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29/04/2026

24/04/2026

Scientists just overturned one of neuroscience's most fundamental assumptions — memory is not stored exclusively in the brain but distributed across the body's entire cellular network, with non-neural cells in organs, muscles, and immune tissue actively participating in memory formation and recall.

Research at the Salk Institute using single-cell RNA sequencing across 47 different tissue types found that learning experiences trigger identical molecular memory consolidation processes in liver cells, kidney cells, muscle cells, and immune cells as those occurring simultaneously in hippocampal neurons during memory formation. The cellular memory process involves epigenetic modifications — chemical changes to DNA packaging that alter which genes are expressed — that encode information about experiences in cells throughout the body with the same molecular signatures as neural memory engrams. Blocking these peripheral cellular memory processes impaired recall even when brain hippocampal function remained completely intact.

The most striking finding came from transplant medicine: organ recipients receiving livers and kidneys from donors with specific phobias showed measurable preference changes and mild acquired responses related to their donor's documented experiences in 12 documented cases — previously dismissed as coincidence but now explicable through cellular memory transfer. Non-neural cellular memory appears to encode emotional and physiological associations with experiences through hormone and neurotransmitter exposure during the original experience.

This discovery fundamentally expands where neuroscience looks for memory and potentially where medicine intervenes when memory-related conditions require treatment.
Source: Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Nature Cell Biology, 2025

11/04/2026

This is why we can feel exactly what is happening on and deep into your tissues .. and interpret what we palpate .

21/03/2026

Spotlight on Cluster Headaches .

09/02/2026

So you think osteoarthritis is about overuse and / or aging ..?
Think again .

Read the Primer here: https://go.nature.com/4kflsP8 🔒

Nature Reviews Rheumatology: Emerging evidence suggests a paradigm shift in viewing osteoarthritis (OA) as a systemic, bidirectional disease. This Review examines the current data supporting this concept, outlines key challenges in research approaches, and proposes strategies to improve preclinical studies and clinical trial design.

28/01/2026

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One of the questions I’m often asked is: How connected are building muscle and building strength?

The short answer: they’re related, but not the same. You can increase strength without dramatically increasing muscle, and you can increase muscle without seeing proportional gains in strength. Research shows that early strength gains are largely driven by neural adaptations rather than muscle growth, while hypertrophy contributes more over time and eventually plateaus.

This distinction matters, especially for women, because the conventional advice you’ve probably heard:

Strength: 3–5 reps
Size: 6–12 reps
Endurance: 15+ reps

…only scratches the surface. In fact, newer evidence, including work led by Brad Schoenfeld, shows there is no single optimal rep range for muscle growth, as long as the stimulus is sufficient.

Read my latest free article to view all the studies and to learn more >>> https://bit.ly/45xrvbV

24/01/2026

Just five extra minutes of moderate physical activity a day is associated with a 10% reduction in all deaths.

21/01/2026

10/01/2026

In casecyou ever wondered ..?!

https://www.the-scientist.com/why-do-weather-changes-cause-joint-pain-73898?utm_content=364061585&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&hss_channel=fbp-212009668822281&fbclid=IwZnRzaAPOxP1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEejyS5Cyscxo3NpvFTbgtBqnLyYDOv_CfTg0iq0wWEMj9fuJ00B4kC22HOegE_aem_uVH1pPezBj33LPD4SiiQUw

The atmospheric shifts that lower the temperature and air pressure can also affect the tissues and fluids in sensitive joints.

23/12/2025

Why did the Snowman visit the Osteopath ?- because he had a frozen shoulder ..

16/12/2025

Why did the Snowman ⛄️ go to the Osteopath .. because he had frozen shoulder .