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This article is part of the Insights Uncharted Brain series. There are many competing theories about what causes Alzheimer’s disease. Here, Ruth Itzhaki reflects on a career dedicated to one of the more controversial lines of research.

Mark Ewart from Belfast and Peter McDaid from Strabane have now been nominated for a national award

Bedtime stories aren’t just for babies.

Rai-Lèyah Parveen Jayne Saddique was rushed to hospital after fainting in class on Wednesday November 9, but died on Monday.

Michelle Sexton, 41, was left 'devastated' when her dad Thomas, 74, passed away just two months after brain tumour diagnosis.

In her old day job as an analytical chemist, Kathryn Nesbitt studied brain chemicals in an effort to learn how that organ worked. Trying to understand the origins of rational thought did her little good in her side job as a soccer official, however, because with FIFA rational thought has…

This article is part of the Insights Uncharted Brain series.

Chris had nine broken ribs, a fractured spine and skull and a bleed on his brain

From seizures to sudden weakness or speech disturbances, these are some of the red flags that could indicate the onset of the condition