Brain
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Learning foreign languages may sharpen our brain, claims study
Lifestyle | Sep 05, 2016, 11:05 AM ISTLearning foreign languages improves our brain's elasticity and its ability to code information, a new study has found. The study mentions that the more foreign languages one learns, the more effectively brain reacts and processes
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Too much of brain activity can damage your memory, attention, suggests new study
Lifestyle | Aug 24, 2016, 07:27 PM ISTAbnormally increased activity in the brain's hippocampus could lead to weakening of our memory and attention, suggests a new study. The hippocampus -- a part of the brain that sits within our temporal
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Aerobic improves brain function in people with schizophrenia, claims study
Lifestyle | Aug 13, 2016, 11:57 AM ISTAerobic exercise has been shown to significantly reduce symptoms in people dealing with schizophrenia, says study. Schizophrenia is one of the most severe chronic mental health conditions in which people hear voices, experience paranoia
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Seasonal allergies may affect your memory, claims study
Lifestyle | Aug 10, 2016, 07:00 AM ISTA recent study has indicated that the seasonal allergies may affect the functioning of brain as allergies reduce the presence of immune cells as well as increase the growth of nervous tissue. Hay fever,
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'Physics engine', present inside brain, can predict our next movement
Lifestyle | Aug 09, 2016, 06:43 PM ISTWouldn’t it be fun if there was a gadget that could predict our movements? Well, there isn’t any need of one as what could make such predictions is already inside our brains. As per researchers,
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Researchers identified the Brain area that adapts to hearing loss
Lifestyle | Aug 07, 2016, 07:38 AM ISTIn a move to revolutionize the treatment of hearing loss, a specific part of the brain that older adults rely on to differentiate speech sounds in background noise has been pinpointed. As people age, their
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This is how obesity can make your brain ten years older
Lifestyle | Aug 05, 2016, 04:05 PM ISTThe brains of middle-aged people who are overweight or obese may be 10 years 'older' than their lean counterparts, a new study has claimed. According to the researchers at University of Cambridge in the UK,
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Scientists develop 'mini human brains' to fight Parkinson's disease
World | Aug 01, 2016, 12:43 PM ISTIn what signals a big leap in the quest for treatment, research and study into the Parkinson’s disease, scientists have now developed “mini-brains” which they claim will also help them find cures and conduct studies
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Help for Alzheimer’s patients? Zapping brain with electric current in sleep may boost memory, claim scientists
Lifestyle | Jul 29, 2016, 06:43 PM ISTIn a significant development, scientists have claimed that brain zapping treatment while you are sleeping may boost your memory. This new method will enhance the memory function of your brain in a very simple way
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Unbelievable! Doctors shut down 2-year-old’s heart and brain, remove tumour, bring him back to life
India | Jul 27, 2016, 01:57 PM ISTA tumour surgery of a two-year-old kid carried out at a Kochi hospital exemplifies the advancement in the field of medicine that is now aiding doctors save more precious lives. One such incident relates
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Isn't it great? Brain uses confidence to sense errors, says study
Lifestyle | Jul 20, 2016, 02:36 PM ISTNew York: The key element in our decision-making that serves to both gauging errors and revising our approach is confidence, suggested a new study. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy
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Researchers map brain development in primates
India | Jul 17, 2016, 12:31 PM ISTNew York: Researchers have now discovered a comprehensive molecular atlas of brain development in non-human primate which is responsible for shedding crucial light on what makes human brain development distinct. This analysis uncovered features of
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No-brainer! French man, government worker, led entire life without a brain
World | Jul 14, 2016, 05:42 PM ISTFrance: Brainless, mindless, senseless are words that best make for name-calling, except if it were true. In a rather astonishing incident, a 44-year-old government worker in France led his complete life without a brain, literally.
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Indian origin researcher Aman Mann developed new technology to deliver drugs to brain injuries
Lifestyle | Jun 30, 2016, 12:27 PM ISTNew York: Indian origin researcher Aman Mann along with other scientists at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have developed a technology which may help in driving drugs or nanoparticles to injured areas
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Dad gets tattoo to match his young son's surgery scar
World | Jun 24, 2016, 03:29 PM ISTKansas: In an exemplary display of a parent’s love for his child, a father went to extraordinary lengths to show his love and support for his sick young son who was suffering from brain cancer. The young boy’s father got a tattoo on his head just to
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High blood sugar lowers the risk of one type of brain tumour, finds study
Lifestyle | Jun 22, 2016, 08:21 AM ISTWashington: People with high blood sugar are less likely to develop one type of brain tumour, finds a new study. Although high blood sugar for long periods can cause serious health problems but surprisingly it
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Teens with anti-social behavior have structurally different brain from those that are better behaved
Lifestyle | Jun 17, 2016, 07:16 AM ISTCambridge: There is a striking difference between the brains of seriously anti-social teenage boys from those of whose behave in a better way, claim scientists. According to the scientists at Cambridge University, there are changes
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More than 2,500 Indian children are diagnosed with brain tumour every year, claims study
India | Jun 13, 2016, 06:50 AM ISTNew Delhi: Every year the number of brain-related diseases in the world are on rise. According to the doctors, over 2,500 of the Indian children suffer from medulloblastoma, a pediatric malignant primary brain tumour which
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Muhammad Ali's family didn't consider donating brain for research, says doctor
World | Jun 07, 2016, 11:46 AM ISTLouisville: Muhammad Ali and his family never seriously considered donating the boxing great's brain for research, according to the doctor who treated him. "Not really," was Dr. Abe Lieberman's answer when he was asked Monday
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Finally! This enzyme identified by scientists will protect from Alzeheimer's
Lifestyle | Jun 06, 2016, 07:15 AM ISTWashington: Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative brain disease which causes the damage of central nervous system leading to a loss of mental ability. Till now, this disease was considered incurable. Now researchers have identified an