Explore the vital work of the Harvard Brain Bank under the leadership of Sabina Berretta, facilitating groundbreaking research into neurological and psychiatric disorders.

A lot of the information we hear about COVID-19 surrounds how the virus impacts your lungs or how the pandemic has ravaged society due to quarantine. But what about your brain? Might coronavirus have an effect there, too? Come along with...

What Caffeine Does to the Body In this video, Jonathan from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses how caffeine interacts with the various tissues throughout the human body and produces it's various effects, including potential side...

A new Parkinson’s therapy called adaptive deep brain stimulation could revolutionize treatment for the disease, which afflicts one in 400 Canadians. CBC’s Christine Birak follows one patient's journey with ADBS, and explains how it could...

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An American who discovered a new class of germ that causes mad cow disease and other lethal brain-wasting conditions won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Mo
nday.
The findings by Doctor Stanley B. Prusiner may...

Scenes in Sao Paolo as hospitals try to cope with the Meningitis epidemic

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The Clinton administration has decided to let a drug company with U-S offices work with Cuban researchers on tests of a meningitis vaccine for possible future use in the United...

SINGER STEVE LAWRENCE HAS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

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UK PARKINSON'S BRAINSOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESSRESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 6.12SHOTLIST:Associated Press London, UK - 6 March 20171. Close of complete brain of former Parkinson's patient 2. Various of pathologist Professor Steve...

UK PARKINSON'S BRAINSOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESSRESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 6.12SHOTLIST:Associated Press London, UK - 6 March 20171. Close of complete brain of former Parkinson's patient 2. Various of pathologist Professor Steve...

LEADIN:A new study suggests that sticking to a healthy, Nordic-style diet might lead to better cognitive health and reduce the risk of dementia in later life.The report, by experts from Stockholm's Karolinska Institute, adds to growing...

Lunchtime at Hotorgshallen market hall in Stockholm. The bustling city centre food hall is packed to the brim with foods from around the world, including fish, meats, cheeses, fruits and vegetables. But, unsurprisingly, the dominant...

Washington, DC, USA, 23, 26 June 1997

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London, UK, October 30, 2009

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Princeton University officials decided Monday to make available a meningitis vaccine that hasn't been approved in the U.S. to stop the spread of the sometimes deadly disease on campus.

The university...

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WHO:
"Mental health problems, whether depression, epilepsy, dementia, or alcohol dependence, are real disorders....

English/Nat

The pope has it, Janet Reno has it ... and the greatest prize fighter of the century has it Parkinson's Dis
ease.
On Thursday, Muhammad Ali, the former heavy weight...

U.S. health officials say 1 in 4 Alzheimer's deaths are now occurring at home — a startling increase that marks a shift away from hospitals and nursing homes.Over 15 years, Alzheimer's deaths in hospitals, nursing homes or other...

SOUNDBITE (English) Franklin Youngblood, son:

"None of y'all would want this done to your parents. She doesn't deserve this, it's wrong and I don't care what anybody say, it's wrong and it shouldn't be...

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The largest study of donated brains of former American footballers shows players who have long careers are more likely to suffer brain d
amage
The...

English/Nat

The United States' Attorney General Janet Reno has revealed she is suffering from Parkinson's disease but will continue in her job as the country's senior law enforcement...

Cheshire, UK, May 15, 2012

1. Close of iPad showing silhouettes of avatars brightening and dimming and reflection of Kathy...

LEADIN:

The largest study of donated brains of former American footballers shows players who have long careers are more likely to suffer brain d
amage
The...