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Staring at the ceiling while the clock blinks 3am doesn’t only sap energy for the next day. A large, long-running US study of older adults has now linked chronic insomnia to changes inside the brain that set the stage for dementia. The researchers, from the Mayo Clinic in the US, followed 2,750 people aged 50 and over for an average …

Scientists have pinpointed a hidden brain circuit that may explain why withdrawal drives people back to alcohol. Credit: Shutterstock Researchers at Scripps Research have shown in an animal model that the brain learns to pursue alcohol as a way to find relief, rather than only for its rewarding effects. What drives a person to keep drinking alcohol despite the harm …

Imani Dell seemed like a happy, healthy 6-year-old. She loved bedtime stories and Chuck E. Cheese. She was energetic and cheerful whether she was at school or home with her parents. In May 2024, she was two weeks away from graduating first grade, and was looking forward to a summer of spending time at the playground in her north Miami …

A medical examiner has found that former high school football player Shane Tamura — who shot and killed four people before taking his own life in the Manhattan building that houses the NFL headquarters in July — had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). CTE is a degenerative brain disease that has repeatedly been found in the brains of American football players, …

Why do some memories are strangely vivid, while some seem to be blurry? For ages, the memory-mystery puzzled researchers, but now, a new research conducted at Boston University has shed light on this intriguing phenomenon. The study reveals that the brain prioritizes certain experiences based on their emotional significance and the process behind it, as scientists have named it, is …

NEW YORK (AP) — The former high school football player who killed four people inside a Manhattan office tower that houses the headquarters of the NFL, and who blamed the league for hiding the dangers of brain injuries, was suffering from the degenerative brain disease CTE, a city medical examiner said Friday. Shane Tamura, 27, had “unambiguous diagnostic evidence” of …

For decades, scientists have thought that human consciousness arises from the newest and most sophisticated parts of the brain. But a Cambridge scientist now claims that the fundamental basis of our experience may be controlled by a far more primal structure. In a review of over a century of scientific research, neuroscientist Dr Peter Coppola examined stimulation studies, animal experiments, …

A young British soccer player, once in the Arsenal academy, died on Thursday after suffering “a significant brain injury” during a match over the weekend, his club announced. Chichester City FC’s Billy Vigar, 21, was severely injured this past Saturday during the club’s match at Wingate & Finchley FC. “After sustaining a significant brain injury last Saturday, Billy Vigar was …

It is proven that physical exercise supports a healthy body and mind. What is increasingly becoming popular is that certain types of movement, apart from shaping the body and also reshape the brain. Over the past few decades, researchers and practitioners have studied that how activities such as dance, martial arts and team sports influence cognitive performance, boost good mood …

Drinking in moderation? Study warns even small amounts of alcohol may seriously harm brain health | Health  Hindustan Times There is no safe amount of alcohol when it comes to dementia, study finds  CNN Dementia: Drinking any amount of alcohol linked to higher risk  Medical News Today There May Be No Safe Amount of Booze When It Comes to Dementia Risk  ScienceAlert What’s the …