Japanese Encephalitis claims 85 lives in Assam in 2 months Japanese Encephalitis is a viral brain infection that spreads through mosquito bites The Hindu · Aug 28, 2022
Dublin nurse 'terrified' for future as Long Covid clinic faces closure She caught the virus while working on the frontline Dublin Live · Aug 28, 2022
Girl, 9, found collapsed on bathroom floor moments after complaining of headache Doctors discovered Millie had suffered a bleed on the brain and placed her into an induced coma Daily Mirror · Aug 28, 2022
Mexican boxer's parents were told she was going to die from a brain injury suffered during Scots fight The boxer was treated in the ring before being transferred to Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, where she received life-saving treatment. Daily Record · Aug 28, 2022
A new trial in South Australia hopes to diagnose Parkinson's disease earlier by checking dopamine levels in the brain More than 100,000 Australians are living with Parkinson's disease, a condition that impacts movement, learning and behaviour. A new trial now underway aims to diagnose the condition earlier. ABC News · Aug 27, 2022
Surgeons will remove and then reconstruct a large part of Daisy's skull so her brain can keep growing Daisy Stevens was born with Apert syndrome, which is estimated to occur in about one in 65,000 births and causes bone abnormalities, but Brisbane surgeon Diana Kennedy will do her best to enable the little girl to live a normal life. ABC News · Aug 27, 2022
Strictly's Jayde Adams says sister will be watching down on her during dancing stint Jayde Adams, who has been a panellist on Channel 4’s comedy quiz shows 8 Out of 10 Cats has paid tribute to her sister Jenna who died of a brain tumor 11 years ago Daily Mirror · Aug 27, 2022
Dad diagnosed with incurable brain condition after being told it was just trapped nerve Steven Swindells was just 46-years-old when he was given the life-changing diagnosis of an incurable brain condition after believing he just had a trapped nerve Daily Mirror · Aug 27, 2022
Girl, 9, complained of headache before collapsing on bathroom floor Millie had to undergo two major operations to save her life Liverpool Echo · Aug 27, 2022
The little boy who smiled through unthinkable suffering until the day he died Lincoln Stoddard - 'Linky Loo' - survived only two short years Manchester Evening News · Aug 27, 2022
When does life begin? As state laws define it, science, politics and religion clash For decades, the U.S. medical system has adhered to a legally recognized standard for death, one embraced by most states. Why is a uniform standard for the start of human life proving so elusive? WEKU · Aug 27, 2022
Friday night pub quiz: Test your general knowledge with these 20 questions - August 26 Only the brainiest among you will be able to get all 20 correct! Manchester Evening News · Aug 26, 2022
Baby tried to breathe after he was declared ‘dead’, High Court hears Judge Mr Justice Hayden told the boy’s parents: “I am so sorry” Evening Standard · Aug 26, 2022
Parents lose court fight over baby who tried to breathe after he's declared dead The parents wanted the seriously ill four-month-old boy to have life support treatment but have lost their fight in the High Court as the judge tells them: "I'm so sorry" Daily Mirror · Aug 26, 2022
Wales Online · Aug 26, 2022 Severely disabled three-year-old girl's family left with massive energy bill as prices skyrocket Jayde Adams needs to use specialist machines in her home to keep her young daughter Savanah alive - but they come at a cost
Daily Record · Aug 26, 2022 Young Scots girl diagnosed with brain cancer after eye test completes treatment Kara McInally, 7, told her mum that she was having headaches and had a migraine in 2021 who though she may need glasses.
The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022 Synthetic embryo with brain and beating heart grown from mouse cells for first time ever The results could be used to guide repair and development of synthetic, or artificial, human organs for transplantation, experts suggest.
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Aug 26, 2022 Are some people genetically predisposed to alcohol use disorder? How much alcohol is too much?
Glasgow Live · Aug 26, 2022 Glasgow care worker's life saved after doctors perform brain surgery through her wrist Carla Hogg, 24, suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm while out running errands earlier this year. She was blue-lighted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for immediate ‘coiling’ surgery.
Nottingham Post · Aug 26, 2022 Family's devastation after man's 'neck pain' turned out to be rare tumour He has been in QMC's intensive care unit for more than two months
The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2022 Marjorie Taylor Greene endorses claim that masks give you lung cancer, brain damage and Covid Georgia congresswoman retweets YouTuber celebrating return of conspiracies to platform
The Conversation · Aug 25, 2022 Counting from left to right feels ‘natural’ – but new research shows our brains count faster from bottom to top When asked to write the numbers from one to ten in a sequence, how do you order them? Horizontally? Vertically? Left to right? Top to bottom? Would you place them randomly?
The Conversation · Aug 25, 2022 Rapid eye movements in sleeping mice match where they are looking in their dreams, new research finds Does rapid eye movement during sleep reveal where you’re looking at in the scenery of dreams, or are they simply the result of random jerks of our eye muscles? Since the discovery of REM sleep in the early 1950s, the significance of these rapid eye movements has intrigued and fascinated…
Wales Online · Aug 25, 2022 Teenager with inoperable brain tumour who couldn’t go to school for a year passes all his GCSEs Since being diagnosed with the tumour in the summer of 2021 Noah Herniman has often been fed via a drip and has been unable to attend school
The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2022 Brain scran: pictures of food appear to trigger specific neurons, scientists find Cooked meals such as pizza provoke stronger reactions than fruit and vegetables, say MIT researchers