Arouca Private Clinic - Dr. A. Maharaj

10/03/2026

"Although ketamine has shown rapid antidepressant effects in patients with treatment-resistant depression, its molecular mechanism in the human brain has remained unclear"

https://www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discovery/news/ketamines-fast-antidepressant-effects-tracked-with-brain-imaging-410465?fbclid=IwdGRjcAQde_5jbGNrBB17m2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHv95MBrgJPH-y9ZfTn1qgY6pbFn7dfGJ_DtTk_iB7BXwFF3KN-OzQGdeABWB_aem_CZ_Vy8fx685yAmv86vxU4g

Researchers used a novel PET tracer to visualize how ketamine alters AMPA receptor distribution in the brains of patients with treatment-resistant depression. Receptor density increased in cortical regions and decreased in reward-related regions.

10/03/2026

14/02/2026

Couples, intimacy and sexual counselling available

"Most couples try to close that gap the wrong way. They increase frequency, try to experiment with new positions, or plan romantic getaways, but they rarely just ask: What would make this better for you?"

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/life-love-etc/202602/the-secret-to-better-sex-isnt-better-sex?fbclid=IwVERDUAP9pqVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR6HzG7kKPTll5E7dStf1xMGl1IW6TH_FI0yZBYMr2J-vr7OwEYjYPNyRacqWw_aem_7X2hjfomMTtQtEjhAkPzjw

A meta-analysis of 40,000 people reveals the one thing that predicts sexual satisfaction more than frequency, novelty, or technique.

24/12/2025

23/12/2025

Enjoy the holidays everyone! See you all next year! Hopefully Santa gets around to doing his job by tomorrow...

20/12/2025

"No doubt you are currently experiencing some change, e.g. objects moving from one place to another. But what it is for there to be a change is simply for there to be different states at different times. Therefore, if you experience change at all, as you indeed do, you must experience there being different states at different times."

https://iai.tv/articles/consciousness-breaks-from-the-physical-world-by-keeping-the-past-alive-auid-3447?_auid=2020&fbclid=IwVERDUAOz5CtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR4zVz913pZQ0UKbLd7u-nXUspehuebL8aarIdcjlqyTsOasibwEBjtUiCzLXg_aem_A3KKCJ9E7hMsmDDBVI1Vwg

The consciousness of time distinguishes mind from matter

23/11/2025

15/11/2025

"Combining oxytocin and PAT helped a little – in terms of things like reducing the size and depth of the wounds – but the effects were most pronounced among the couples who also reported touching or having any sexual activity with each other during that week."

Mild wounds healed faster if people took a spray containing the "love hormone" oxytocin and set aside time to praise their partner – but they cleared up even quicker if these individuals were also intimate with their other half