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What is brain death and what happens when life support is switched off?

Archie Battersbee is set to be taken off life support today after a judge ruled he was "brain dead" — here's what brain death means and what happens when life support ends

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Archie Battersbee’s family begged hospital to let brain damaged boy go to hospice

‘This hospital brutally said no,’ Hollie Dance says

The Independent UK

Dr Hilary Jones says moving Archie Battersbee to a hospice is 'not in his best interests'

Archie Battersbee, 12, has been in a coma since April after he suffered a catastrophic brain injury and the doctors treating him say he is brain-stem dead and that life-support is not in his best interests

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Much-loved baby boy left with brain damage after stroke on first birthday

A 'boisterous' baby boy has been left unable to walk or talk and now requires round-the-clock care from his family after he tragically suffered a stroke on his first birthday

Daily Mirror

What sleep deprivation does to your brain

‘Once you get past 16 hours of being awake, that’s when we start to see mental deterioration and physiological deterioration in the body,’ expert says

The Independent UK

Study: Sometimes stress could be good for brain functioning

The study found that low to moderate levels of stress can help individuals develop resilience and reduce the risk of developing mental health disorders, like depression and antisocial behaviors. Low to moderate stress can also help individuals to cope with future stressful encounters. Full story on Dynamite News:

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The chemical imbalance theory of depression is dead – but that doesn’t mean antidepressants don’t work

Medicine is pragmatic. It has often established that a treatment works well before it has understood how

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What epilepsy teaches us about diversity and resilience

There is a growing recognition of the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion in society and its institutions. The most progressive, leading-edge organizations consider the diversity of people to be essential to the success, growth, innovation and development of a society.

The Conversation

Even simple exercise may help aging brain, study hints

New research hints that even simple exercise just might help seniors with mild memory problems

The Independent UK

Victims of racism more likely to suffer poorer brain function and memory loss in later life, study suggests

Evidence shows that Black people are more at risk of dementia but less likely to receive a timely diagnosis due to barriers in accessing healthcare.

The Independent UK

Back pain breakthrough: New treatment doesn't rely on drugs and is twice as effective

The 12-week course focuses on the nervous system rather than pain killers and manipulation

Wales Online

Training brain to communicate with the back can help alleviate back pain – study

Researchers in Australia examined whether ‘sensorimotor retraining’ could benefit people with chronic back pain.

The Independent UK

Synthetic mouse embryos with brains and beating hearts grown using only skin cells

Synthetic embryo bore close resemblance to real mice embryos but were not exactly same

The Independent UK

Scots woman claimed young boy was terminally-ill to con well-wishers out of thousands

Opal Taggart, 39, pled guilty to fraud after donations flooded into a GoFundMe page for a teenager with brain tumours.

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Rutherglen woman 'exaggerated' dying boy claims to con public out of thousands

Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that Opal Taggart made out the lad had two inoperable brain tumours and was receiving palliative care in an online fundraiser.

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NUFC owner Mehrdad Ghodoussi shows support for nine year old boy running 46 miles in memory of uncle

Nine-year-old Lucas is currently running 46 miles in memory of his uncle Andrew Hornsey, who passed away from brain cancer three years ago. He would have been 46 this month.

Daily Mirror

Archie Battersbee's mum says 'this is last chance' as life support due to be switched off

Archie Battersbee, 12, has been in a coma since April after he suffered a catastrophic brain injury - the doctors treating him say he is brain-stem dead and that life-support is not in his best interests

The Conversation

The chemical imbalance theory of depression is dead, but that doesn't mean antidepressants don't work

The chemical imbalance theory of depression is well and truly dead. A paper by Joanna Moncrieff and colleagues, long-time critics of the effectiveness of antidepressants, has caused a splash. The paper provides a summary of other summaries that confirm there is no evidence to support the idea that depression is…

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Mountjoy prison thug 'danced' on body of injured inmate in horrific attack

Robert O’Connor remained in critical condition at Dublin’s Mater Hospital last night after he suffered severe injuries including a bleed on his brain

The Conversation

How do I donate my brain to science?

Have you ever thought about donating your brain to science? Don’t worry, I mean after you die.

Daily Mirror

Dad 'disgusted' at doctors who missed potentially fatal fluid on son's brain

John Birkett has said he has 'lost all faith' in Grimsby A&E after he was told a potentially fatal fluid build-up on his nine-year-old son's brain was likely just a viral infection

Newsroom.co.nz

Serotonin and depression link not so simple

Comment: Research that questions the evidence for a link between low levels of brain serotonin and depression does not address the wider context of the illness and its impact.

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Archie Battersbee's life support to end tomorrow after parents lose legal battle

12-year-old Archie Battersbee has been in a coma since April - after suffering a catastrophic brain injury. The doctors treating him say that he is brain-stem dead, and that life-support is not in his best interests.

Daily Record

Archie Battersbee's life support will end tomorrow after parents lose final legal battle

Archie Battersbee, 12, has been in a coma since April after he suffered a catastrophic brain injury as doctors treating him said he is brain-stem dead and say continued life-support treatment is not in his best interests

Edinburgh Live

Top health experts share five ways to reduce the risks of Alzheimer’s

Health experts have shared how five lifestyle changes you can make to reduce the risks of developing Alzheimer’s disease as over two million Brits could be living with it by 2051.

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