Cancer mood control, and birth products blocking pain

About this episode

This episode discusses the connection between cancer and mood, the reliability of antibodies in research, the benefits of social training, and the use of birth products for pain relief.

This month, signs that cancers communicate with the brain to alter mood, why antibodies are unreliable in research, evidence that social training can cut stress and boost brain volume, and agents derived from birth products that suppress inflammation and kill pain... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

People in this episode

Host: Dr Chris Smith

Topics covered

• cancer
• mood control
• antibodies
• social training
• inflammation
• pain relief

Keywords

• cancer
• mood
• antibodies
• social training
• inflammation
• pain relief

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Naked Scientists

Products: birth products

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