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The Liver Doc shares brain scan of 40-year-old on alcohol; highlights link between brain strokes and drinking
This is not the first time The Liver Doc has spoken about the risks of alcohol consumption and advo…
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Pregnancy can actually shrink parts of a woman's brain, study finds!
For decades, pregnant women’s forgetfulness and ditzyness have been labelled ‘pregnancy brain’. Ho…
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A neuroscientist scanned her brain during pregnancy and postpartum. It changed in 2 major ways.
A neuroscientist underwent MRIs during her pregnancy and postpartum. Her team found two major chang…
Julia Pugachevsky
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Brain scans show teen girls aged 4 years faster than boys during COVID lockdowns. We asked the researcher what that means long-term.
A study found that teen girls' brains aged 4.2 years faster than average during the pandemic. They …
Julia Pugachevsky
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Researchers used the world's most powerful MRI to get brain scans that are 10 times as detailed as a hospital MRI — take a look
Researchers unveiled images of the brain from the world's most powerful MRI, which could lead to br…
Jenny McGrath
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Study finds unique patterns like 'fingerprints' in brains of people who are born blind
The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), included a smal…
PTI
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Heard of face blindness? Researchers just used ‘Game of Thrones’ to better understand the disorder
The choice of ‘Game of Thrones’ had nothing to do with Arya Stark’s encounters with the Faceless Me…
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A brain expert explains the cognitive test used to assess a president's mental fitness. It's not easy.
A real comprehensive cognitive assessment involves blood, family members, and some multitasking. An…
Hilary Brueck
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Scientists say weight-loss drugs could protect our brains from dementia. Early results suggest they're onto something.
Patients with Alzheimer's who took a GLP-1 drug improved their memory scores and lost less of their…
Hilary Brueck
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Scientists say they made a mind-reading AI that can turn brain scans into a readout of your thoughts
The AI was able to decode a story from the brain scan, a "real leap forward" for the technique, whi…
Marianne Guenot
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Are left handed people more creative? Brain scans reveal why these individuals might be wired differently
Brain scans reveal why left-handed people might be wired for more creativity. Research shows there …
Erin Heger
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A new brain imaging study shows what anorexia does to a person's brain, and how weight gain appears to reverse the changes
Young women with anorexia had reduced cortical thickness, which has been linked to lower general in…
Rachel Hosie
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RFK Jr. said in 2012 that he thought a worm ate part of his brain: 'I have cognitive problems, clearly'
A major tenet of Kennedy's long shot presidential campaign has been on his health compared to Trump…
Madison Hall
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We asked a parasite expert about RFK Jr.'s claim that a worm ate his brain. Here's what they said.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a 2012 deposition that a doctor believed a worm ate part of his brain…
Geoff Weiss,Paul Squire
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Brain scans reveal soccer player who died in 2020 had CTE, the brain disease that's rocked the NFL
Scientists, who also diagnosed CTE in NFL star Aaron Hernandez, said the death of MLS player Scott …
Jake Johnson
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Brain scans reveal unique signs of ADHD in children, which could someday be used to better diagnose the disorder
Yale researchers saw unusual connectivity between the brain's attention and default networks, which…
Andrea Michelson
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Even mild COVID-19 can damage the brain, affecting a person's ability to perform complex tasks, study finds
Researchers at Oxford University conducted a rigorous study, scanning brains of hundreds of people,…
Hilary Brueck
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IISC joins hands with AIIMS Rishikesh to develop algorithm that can read brain scans to detect epilepsy
The development has the potential to do away with the current practice of manual evaluation of E…
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Bella Hadid embraces her sobriety and reveals it was 'a lot harder to pick up the glass' after a scan showed alcohol's effects on the brain
Model Bella Hadid, co-founder of non-alcoholic beverage brand Kin Euphoric, opened up about her sob…