Ayahuasca Compound Changes Brainwaves to vivid “Waking Dream” State
Scientists have peered inside the brain to show how taking DMT affects human consciousness by significantly altering the brain's electrical…
neurology
Serum Neurofilament a Discriminative Biomarker Between Frontotemporal Dementia & Psychiatric Disorders
Early symptoms of frontotemporal dementia are often confused with symptoms occurring in psychiatric disorders. Reporting their findings in Journal of…
Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Gene Impairs Function of Brain Immune Cells
A study carried out with a new human stem cell-derived model reveals that the most prevalent genetic risk factor of…
Protein tangles linked with Dementia
Scientists have visualised for the first time protein tangles associated with dementia in the brains of patients who have suffered…
Charity Launched to Support Separation of Conjoined Twins Following Landmark Surgery in London
Gemini Untwined will fund treatment and further our understanding of craniopagus conjoined children around the world Launch follows successful separation…
Epilepsy and Aluminium
There is a long (and perhaps regrettable) history of the injection of aluminium salts into brain tissue in animal (including…
Festival Season – “Wise up about drugs!”
Ahead of the music festivals season - and with the end of exams looming - the time is rife to…
Sue Hayward’s The High Maintenance Garden for the MND Association tipped to win Gold at Chelsea
Rebecca Wallersteiner is blown away by Sarah Hayward’s dazzling ‘The High Maintenance Garden' for the MND Association tipped to win…
Da Vinci’s hand impairment caused by nerve damage
New analysis of 16th-century drawing by Italian doctors concludes da Vinci’s right hand affected by ulnar palsy, rather than stroke…
Camelford: Britain’s Forgotten Aluminium Scandal
Last year was the 30th anniversary of Britain’s most infamous pollution event when 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate were inadvertently…
Smoke and Mirrors
From the seduction of the 19th-century séance through to the sensationalist stunts of contemporary mentalists, we cannot resist the lure…
Could Electrotherapy Help Treat Anorexia Nervosa?
Electrotherapy is already being used to treat a range of health ailments from migraine to depression and even potentially dementia. …