“A daily 10p vitamin pill could prevent millions of people being struck down by Alzheimer’s disease,” the Daily Express has today reported. In a front-page story the newspaper said that vitamin B can...
"'Bionic spine' could enable paralysed patients to walk using subconscious thought," reports The Guardian. In a study using sheep, Australian researchers have developed a device that can record movement signals…
"Scientists find three differences in the brain [of people with chronic fatigue syndrome]," the Mail Online reports. Researchers used advance brain scanning techniques in 15 people and found three distinct abnormalities in their brain structure…
"Abnormal deposits that build up in the brain during Alzheimer's have been pictured in unprecedented detail by UK scientists," reports BBC News. Alzheimer's disease is characterised by two proteins…
"Brain training games boost the memory and may reduce the risk of dementia, new research suggests," The Daily Telegraph reports. Researchers used an app called Game Show to treat people with amnestic mild cognitive impairment...
“Researchers have found a link between dementia and childhood intelligence”, the Financial Times reported today. It said that a study has found that having a lower
“Why do we sleep? To clean our brains, say US scientists,” The Guardian reports. A US research team, studying mice, has suggested sleep helps clear the brain of 'waste products’…
"Sex is the key to staying sharp in old age," reports the Mail Online after researchers found older people who have regular sex scored better on two of five brain tests. Participants who had sex at least...
"Scientists have hailed an historic 'turning point' in the search for a medicine that could beat Alzheimer's disease," is the exciting news in The Independent. This headline comes from an early study of the effects of a new drug on mice…