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Brain Tumor Patient Defies Odds By Making Rugby Comeback

A passionate young rugby player who was diagnosed with a brain tumor made his debut against all the odds thrown his way

Zenger · Jan 5, 2023

Human and Neanderthal brains have a surprising 'youthful' quality in common, new research finds

Many believe our particularly large brain is what makes us human – but is there more to it? The brain’s shape, as well as the shapes of its component parts (lobes) may also be important.

The Conversation · Jan 5, 2023

Meghan was told off for telling Kate she had ‘baby brain’, Harry reveals in new book

Duchess of Sussex was reportedly told she wasn’t ‘close enough’ to the Princess of Wales to comment on her hormones

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2023

Prioritising maths over creativity doesn’t always add up

I can’t be the only person who nearly dropped their tea yesterday morning when I heard on the Today programme that Rishi Sunak was planning to insist that all children study maths until the age of 18. For those of us not, er, gifted in that department, the thought of…

Evening Standard · Jan 5, 2023

Editorial: COVID vaccines don’t kill people, but anti-vaxx conspiracists do

The full-contact sport of football is one that is rife with risks. The public and the players have for some time known the dangers posed to the brain by the forceful blows to the head that occur during regular gameplay, leading first to concussions and then commonly and devastatingly to…

Tribune News Service · Jan 5, 2023

What is cardiac arrest? A Mayo Clinic heart expert explains

Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to…

Tribune News Service · Jan 5, 2023

Mum diagnosed with terminal cancer after trip to Turkey for dental treatment vows to make memories in 2023

Lisa Robinson discovered she had a brain tumour while on a visit to Turkey for dental implants and was later diagnosed with terminal cancer

Chronicle Live · Jan 5, 2023

How COVID can disturb your sleep and dreams – and what could help

By the end of 2022, more than 650 million COVID infections had been reported to the World Health Organization. With the true number likely much higher, and the tally increasing by hundreds of thousands every week, the scientific community has been focused on understanding the impact of COVID on our…

The Conversation · Jan 5, 2023

Boston cancer researchers create vaccine to kill and prevent brain cancer glioblastoma

BOSTON — Can the cure for deadly cancers be in the cancer itself?

Boston Herald · Jan 5, 2023

Man with multiple sclerosis remortgages house in ultimate sacrifice to wife

High school sweethearts Scott and Suzanne McPhillimy had their lives upended by multiple sclerosis and a brain aneursym

The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2023