"It may be possible to prevent schizophrenia by calming the brain's immune system," BBC News reports after researchers found raised levels of immune activity in people thought to be at high risk of developing schizophrenia…
“Mind-boggling! Science creates computer that can decode your thoughts and put them into words,” The Daily Mail’s headline exclaimed today, while the Daily Telegraph heralded an era in which a “mind-reading device could become a reality”...
"People who sleep more than eight hours are more likely to have a stroke," The Independent reports. After pooling data from previous research, researchers estimate that people who regularly sleep more than eight hours a day have a 46% higher risk…
"Stimulating the part of the brain which controls movement may improve recovery after a stroke," BBC News reports after researchers used lasers to stimulate a particular region of the brain with promising results in mice…
“Having a brain packed full of grey matter means you are less likely to get Alzheimer’s disease” the Daily Mirror has reported. The news was based on research which found that healthy elderly people...
“Smokers have thinner brain cortex and could have impaired thinking,” The Independent reports. MRI scans of long-term smokers show signs that the cerebral cortex – the grey matter of the brain – which plays a key role in…
"Women have a poorer quality of life after stroke than men," reports BBC News. This headline stemmed from a new US study that found women had a lower quality of life than men three and 12 months after experiencing a stroke or mini-stroke…
Children who play video games for less than an hour every day were better adjusted than those who did not play at all, a study finds.
"Women who take paracetamol during pregnancy 'risk having a child with autism or ADHD'," the Mail Online reports. But the Spanish study it reports on provides no evidence of a direct link to either condition…