Patient One was 24 years old and pregnant with her third child when she was taken off life support. It was 2014. A couple of…
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Smartphone app could help detect early-onset dementia cause, study finds
A smartphone app could help detect a leading cause of early-onset dementia in people who are at high risk of developing it, data suggests. Scientists…
View More Smartphone app could help detect early-onset dementia cause, study finds‘That’s just normal forgetting’: the difference between memory loss and dementia – and how to protect your brain
Isn’t it Sod’s Law? Just at the point in our lives when we start seriously considering our long-term health and mortality – perhaps after witnessing older…
View More ‘That’s just normal forgetting’: the difference between memory loss and dementia – and how to protect your brainBiological changes in brain may help in getting over an ex, study finds
Breaking up is hard to do, but it seems the brain may have a mechanism to help get over an ex. Researchers studying prairie voles…
View More Biological changes in brain may help in getting over an ex, study findsAlcohol misuse and loneliness ‘increase risk of early-onset dementia’
Alcohol misuse, coming from a lower socioeconomic background, loneliness and having a hearing impairment are among 15 factors found to significantly increase the risk of…
View More Alcohol misuse and loneliness ‘increase risk of early-onset dementia’Blood test to determine organ age could help predict disease risk
Using a blood test to determine the biological age of a person’s organs could help treat them before they get sick, as well as predict…
View More Blood test to determine organ age could help predict disease riskMyopia, allergies, sex: some things improve the older you get, say experts
One benefit of ageing, according to the actor Adrian Edmondson, 66, is that he has been able to ditch the spectacles he has worn since…
View More Myopia, allergies, sex: some things improve the older you get, say expertsGoalkeepers perceive the world differently, study suggests
The former Premier League goalkeeper Brad Friedel once said that to be able to work well in the box, you have to be able to…
View More Goalkeepers perceive the world differently, study suggestsPregnancy leads to permanent rewiring of brain, study suggests
Pregnancy leads to a permanent rewiring of neurons, according to research that gives new insights into the influence of hormones on behaviour. The research, in…
View More Pregnancy leads to permanent rewiring of brain, study suggestsParalysed woman able to ‘speak’ through digital avatar in world first
A severely paralysed woman has been able to speak through an avatar using technology that translated her brain signals into speech and facial expressions. The…
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