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How frontotemporal dementia, the syndrome affecting Bruce Willis, changes the brain – research is untangling its genetic causes

Around 55 million people worldwide suffer from dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease. Recently, the actor Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, a rare type of dementia that typically affects people ages 45 to 64. In contrast to Alzheimer’s, in which the major initial symptom is memory loss,…

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Lent is here – remind me what it's all about? 5 essential reads

Foreheads smudged with the sign of the cross are the most visible sign of Ash Wednesday, which begins the season of Lent in many Christian denominations. The 40-day period leads up to Holy Week, some of the most sacred days in the church calendar – including Easter, which commemorates Christians’…

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Study finds how social isolation generates astrocyte-mediated deficits in memory

A study revealed a crucial reason to keep in touch with friends and family. Social isolation promotes memory and learning deficiencies, as well as other behavioural abnormalities. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Tom Parker's widow Kelsey 'doesn't want to think about' his upcoming death anniversary

The Wanted singer died on March 30 after battling grade four glioblastoma, a type of brain tumour, for over a year

Daily Mirror

FTD explained: Experts on brain disorder’s symptoms and treatment

Fans and followers of Hollywood icon Bruce Willis were shocked and saddened by the news of the actor’s diagnosis with frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, a rare form of dementia.

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South Shields gran who 'kept repeating herself' had a 'devastating' brain condition most have never heard of

Evie Laycock's encephalitis story has inspired South Tyneside and Sunderland hospitals to glow red this week.

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Australian sport looks at concussion like big tobacco sees smoking, inquiry told

‘Australia in many ways is addicted to contact sport. We love it even though it kills us,’ researcher tells Senate committee

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Just 1 workout a month can keep your brain healthier as you age

Physical activity throughout adulthood can improve memory and brain strength as people age, a new study finds.

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Staying fit and active throughout life ‘best way to stave off dementia’

Even taking up exercise in your 60s is better than doing nothing at all for protecting brain health, research suggests.

The Independent UK

Should the brain be blamed for rebellious urge?

Why do people take part in insurrections, like the Jan 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, the storming of the presidential residence in Sri Lanka, or January's sacking of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidential palace in Brazil?

Bangkok Post

Mum's heartache as 'best friend' teenage son left brain damaged after asthma attack

Cole's heart stopped for 15 minutes and he spent a month in a coma following an asthma attack when he was 14 years old

Belfast Live

Tributes paid to brave Donegal teen who died after brain tumour battle

The Junior Cert student was diagnosed with a rare life threatening brain tumour in October 2021

Irish Mirror

What's the 'weight set point', and why does it make it so hard to keep weight off?

If you’ve ever tried to lose weight but found the kilos return almost as quickly as they left, you’re not alone.

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'Emily' review: The power and fire of the gifted, strange Brontë sister

Late in her own relatively short life, the writer Charlotte Brontë published a brief "biographical notice" about her two sisters, Emily and Anne, both fellow writers who died tragically young. Of Emily, who died in 1848 at the age of 30 after publishing her sole novel "Wuthering Heights," Charlotte wrote,…

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Michael Chandler warned he is putting his brain cells on the line against Conor McGregor

UFC star Michael Chandler will be the comeback opponent for superstar Conor McGregor later this year, but champion Aljamain Sterling has called for the American to take a new approach

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Blood–Brain Barrier: How It Works--Definition, Structure, Function

Researching the wall separating the circulatory system from the neurological system has been highly difficult or limited in its use of models. Read further on Dynamite News:

Manchester Evening News

'I said no to an abortion but my unborn child had devastating rare diagnosis, then something major happened'

Littler Ava had to have her oesophagus attached to her stomach just hours after she was born

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Neuroscientists identified predisposition to accidental awareness under anesthesia

Brain structures which could predict an individual's proclivity to accidental awareness under anaesthetic have been identified for the first time by neuroscientists in Trinity College Dublin. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Research shows stroke symptoms, even if they disappear within an hour, need emergency assessment

According to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published today in the Association's journal Stroke, the symptoms of stroke that disappear in under an hour, known as a transient ischemic attack (TIA), need emergency assessment to help prevent a full-blown stroke. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Why do we stop exploring new music as we get older?

According to an estimate from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, an organisation that represents the international music industry, people around the world spend on average 20.1 hours per week listening to music, up from 18.4 hours in 2021.

Daily Mirror

EastEnders fans spot heartbreaking detail in flashforward scene which hints at more death

EastEnders fans are sure there is more death is on the way after spotting a heartbreaking detail in tonight's flashforward scene on the BBC soap, the first of its kind in the show's history

Bangkok Post

Many cancer patients undergoing treatment have 'chemo fog'

DEAR DOCTORS: I had chemotherapy for breast cancer. It was successful and I'm getting my strength back, but I'm having trouble with thinking and memory. My doctor calls it "chemo brain" and says it will get better. Why is this happening? How long is it going to last?

Liverpool Echo

Man, 28, suffered four seizures a night before he died suddenly

Jonathon Brennan was "determined" to beat his condition

Salon

How the brain makes its own toad venom

A new study challenges serotonin's role in depression, while partly explaining why our bodies make drugs like DMT

The Conversation

Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia – here's what we know about the disease

American actor Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia, his family has announced.

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