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Summary: Using electrocorticogram technology to capture brain waves, researchers found the meaning of what people imagine can be determined from brain wave patterns, even if the image differs from what a person is looking at. Source: Osaka University They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Now, researchers from Japan have found that even a mental picture can communicate volumes. In a study published this month in Communications Biology, researchers from Osaka University have revealed that the meaning of what a person is imagining can be determined from their brain wave pattern, even if the image differs from what the person is looking at. When we see images in real life, whether we are talking to a friend, watching a movie, or watching a beautiful sunset, our brains take in this vis...

The BA.2 variant is beginning to grow in parts of the U.S. and is believed to be behind a number of COVID increases in multiple countries, so what exactly is it and what does the change mean as restrictions continue to ease? Chicago's top doctor said Thursday it remains unclear what effect the BA.2 subvariant will have on the city's fight against COVID, though she is "concerned" by what is happening in other parts of the world. Here's what we know so far about BA.2: What is BA.2? BA.2, also known as "stealth omicron," is considered a subvariant of omicron. BA.2 has several key mutations, with the most important of those occurring in the spike protein that studs the outside of the virus. Those mutations are shared with the original omicron, but BA.2 also...

Here are your FOX Business Flash top headlines for March 18. DES MOINES, Iowa — The confirmation of bird flu at another Iowa egg-laying farm will force the killing of more than 5 million chickens, state officials said Friday. It's the second confirmed case of avian influenza in Buena Vista County, about 160 miles (257 kilometers) northwest of Des Moines, but the latest outbreak is at an operation with 5.3 million chickens. The earlier case was at a farm with about 50,000 turkeys. The latest case confirmed by the state Department of Agriculture means nearly 12.6 million chicken and turkeys in at least eight states have been killed or will be destroyed soon. BIRD FLU OUTBREAKS PUT US POULTRY FARMS ON HIGH ALERT In this Oct. 21, 2015, file photo, cage-free chickens...

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Photo: Eliano Imperato/AFP (Getty Images) The latest update to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the codebook used by mental health professionals, includes a new officially recognized condition: prolonged grief disorder. People with prolonged grief are considered to have intense feelings and preoccupied thoughts that distress them or impede their daily functioning beyond the normal grieving process. The DSM was created by the American Psychiatry Association and is often called the bible of psychiatry. It’s not only a guidebook for clinicians, though, since insurance providers typically rely on the DSM to approve coverage of treatments for these various disorders. So validation in the DSM carries important financial weight as well. According to the APA, people ...

Heartland virus, a rare and potentially fatal virus first identified in Missouri in 2009, has now been detected in ticks in Georgia, according to a new study. The study researchers from Emory University  sampled nearly 10,000 lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum) in central Georgia, finding the Heartland virus in about 1 out of every 2,000 ticks sampled, they said in a statement. Although researchers knew that at least one person had died from an infection with Heartland virus in Georgia over a decade ago, the new study confirms that the virus is actively circulating in ticks in the state. "Heartland is an emerging infectious disease that is not well understood," study senior author Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, an associate professor in Emory's Department of Environmental Sciences, ...

Photo: Aleksandr Ozerov (Shutterstock) When you’re younger, you might think you’re the only person who has figured out how to make yourself feel good this way; and once you realize you’re not alone, you might think that literally everybody is doing it. The truth is that masturbation is very common, but not universal. One survey found that 94% of men and 85% of women have ever done it; another found the numbers to be 91% and 78%. (These studies only reported results under these two genders.) But when you’re looking at any given age group (or if you ask whether somebody has masturbated in the past week, or the past month), the numbers are a lot smaller. Teenagers who reported masturbating in the past month ranged from 43% to 61%, depending on age group, for the guys; for girls, the numb...

Frequent napping or regularly napping for extended periods during the day may be a sign of early dementia in older adults, a new study revealed. (Lev Dolgachov/Syda Productions, Adobe) Estimated read time: 4-5 minutes ATLANTA — Frequent napping or regularly napping for extended periods during the day may be a sign of early dementia in older adults, a new study revealed. Elderly adults who napped at least once a day or more than an hour a day were 40% more likely to develop Alzheimer's than those who did not nap daily or napped less than an hour a day, according to the study published Thursday in Alzheimer's and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's A...

Photo-Illustration: Photo-Illustration: The Cut; Photos: Getty Images In the spring of 2018, my now-husband and I spent a week in Santa Monica, one of my favorite places in the world, and all I remember about the trip is my humiliating farts. Distressed digestion is nothing new to me, a member of the IBS-hot-girl legion since I was diagnosed in 2008. Perhaps because keeping my condition secret felt impossible, my romantic history is weirdly bound up in my constipation. One boyfriend introduced me to enemas — I hate to disappoint, but not in a sexual way — and another lovingly called me his “poop camel,” which I think is self explanatory. At dif...