Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Gene Impairs Function of Brain Immune Cells
A study carried out with a new human stem cell-derived model reveals that the most prevalent genetic risk factor of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), apolipoprotein E4...
Neurodiversity
The Neurodiversity category celebrates and explores the varied ways human brains can function, encompassing conditions such as autism, ADHD and other cognitive profiles. It highlights lived experience, research, support strategies and societal perspectives, while advocating for understanding, inclusion and respect. With thoughtful, informed content, this category aims to broaden appreciation of neurological differences and promote wellbeing across diverse communities.
Protein tangles linked with Dementia
Scientists have visualised for the first time protein tangles associated with dementia in the brains of patients who have suffered a single head injury. This...
Charity Launched to Support Separation of Conjoined Twins Following Landmark Surgery in London
Gemini Untwined will fund treatment and further our understanding of craniopagus conjoined children around the world Launch follows successful separation of previously conjoined twins in...
Epilepsy and Aluminium
There is a long (and perhaps regrettable) history of the injection of aluminium salts into brain tissue in animal (including primates) models of human epilepsy....
Festival Season – “Wise up about drugs!”
Ahead of the music festivals season - and with the end of exams looming - the time is rife to urge parents to make an...
Sue Hayward’s The High Maintenance Garden for the MND Association tipped to win Gold at Chelsea
Rebecca Wallersteiner is blown away by Sarah Hayward’s dazzling ‘The High Maintenance Garden' for the MND Association tipped to win Gold at The Chelsea Flower...
Da Vinci’s hand impairment caused by nerve damage
New analysis of 16th-century drawing by Italian doctors concludes da Vinci’s right hand affected by ulnar palsy, rather than stroke A fainting episode causing traumatic...
Camelford: Britain’s Forgotten Aluminium Scandal
Last year was the 30th anniversary of Britain’s most infamous pollution event when 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate were inadvertently added to the potable water...
Smoke and Mirrors
From the seduction of the 19th-century séance through to the sensationalist stunts of contemporary mentalists, we cannot resist the lure of the seemingly impossible. But...
Could Electrotherapy Help Treat Anorexia Nervosa?
Electrotherapy is already being used to treat a range of health ailments from migraine to depression and even potentially dementia. Here we talk to Anorexia...
