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Signs of Alzheimer’s found in chimpanzees for the first time

Signs of Alzheimer’s found in chimpanzees for the first time

1 August 2017

Our closest evolutionary relatives develop Alzheimer’s plaques and tangles too but don’t necessarily get dementia - a finding that may need to new treatments
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Keep having nightmares? You may be getting too much sleep

28 July 2017

One of the largest ever studies of the causes of nightmares has found that they are linked to worrying before bedtime, and sleeping for more than 9 hours

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