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Most of us operate at 50 per cent of our mental capacity. It’s like having a high-performance Ferrari and just using it to nip to the shops once in a while. Having spent the past 25 years practising as a neurosurgeon, there is not much I don’t know about the workings of the brain, and … Read more
Obesity crisis may be putting more people at risk of a once-rare brain disorder that can cause headaches and blindness Idiopathic intracranial hypertension presents with symptoms like a brain tumour It is caused by an increase in the pressure of the fluid that surrounds the brain Researchers from Swansea studied incidences of the condition from … Read more
Can Covid-19 cause brain damage? Scientists to investigate whether coronavirus patients with neurological symptoms are affected long-term Swedish researchers took cerebrospinal fluid samples from 19 patients These patients had neurological symptoms ranging from confusion to coma Ongoing research will investigate the long-term implications of these cases By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 11:45 GMT, 19 January … Read more
The human brain is a highly sensitive receiver which takes in millions of stimuli every day, but its ability to process this constant barrage of information varies from person to person. You might be the sort who finds yourself easily crushed by world events and struggling under the privations of yet another lockdown, or you … Read more
Dr. Dre looked back in good health as he returned to the music studio, just a day after leaving the hospital following a brain aneurysm. The 55-year-old producer and rapper was shown looking healthy and confident in a photo snapped by the producer Focus…, 48, and shared to his Instagram on Saturday. Dre kept his … Read more
The mother of teenage actor Archie Lyndhurst has said the CBBC star died from a brain haemorrhage while he slept at his family home in west London. An inquest into the 19-year-old’s ‘unexplained’ death on September 22 had been abandoned months after the star passed away following a ‘short illness’. The teenager, who had been acting … Read more
Ice-T reveals Dr. Dre is now HOME from hospital and ‘safe and looking good’… after FaceTiming with the producer following his brain aneurysm By Adam Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 22:29 GMT, 15 January 2021 | Updated: 23:03 GMT, 15 January 2021 Ice-T has revealed Dr. Dre is now ‘home, safe and looking good’ after FaceTiming … Read more
One of the scariest things I have done in recent years is to take a genetic test to see if I am at increased risk of dementia. I did it partly because my father had begun to show signs of forgetfulness in the lead up to his death at the age of 74. He was … Read more
A common parasite spread by cats may increase your risk of developing brain cancer, scientists have warned. The parasite, called toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), is usually spread to humans through contact with cat faeces, or by eating undercooked meat. Most people who become infected with the parasite are not aware of it, and will not … Read more
Scientists have identified the brain cells that are most vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease for the first time, in what’s being referred to as the ‘holy grail’ of dementia studies. The brain cells lie in a region known as the entorhinal cortex, which controls memory, navigation and time perception, and are the first to be killed … Read more