Dr. Dominic Ng (@DrDominicNg)

You're on the sofa. You know you should get up - exercise, read, cook a real meal - but you can't make yourself move. So you sit there, not resting, not working, scrolling through your phone while mentally rehearsing the tasks you're not doing. You tell yourself you're lazy....

New Cell paper from the team that discovered glymphatic clearance (how your brain removes waste during sleep). Sleep hours DIDN'T predict brain cleaning. Neither did REM or deep sleep. They found what actually matters - and why some sleeping pills might undermine it 🧵 ...

Your attention is broken. You scroll for quick mental breaks. But each swipe fragments your focus even more. Scientists think nature might be the fix. Here why🧵 ...

Microsoft claims their new AI framework diagnoses 4x better than doctors. I'm a medical doctor and I actually read the paper. Here's my perspective on why this is both impressive AND misleading ... 🧵 ...

I'm a doctor and neuroscientist. The development i'm most surprised by: strategically limiting oxygen may be therapeutic. A new @ScienceTM review showed that low levels of oxygen may be able to treat mitochondrial diseases and enhance stroke recovery. Let me explain why 👇 ...

Sleep deprivation: brain damage sold as productivity Dating apps: rejection sold as connection Social media: envy sold as community Energy drinks: anxiety sold as focus Infinite scroll: addiction sold as fun Processed food: inflammation sold as ease Influencers: myths sold as expertise News alerts: ...