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Lifestyle medicine uses interventions to prevent and manage chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and dementia

Many of us would struggle to recall the last time we wrote anything substantial by hand. Digital devices often feel more convenient and efficient. But research shows that the intricate motor skills and visual processing required for handwriting encourages more extensive brain activity than typing.

Merge Labs venture comes after OpenAI boss Sam Altman said the race to embed AI in humans is ‘going to get a lot weirder’

OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, is reportedly planning to invest in a new venture called Merge Labs, which will compete with Elon Musk‘s Neuralink in connecting human brains with computers.

“If the left half of the brain controls the right half of the body then only left-handed people are in the right mind.” - W.C. Fields

IN FOCUS: We’re told our subconscious mind quietly governs almost everything we do, from our finances to our relationships. But how much control do we really have over it? Hannah Ewens tries to reprogram hers using techniques like Psych-K – and the results were unexpected

The Japan Boxing Commission will crack down on rapid dehydration to ‘make weight’, which experts say makes the brain susceptible to bleeding

I asked ASMR expert, Craig Richards, how this method helps people fall asleep fast and why it didn't work for me

NHS Blood and Transplant are trying to encourage more people aged 50 and over to join the NHS Organ Donor Register.

"After seeing this, I feel like I've cheated d*ath 100x."

A stroke happens when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off, either because of a blockage (called an ischaemic stroke) or bleeding (a haemorrhagic stroke). Around 83% of strokes are ischaemic.