Dr. Peter A. Hall

Linking the exposome to the brain–behaviour phenotype — a Perspective by Sarah Genon, Agustin Ibanez, Masoud Tahmasian & Simon B. Eickhoff nature.com/articles/s4158…

Our retina image is so rich with information, a gateway to the whole body, well beyond the eye. Today add osteoporosis to the list. journals.plos.org/digitalhealth/… This adds to what I recently wrote about at Ground Truths erictopol.substack.com/p/the-paradox-…

(1/5) Out today in @Nature! We all know pediatric growth charts for height and weight, but what about the brain's wiring? Excited to share our new work establishing comprehensive lifespan reference charts for human brain white matter pathways. nature.com/articles/s4158…

An antiviral pill has, for the first time, been shown to prevent COVID-19 in people exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus go.nature.com/4nAMi6g

Just a few conditions being pursued for secondary prevention or treatment by GLP-1/GIP/Glucagon drugs in a new and comprehensive review @NatRevDrugDisc

Digital CBT reduces mental disorders and boosts access to care in college students dlvr.it/TSWcpq

This recent study leverages machine learning to find that stress-related neurotoxicity may contribute to cognitive decline in PTSD / @MujicaParodi nature.com/articles/s4138…

'Epigenetic biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases: from molecular signatures to therapeutic targets' by Sam Washer, Marty Frith, Elizabeth Cowan, Emma Dempster, Jonathan Mill & @SophieFarrow2 cell.com/trends/neurosc…

The big advance in the science of human aging is the ability to quantify it and relate the metrics to health and disease. A new paper today @CellCellPress takes this to the next level with organ clocks and multiple biologic layers (omics) of data across the lifespan. cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Nature Reviews Neurology Bidirectional brain–heart interactions in health and disease nature.com/articles/s4158…

Somervail et al. show that surprising sensory stimuli - e.g. loud beeps - activate much more of the brain than previously thought, through a long-overlooked pathway called the extralemniscal system. shorturl.at/NEyEH

My new editorial on Long COVID at @JPrecisionMed : “Post-COVID-19 condition: A primer for precision medicine.” #longcovid jprecisionmedicine.org/article/S3050-…

I recently visited @CAMHnews for @therundowntvo to learn about this depression treatment that kind of feels like it's from the future. It's called TMS. What I didn't expect, though, was Dr. Blumberger to hook me up to the actual machine. FULL interview: youtu.be/IWh7AIybF8Y?si…

A single 25 mg dose of psilocybin leads to brain structural changes that were seen at 1 month. From a cross-over study of 28 healthy volunteers, no prior psychedelic, who also were also assessed after 1 mg. Behavioral results in Figure nature.com/articles/s4146…

I wrote this piece to promote thoughtful, respectful, and rational engagement with controversial science topics. I hope it fosters constructive dialogue in the scientific community—thank you for reading and sharing 🙏🏼 @NatRevImmunol nature.com/articles/s4157…

In einer der besten Harvard Kliniken wurde KI mit Ärzten in Notfallversorgung verglichen. Selbst unter diesen extremen Bedingungen gab die KI mehr korrekte Diagnosen als Ärzte. In wenigen Jahren wird KI die komplette Medizin verbessern. Ein neues Zeitalter science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

An AI that detects occult pancreatic cancer better than radiologists (73 vs 39%) via CT with external validation gut.bmj.com/content/early/…

11 cancers on the rise in young people - scientists find first clue why it's happening bbc.in/494CmvB