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| UpdatedBarbara Arrowsmith-Young is the author of The Woman Who Changed Her Brain and her program on neuroplasticity is now being taught in a number of Australian schools.
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| UpdatedFormer world number three surfer Owen Wright makes a triumphant return to competition in Newcastle, 15 months on from a serious head injury.
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| UpdatedPeople with prosopagnosia know when they see a face, but their brain can't process who it belongs to.
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| UpdatedAnthony Mundine invites renowned brain surgeon Charlie Teo to his rematch with Danny Green, but the Australian Medical Association is unimpressed.
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| UpdatedPatients suffering from locked-in syndrome may soon be able to communicate with their doctors and loved ones through a scanner linked to their brain.
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A Newcastle woman takes a leading role in fundraising for the community after the death of her son.
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Australian research is giving some answers to thousands of people worldwide with a rare and debilitating genetic disorder that causes their brains to develop unusually.
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Researchers are working on a new test that will help athletes know when it is safe to return to the playing field.
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Alarmed by stories of patients self-diagnosing their illnesses and "scaring themselves silly in the middle of the night", a group of Queensland health professionals embarks on the Words for Wellbeing project.
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| UpdatedQueensland's only camp for sufferers of Tourette Syndrome helps them to dream big and overcome any misdiagnosis, depression or bullies.
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Tom Roberts loves heavy metal music and won't let anything get in his way of enjoying his passion — not even a terminal illness.
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After having radical, but life-changing surgery to remove half her brain, a young woman from regional New South Wales finds new purpose as a photographer.
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| UpdatedIn an accidental discovery, Queensland researchers appear to have slowed the ageing process in the brains of laboratory mice, using ultrasound.
Topics: brain-and-nervous-system, diseases-and-disorders, health, research, medical-research, science-and-technology, alzheimers-and-dementia, australia
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| UpdatedA clinical trial being led by Queensland researchers is looking into whether the tropical fruit known as the mangosteen could offer a gentler treatment for schizophrenia.
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| UpdatedA two-year-old central Queensland boy, who was bitten three times by one of the deadliest snakes in the world, is no longer fighting for his life, but is left with brain damage, his mother says.
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Many regions fundamental to mood are buried deep in the most primordial parts of the brain and are thought to have been among the first brain regions to develop in the human species.
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| UpdatedProud member of the D-squad Catherine Deveny shares some advice for parents of dyslexic kids.
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