New research, screening the chemical structures of over 1,700 flavor ingredients, reveals a significant similarity between some natural food flavors and valproic acid – a prescription mood stabilizing drug. The study, presented by Karina Martinez-Mayorga, Ph.D., at the 244th National Meeting …

In 2011, researchers at McMaster University found that ‘cross-talk’ between the brain and bacteria in the gut (intestinal microbiota) plays an important role in the development of psychiatric illness. Published in Neurogastroenterology and Motility, the study (which was conducted using germ-free …

Research from 57 countries shows that people with asthma are more than twice as likely to suffer from depression, compared to those without asthma. As summarized by Fox News, the link was strongest among people in South America and Asia, …