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Peeking into healthy brains to see if Alzheimer’s is brewing
Sticky plaque gets the most attention, but now healthy seniors at risk of Alzheimer’s are letting scientists peek into their…
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Oregon boy’s fatal diagnosis leads to life-saving treatment for brother
An Oregon family is fighting for mandatory testing of a rare neurological disorder after their oldest son was diagnosed with…
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New implant lets paralyzed rats walk again
An experimental flexible implant that connects directly to the spinal cord might someday lead to a treatment for people with…
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Having diabetes in midlife appears to age the mind about five years faster than usual, scientists at Johns Hopkins University…
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Watching too much porn may be bad for your brain, study finds
Men who report watching a lot of pornography tend to have less volume and activity in regions of the brain…
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People with a type of rare and fatal brain disease linked to eating tainted beef have prions— infectious proteins that…
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Low-cost tech helps brain-injured patients speak
Editor’s Note: This writer was a colleague of the founder of SpeakYourMind in Brown University’s BrainGate lab. A week before…
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