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Are Alzheimer's and diabetes the same disease?

Health

Are Alzheimer's and diabetes the same disease?

People with type 2 diabetes often have memory problems. That may be a result of Alzheimer's-like brain changes – changes which can be reversed in rats

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The night: When sleep breaks and consciousness leaks

Life

The night: When sleep breaks and consciousness leaks

Features

Just add water to see the brain's web of connections

Health

Just add water to see the brain's web of connections

Regulars

Waiting for pain can cause more dread than pain itself

Life

Waiting for pain can cause more dread than pain itself

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Life

Taming the beasts of the global economy

Opinion

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Life

Don't bury Europe's remarkable prehistoric culture

Opinion

Art's early dawn: When intelligence really began

Life

Art's early dawn: When intelligence really began

Features

Electrode recreates all four tastes on your tongue

Technology

Electrode recreates all four tastes on your tongue

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When a rubber tongue becomes your own

Life

When a rubber tongue becomes your own

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Sugary drinks tinker with vital proteins in the brain

Health

Sugary drinks tinker with vital proteins in the brain

Rats that drank sugary drinks rather than water showed changes to proteins in the brain – some of which are implicated in diseases such as Alzheimer's

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Life

All in the mind: hone movement skills just by thinking

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Life

Musical mind-reading can name that tune

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Health

Exercise in pregnancy boosts baby brain development

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Life

Too much, too young: Should schooling start at age 7?

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