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Apr 11 2025HEALTH

A Reality Star's Health Journey

A well-known TV personality has been facing a tough health battle. Teddi Mellencamp, a star from "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, " has been dealing with severe health issues. She has been battling melanoma, a type of skin cancer, since 2022. The cancer has been a real challenge, with multiple sur

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Apr 11 2025HEALTH

Unplugging Your Phone: A Brain Boost?

A recent investigation revealed that taking a break from your phone's internet could make your brain feel younger. This was not about using a special app or taking a pill. It was about turning off the internet on your smartphone for a while. The study involved 400 people who used a special app to bl

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Apr 10 2025HEALTH

Brain Zaps and Ethics: The Dementia Dilemma

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a fancy term for a procedure that involves implanting electrodes in the brain. These electrodes send electrical signals to specific areas. This is done to help with various conditions, including dementia. However, the ethical and clinical risks tied to earlier DBS stu

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Apr 10 2025HEALTH

How Brain Surgery Choices Affect Parkinson's Patients

Parkinson's disease is a tough condition that affects movement. One treatment option is deep brain stimulation (DBS). This involves implanting electrodes in the brain to send signals that help control symptoms. But not all DBS procedures are the same. Different surgical methods and types of electrod

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Apr 10 2025SCIENCE

Mouse Brain Blueprint: Unveiling the Tiny World of Neurons

A tiny piece of a mouse’s brain has just given scientists a massive breakthrough in understanding how our brains work. This isn’t just any piece; it’s a speck smaller than a grain of sand from the mouse’s visual cortex. Inside this tiny speck, there are 84, 000 neurons connected by about half a bill

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Apr 09 2025SCIENCE

Unraveling the Tiny Wiring of a Mouse's Brain

A mouse's brain is tiny, but it's packed with intricate details. Tiny sections of brain tissue, about the size of a grain of sand, can contain hundreds of thousands of cells. These cells are linked together by miles of wiring. This complexity has always been a challenge for scientists. In the late 1

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Apr 06 2025HEALTH

Brain Tumor Segmentation: The CT Challenge

Brain metastases are a common problem for cancer patients. These are tumors that spread to the brain from other parts of the body. They can greatly affect how a patient's condition is treated and what the outcome might be. To treat these tumors effectively, doctors need to know exactly where they ar

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Apr 06 2025SCIENCE

Rewarding or Punishing? How Brain Waves Can Measure Productivity

The impact of rewards and punishments on how well workers perform is a tricky thing to measure. Traditional ways often fall short in giving a clear picture. This is where brain wave analysis comes in. It offers a fresh way to see how incentives affect productivity. The study combined two powerfu

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Apr 06 2025SCIENCE

Bilingual Brains: How Languages Find Their Place

The human brain is a complex network of regions. It is responsible for many tasks, including language. For bilinguals, the question of how the brain stores and processes two languages has long been a topic of interest. Two individuals who spoke both Basque and Spanish provided a unique opportunity t

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Apr 04 2025SCIENCE

The Brain's Sweet and Savory Secrets

The brain's role in eating habits has been a hot topic for decades. A lot of work has focused on how rats react to different foods and why they choose what they do. This journey started with simple tests on how rats eat when they're hungry or just because they enjoy it. These tests involved giving r

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