This type of meningitis is fast and deadly. Here's what to know.
Here's what bacterial meningitis is, how it's different from viral and other types of meningitis, and what treatment can be ...
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Is Meningitis Contagious and How Do You Catch It?
Meningitis is an inflammation or infection of the meninges, the protective layers of tissue between the brain and the skull. You can take general precautions to lower your risk of developing ...
Nature18d
Air pollution and brain damage: what the science says
“Even low-level exposure that people think is safe enough for public health is doing something at the brain level,” says Megan Herting, a neuroscientist at the University of Southern ...
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Elon Musk says a third patient got a Neuralink brain implant. The work is part of a booming field
Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Elon Musk said a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer ...
Frontiers19d
From pain to meningitis: bacteria hijack nociceptors to promote meningitis
Specifically, we discuss how bacteria use the brain neuron-immune signaling pathway to promote the survival of pathogens, as well as further understanding of neuroimmunomodulatory pathways to provide ...
Scientific American23d
Here’s Why Bad Sleep and Toxic Thoughts Go Hand-in-Hand
If you’re well rested, your brain will be able to quickly suppress the negative memory. But if you are someone who is plagued by insomnia, then intrusive thoughts about what happened—and the ...
Frontiers23d
Tuberculous meningitis diagnosis and treatment: classic approaches and high-throughput pathways
Rehabilitation Medicine Department, The Affiliated Changsha Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University (The First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China Tuberculous meningitis ...
Interesting Engineering27d
Brain-computer interface developed in China decodes thought real-time
NeuroXess, a Chinese startup, has made two major breakthroughs in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, coming to the aid of a brain-damaged patient. The first was its ability to decode ...
Science Daily1mon
Key players in brain aging: New research identifies age-related damage on a cellular level
The cells in the area are also connected with metabolism, suggesting a connection between diet and brain health. Scientists at the Allen Institute have identified specific cell types in the brain ...
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When Is Your Brain Fully Developed? Brain Maturity from Adolescence to Adulthood
A person’s brain is not fully developed until their mid to late 20s, as the brain grows in physical size and with the emergence and strengthening of nerve pathways in the brain. Maturity, judgment, ...
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Fears of meningitis being spread by mosquitos in Spain’s Andalucia as 16 people hospitalised and five in intensive care
A MENINGITIS ‘outbreak’ which has left 16 ... causes an inflammation of the brain and its surrounding protective membranes. The Andalucian Health Service, which has launched an investigation ...