New research claims that “meditation could make you more intelligent as it boosts the size of your brain”, reported The Daily Telegraph. It said that research found
'Young people who smoke cannabis run the risk of a significant and irreversible reduction in their IQ' the BBC reports. The headline is based on a New Zealand study that found teenagers who persistently smoked cannabis experienced a drop in their IQ…
A stroll in the park is as good at calming children as the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) drug Ritalin, according to a report in the Daily Mail
The Daily Mail reports that “a popular epilepsy drug can reverse the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease”. It goes on to report that valproic acid (VPA) reduced
Behind the headlines article about news coverage of a study on a new diagnostic test for Alzheimer's.
"Scientists say they have discovered a possible explanation for how Alzheimer's disease spreads in the brain," The Guardian reports. Gene patterns in specific areas may explain why the disease tends to start...
‘Super-fertility’ may explain some miscarriages, BBC News has reported. It says that the wombs of some women are ‘too good at letting embryos implant’, even those that are...
Researchers have identified how part of the brain can "shield itself from the destructive damage caused by a stroke," reports BBC News. These fascinating findings from research in rats could be an early step on the road to discovering new stroke...
“Memory and other brain skills begin to decline at the age of 45 – much earlier than previously thought,” the Daily Mail has today reported. The news is based on a large UK study looking at the rate of...