An Alabama girl, 7, has been selling lemonade at her mom’s bakery to pay for her own brain surgeries after she was diagnosed with multiple cerebral malformations. Liza Scott set up a stand inside Savage’s Bakery in Homewood, Alabama, where she is selling her own homemade lemonade as well as cookies and candy canes to … Read more
An Alabama girl, 7, has been selling lemonade at her mom’s bakery to pay for her own brain surgeries after she was diagnosed with multiple cerebral malformations. Liza Scott set up a stand inside Savage’s Bakery in Homewood, Alabama, where she is selling her own homemade lemonade as well as cookies and candy canes to … Read more
The grieving family of a seven-year-old girl who died after suffering brain damage due to NHS negligence face being evicted from their home – as health bosses demand some of her £1.8m payout back. Parents of Daisy Lowe Martin won a lengthy legal battle for damages after an injury at Ipswich Hospital when she was … Read more
Born a coward? Scientists have found a way to zap the BRAIN to boost your courage and remove fear Scientists developed a way to monitor brain activity in real time They say it has been used to remove fear and boost a person’s confidence Believed it has the potential to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), phobias … Read more
Artificial ‘brain in a dish’ is created that matures ‘just like a human brain’ and could shed light on conditions such as Alzheimer’s and schizophrenia Organoids are simplified, miniature versions of real organs grown in the lab They are made from stem cells with the potential to form different cell types Brain organoids have already … Read more
Regular caffeine intake reduces the volume of grey matter in the brain, suggesting coffee intake could impair out information processing ability, a new study shows. Swiss researchers gave volunteers three 150 mg servings of caffeine a day for 10 days – a caffeine intake equating to about four or five small cups of brewed coffee a … Read more
Gay optometrist, 50, with terminal brain cancer who married ‘love of his life’ on Valentine’s Day is preparing to take £25,000 private jet to Dignitas in Switzerland rather than face prolonged death at home Alain du Chemin, 50, will take a £25,000 private jet to Switzerland from Jersey He was diagnosed with terminal glioblastoma back … Read more
Gay optometrist, 50, with terminal brain cancer who married ‘love of his life’ on Valentine’s Day is preparing to take £25,000 private jet to Dignitas in Switzerland rather than face prolonged death at home Alain du Chemin, 50, will take a £25,000 private jet to Switzerland from Jersey He was diagnosed with terminal glioblastoma back … Read more
Natural compounds found in apples can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, scientists say. High concentrations of compounds in apples and other plants, known as phytonutrients, stimulate the creation of neurons, in a process called neurogenesis. Neurons are highly excitable cell that transmits information to parts of the body via electrical … Read more
Bad experiences with food, like a dodgy curry that makes us ill for days, triggers a switch in our brains that means we never want to eat it again, a study reveals. UK researchers have managed to replicate the effect of a negative experience on eating behaviour, using sugar-loving snails as models in the lab. … Read more