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Motor Neurone Disease early symptoms to watch out for, treatments, and diagnosis in Ireland

There are more than 400 people in Ireland living with the condition

Dublin Live · Nov 17, 2022

Unlocking new clues to how dementia and Alzheimer's work in the brain – Uncharted Brain podcast series

This week on The Conversation Weekly podcast we’re running a three-part series called Uncharted Brain: Decoding Dementia, which delves into new research searching for answers to how dementia works in the brain and the damage it leaves behind. Hosted by Paul Keaveny and Gemma Ware, it was initially published via…

The Conversation · Nov 17, 2022

City's funding gap, influential woman dies and yellow rain warning

Liverpool ECHO latest headlines on Thursday, November 17

Liverpool Echo · Nov 17, 2022

Do viruses play a role in the development of Alzheimer’s? Uncharted Brain podcast part 3

There are many competing theories about what causes Alzheimer’s disease. For more than 30 years, Ruth Itzhaki has been accumulating evidence that viruses are involved in its development in the brain.

The Conversation · Nov 16, 2022

Families of athletes with dementia linked to brain trauma on watching somebody you love disappear – Uncharted Brain podcast part 2

Dementia doesn’t just affect older people. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a form of dementia that athletes from a whole range of sports can develop. It’s now at the centre of a number of legal challenges involving sports from rugby to American football.

The Conversation · Nov 16, 2022

How a study which began just after the end of the second world war is discovering clues to Alzheimer’s – Uncharted Brain podcast part 1

Scientists have been doing an array of regular health checks on the same group of people since they were born in 1946 – the world’s longest running cohort study. Now the brains of some of its participants are revealing new insights into the risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease.

The Conversation · Nov 16, 2022

My work investigating the links between viruses and Alzheimer’s disease was dismissed for years – but now the evidence is building

This article is part of the Insights Uncharted Brain series. There are many competing theories about what causes Alzheimer’s disease. Here, Ruth Itzhaki reflects on a career dedicated to one of the more controversial lines of research.

The Conversation · Nov 15, 2022

NI men open up about suffering life-changing brain injuries

Mark Ewart from Belfast and Peter McDaid from Strabane have now been nominated for a national award

Belfast Live · Nov 15, 2022

Terminally ill woman, 22, celebrates Christmas early after doctors say cancer has spread

Laura Nuttall's family brought Christmas forward after finding out the devastating news that the 22-year-old's tumour had spread to other parts of her brain and she has to have emergency radiotherapy

Daily Mirror · Nov 15, 2022

Baby needs to have 'skull removed' to ease pressure on his brain

Lucas was born with a rare birth defect which means his skull is 99% bigger than those of other babies his age

Liverpool Echo · Nov 15, 2022