IBM fingernail sensor tracks health through your grip

The strength of your grip can frequently be a good indicator of your health, and not just for clearly linked diseases like Parkinson's -- it can gauge your cognitive abilities and even your heart health. To that end, IBM has developed a fingernail s...

IBM’s AI can predict schizophrenia by looking at the brain’s blood flow

Schizophrenia is not a particularly common mental health disorder in America, affecting just 1.2 percent of the population or around 3.2 million people, but its effects can be debilitating. However, pioneering research conducted by IBM and the Univer...

Fish Oil Could Prevent Psychotic Disorders


Either you can eat fish as a dish three times a week. Or you may take fish oil supplements. Either way your chances of a full-blown psychotic episode will get diminished. The study group got assessed...

Cats Can Cause Schizophrenia


Schizophrenia has been a major concern over the years for its occurrence in a large population worldwide. It has a long list of causes and symptoms but till yet there has been no major breakthrough...

Schizophrenia: An Incurable yet Manageable Illness


Have you been having some strange and bizarre thoughts recently? Do you remain awake at night thinking that your boss is planning to murder you? And do you hear voices that tell you to go and jump...

Genetic Overlap Found Between Schizophrenia And Cognitive Ability


Researchers at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research of Northshore LIJ recently discovered evidence of a genetic overlap between schizophrenia and general cognitive ability. Their findings...