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‘I’m just carrying on’: vaccine gives brain cancer patient years of extra life

The revolutionary DCVax-L vaccine has allowed Nigel French to live a normal life seven years after a brain cancer diagnosis

The Guardian - UK

Vaccine shown to prolong life of patients with aggressive brain cancer

Trial results suggest people with newly diagnosed glioblastoma could potentially be given extra years of life

The Guardian - UK

Motor Neurone Disease early symptoms to watch out for, treatments, and diagnosis in Ireland

There are more than 400 people in Ireland living with the condition

Dublin Live

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Unlocking new clues to how dementia and Alzheimer's work in the brain – Uncharted Brain podcast series

This week on The Conversation Weekly podcast we’re running a three-part series called Uncharted Brain: Decoding Dementia, which delves into new research searching for answers to how dementia works in the brain and the damage it leaves behind. Hosted by Paul Keaveny and Gemma Ware, it was initially published via…

The Conversation

City's funding gap, influential woman dies and yellow rain warning

Liverpool ECHO latest headlines on Thursday, November 17

Liverpool Echo

Brain cancer: Seven possible symptoms to be aware of

From seizures to sudden weakness or speech disturbances, these are some of the red flags that could indicate the onset of the condition

The Independent UK

Husband told wife had hours to live 'and wouldn't see the morning'

Laura Donovan-Hall was described as a "beautiful person inside and out"

Liverpool Echo

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Patients suffering with hard-to-treat depression may get relief from noninvasive magnetic brain stimulation

Not only is depression a debilitating disease, but it is also widespread. Approximately 20 million adult Americans experience at least one episode of depression per year.

The Conversation

A Place in the Sun’s Jonnie Irwin ‘overwhelmed’ by support after going public with cancer diagnosis

The presenter, 48, went public with his fight saying he ‘doesn’t have long left’ after his lung cancer had spread to his brain

Evening Standard

Do viruses play a role in the development of Alzheimer’s? Uncharted Brain podcast part 3

There are many competing theories about what causes Alzheimer’s disease. For more than 30 years, Ruth Itzhaki has been accumulating evidence that viruses are involved in its development in the brain.

The Conversation

Families of athletes with dementia linked to brain trauma on watching somebody you love disappear – Uncharted Brain podcast part 2

Dementia doesn’t just affect older people. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a form of dementia that athletes from a whole range of sports can develop. It’s now at the centre of a number of legal challenges involving sports from rugby to American football.

The Conversation

How a study which began just after the end of the second world war is discovering clues to Alzheimer’s – Uncharted Brain podcast part 1

Scientists have been doing an array of regular health checks on the same group of people since they were born in 1946 – the world’s longest running cohort study. Now the brains of some of its participants are revealing new insights into the risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease.

The Conversation

My work investigating the links between viruses and Alzheimer’s disease was dismissed for years – but now the evidence is building

This article is part of the Insights Uncharted Brain series. There are many competing theories about what causes Alzheimer’s disease. Here, Ruth Itzhaki reflects on a career dedicated to one of the more controversial lines of research.

The Conversation

NI men open up about suffering life-changing brain injuries

Mark Ewart from Belfast and Peter McDaid from Strabane have now been nominated for a national award

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Daily Mirror

Terminally ill woman, 22, celebrates Christmas early after doctors say cancer has spread

Laura Nuttall's family brought Christmas forward after finding out the devastating news that the 22-year-old's tumour had spread to other parts of her brain and she has to have emergency radiotherapy

Liverpool Echo

Baby needs to have 'skull removed' to ease pressure on his brain

Lucas was born with a rare birth defect which means his skull is 99% bigger than those of other babies his age

Daily Mirror

A Place In The Sun's Jonnie Irwin feels 'overwhelmed' after going public with cancer battle

Father-of-three Jonnie Irwin, 48, went public with his fight at the weekend, saying he "doesn't have long left" after lung cancer has spread to his brain

The Independent UK

What is ALS and what are the causes?

Progressive neurodegenerative disease suffered by legendary singer Roberta Flack affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord

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Seven easy ways to 'sleep train' your way to better rest

Bedtime stories aren’t just for babies.

Daily Record

Girl, 10, tragically dies after collapsing in school from 'brain haemorrhage'

Rai-Lèyah Parveen Jayne Saddique was rushed to hospital after fainting in class on Wednesday November 9, but died on Monday.

Daily Record

Lanarkshire woman taking part in One Million Keepy Uppy Challenge in her dad's memory

Michelle Sexton, 41, was left 'devastated' when her dad Thomas, 74, passed away just two months after brain tumour diagnosis.

Los Angeles Times

Women officials ready for their transformative moment at the World Cup

In her old day job as an analytical chemist, Kathryn Nesbitt studied brain chemicals in an effort to learn how that organ worked. Trying to understand the origins of rational thought did her little good in her side job as a soccer official, however, because with FIFA rational thought has…

The Conversation

Sport-induced traumatic brain injury: families reveal the 'hell' of living with the condition

This article is part of the Insights Uncharted Brain series.

Wales Online

Man suffers injuries like a car crash tripping over his cat

Chris had nine broken ribs, a fractured spine and skull and a bleed on his brain

The Independent UK

Brain cancer: Seven possible symptoms to be aware of

From seizures to sudden weakness or speech disturbances, these are some of the red flags that could indicate the onset of the condition

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