Tag: Amino Acid

Scientists find chemical pathway responsible for schizophrenia symptoms

Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe mental condition that affects over 1 percent of the adult population in the United States. Although it is not yet known what causes the disease, the medical scientific community is investigating the complex neurochemical processes that may trigger this debilitating illness. Recent studies have suggested that kynurenic acid (KYNA) plays […]

Can’t Sleep? Here are 13 Effective Ways to Fall Asleep Faster

Having trouble falling asleep can lead to getting not enough sleep or sleep deprivation, the most signs of which are excessive daytime sleepiness, yawning, and irritability. Chronic sleep deprivation can interfere with balance, coordination, memory, decision-making abilities. Worse still, it suppresses immune system function. Remedies to the more physical and environmental sleep-deprivers are fairly obvious, […]

Could Dark Chocolate and Green Tea be the Perfect Combination for Increased Concentration?

A new study has found that combining dark chocolate with green tea could be a better concentration pick-me-up than coffee. Hershey Company sponsored a scientific study to find out whether their new product idea could become the ultimate concentration booster. A team of researchers at Northern Arizona University conducted the study, which included 122 participants […]