Coronavirus can significantly affect brain function, causing a brain-like mental collapse at 10 years of age, according to a worrying new study. A study of more than 84,000 people in the UK found that the virus was thought to improve with “chronic cognitive outcomes”, compared to … 5 IQ points. …
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There comes a time in everyone’s life when the brain and body reach their peak before they start moving to their height. As muscle mass, strength and function begin to deteriorate around 30, new research on professional chess players suggests a slower and more gradual brain. To analyze 125 years …
Read More »A prescription bottle of Ambion, also called ZolpidemPhoto: Tim Boyle (Getty Images) Doctors in Amsterdam say a drug commonly associated with drowsiness has given a man with a brain injury a short period of lucidity. In a recent case report, they describe how a single dose of the drug Jolpidam, …
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For toddlers, life is full of new experiences. Researchers have now added a whole new landmark to the long list of changes that young people make – a dramatic change in brain function that serves the complex purpose of sleep deprivation. Decades of study on the importance of sleep in …
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Early COVID-19 images of swabbing from Wuhan, China, looked more like an Ebola news story – health care workers were completely immersed in personal protective equipment (PPE), inserting swabs so deep that brain damage seemed difficult. When COVID-19 (and testing) spread around the world, there were reports of “the brain …
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