brain and … Read more

Brain’s Wiring, Not Lack of Willpower, May Drive Obesity: Study

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Brain’s Wiring, Not Lack of Willpower, May Drive Obesity: Study

June 6, 2022 – “You want fries with that?” How you answer that question may have less to do with willpower than you might think. Virginia Tech scientists are taking a deep dive into the brain chemistry that drives cravings for unhealthy fatty foods. Their goal: To find out if the nation’s ever-expanding waistline has … Read more