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Why the causes of poor mental health may share a common root

10 May 2023

The neat picture we once had about the causes of mental illness has turned out to be wrong, but we are building an understanding of a new single underlying factor
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Why the mind-body connection is vital to understanding consciousness

10 May 2023

The key to solving the hard problem of consciousness could lie in the body not the brain, with our gut and heart being key players in building our conscious experience

Brain surgery before birth fixes abnormal blood vessel in fetus

4 May 2023

A vein of Galen malformation is a condition that can place pressure on a fetus’s heart and lungs and deprive the brain of oxygen. Surgeons corrected this type of blood vessel problem in a fetus for the first time

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