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University of Birmingham neurology fellow and dreams researcher Abidemi Otaiku discusses his new study on nightmares as a possible predictor of cognitive decline or…
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While too much sedentary time sitting around can be bad for brain health, but a new study adds that what you do while you…
Researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign are developing a new imaging tool that could help doctors better study early changes to the brain…
“When my wife becomes agitated, I’ll put Diva in her lap and ask her to get a tangle out of Diva’s fur,” John says. “The minute I place Diva in her lap, Judy calms down and she can sit for long periods of time, peacefully picking at the tangle.”
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Michele Hall, an attorney working in her county sheriff’s office, first noticed that something was off about her cognitive health when she found she…
“Is there a silver lining to having Parkinson’s disease?” A researcher in the Netherlands uncovers a surprising answer. When a patient asked neurologist Bastiaan Bloem…