Category: Mental Health
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Psychobiotics: The Gut’s Secret Role in Mental Health
1. Mental Health Disorders Are on the Rise Anxiety, depression, and other mental health disorders have become increasingly common in today’s world. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, mental illness affected hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Since then, stress levels have skyrocketed due to isolation, uncertainty, and rapid social and economic changes. According to global Read more
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Low Taurine Levels Linked to Depression in Women
Recent research published in Biological Psychiatry sheds light on an intriguing connection between taurine levels in the hippocampus and Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Taurine, a naturally occurring amino acid-like compound, has been studied for its neuroprotective properties, but its relationship to mental health has remained largely underexplored — until now. The Role of Taurine in Read more