Articles by

Laura Sanders

‘It felt like dread.’ Hear what severe depression can do to people

This is episode 2 of The Deep End. Listen to more episodes here. Depression can affect not...

Ozempic’s key ingredient may reduce the desire to drink alcohol

A popular diabetes and weight-loss drug reduced people’s craving for drinking alcohol. The results, from the first...

Wiggling ears may have once helped us hear

Ancient ear-wiggling muscles kick on when people strain to hear. That auricular activity, described January 30 in...

A man volunteered to get brain implants for depression. Hear his story

Meet Jon Nelson. He’s a dad, a husband, a coach and a professional who works in marketing....

Sleeping pills may have unexpected effects on the snoozing brain

So many of us struggle to fall asleep and stay there through the night. About a third...

Plastic shards permeate human brains

Our brains are increasingly plastic. Minuscule shards and flakes of polymers are surprisingly abundant in brain tissue,...

Welcome to The Deep End, a new podcast about brain implants and depression

Brain implants for depression: It sounds like science fiction but it’s real. The Deep End, a new...

Scratching an itch is so good, and so bad

Scratching an itch can bring a contradictory wave of pleasure and misery. A mouse study on scratching,...