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At least a trillion insects are killed annually for food and animal feed. Routine slaughter methods include extreme heat and cold, often preceded by starvation. By comparison, “only” around 79 billion mammals and bird livestock are slaughtered every year.

An extensive study that looked at whether mindfulness training and exercise could improve cognitive performance in older persons showed no such improvement after either intervention.Read on for details:

Jill Kenton, 52, initially put her symptoms down to botox treatment, but then doctors diagnosed her with a brain tumour and she didn't think she would survive last Christmas

A FAMILY have lit up their house as part of a festive fundraiser in memory of their daughter and sister who died from a brain tumour.

As the population ages, the number of people with neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, increases. Approximately 75,000 Canadians are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease each year and experience a decline in their cognitive abilities. The ordeal usually lasts for several years while their family members watch helplessly.

The brave woman is now in a race against time after being told she has a Grade 4 diffuse midline glioma brain tumour

More than 40,000 hours of patient data has been used to build an algorithm its creators say will give doctors up to 20 minutes' notice of an imminent brain bleed.

Musk’s brain implants company, Neuralink, is already the subject of a federal investigation.

"Watching other new parents leave the hospital with their babies at a time when we were unable to do so was very difficult. In fact, it was arguably the toughest part of Evelyn being born so premature"