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Humans make decisions using statistical information every day. Imagine you’re selecting a packet of jellybeans. If you prefer red jellybeans, you will probably try to find a packet that shows the most red (and less of the dreaded black ones) through the small window.

Menopause marks the end of a woman's reproductive stage, but it can also spell the beginning of changes in the way we think and feel. So how does oestrogen affect the brain?

Sam Wells later developed a flicker in her eye, which she thought was a mini stroke

Autopsy describes multiple contusions, brain injuries, cuts and bruises to the head and other parts of the body

"Because she was away, we’d have had to listen to that blimmin’ bird crowing for another eight or nine days until they came to do something about it"

Aaron Wharton's mum and dad said they don't want another family to have to go through what they have

One woman, who used to work in paediatrics, has shared some of the most 'unfortunate names' she heard on the job and will never forget, because they are 'burned into' her brain

The Fairytale of New York hit-maker was hospitalised over Christmas and the New Year with rare brain condition encephalitis

A recent study suggests that sleep spindles, which are small bursts of brain activity detected by EEG during one phase of sleep, may regulate anxiety in persons suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Read further on Dynamite News:

A new Alzheimer's drug, 'donanemab', was found to clear amyloid plaques from the brains, and slow cognitive decline by about a third.

The mum-of-five admitted she has 'baby brain' and forgot to watch her husband Joe Swash on the ITV reality spin-off show I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of here! All-Stars which was filmed in South Africa last year.