Why the brain isn’t built for happiness
A clinical psychologist explains that the brain evolved to keep us safe, not to make us happy. It highlights dangers, triggers fear, and conserves energy by ignoring positives. To cope, practice gratitude, list strengths, and schedule joyful activities to retrain the brain and reduce anxiety. Victoria Ewen of Sullivan and Associates pens the Changing the Conversation column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Ewen
Sullivan and Associates
Frugal innovation targets Parkinson’s care with coin sized device
A Western University team led by Professor Ana Luisa Trejos develops a low cost wearable sensor the size of a 25 cent coin to detect and monitor Parkinson’s symptoms in real time. The device aims to enable earlier diagnosis and adaptive treatment, with Nigeria’s Kwara State University partner sites for field data.
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Arkinson
Western University
North America
Nigeria
Ana Luisa Trejos
Olusoji Ogunbode
Engineering Health Equity
Africa
Europe
Trejos
Canadian ALS trial marks major milestone with focused ultrasound
In Toronto, six patients embark on a Phase 1 study using noninvasive focused ultrasound to temporarily open the blood brain barrier and deliver immunoglobulin to the brain. Dr. Lorne Zinman and Dr. Alessando Abraham note the milestone as Bill Traynor becomes the world’s first ALS patient to receive a drug this way, with MRI guidance and a hopes for future personalized, MRI-free targeting. The team emphasizes safety, the early stage of the trial, and plans to test additional drugs in subsequent studies.
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Toronto
Lorne Zinman
Bill Traynor
Traynor
Zinman
Sunnybrook Health Sciences
Alessandro Abraham
Sunnybrook
ALS Clinic
Abraham
Kullervo Hynynen
Abrahao
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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