9 h. ago Clarinet player undergoes deep brain stimulation at London hospital to help with Parkinson's

Clarinet player undergoes deep brain stimulation at London hospital to help with Parkinson's  CBS News

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12 h. ago The Guardian view on global aid cuts: a malaria resurgence could be the canary in the coalmine | Editorial

The consequences of Donald Trump’s decision to scrap USAID, and other countries’ decisions to reduce funding, are playing out in deadly fashionMalaria is a pandemic disease that hits the voiceless hardest: most of those who fall ill and die are small children and pregnant women in Africa. It is the leading infectious killer of the continent, responsible for nearly 600,000 deaths a year. Cases are rising and there is an urgent need for more funding, yet western donor countries are instead cutting back on aid. We still hear brave talk about eliminating malaria. But an expert report now warns of a potential resurgence that could add almost a million more deaths to the annual toll by the end of the decade.Most of the money to fight the mosquito-borne disease – 59% – comes through the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Its executive director, Peter Sands, said last week at the World Health Summit in Berlin that of the three killers, the one that kept him awake...

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17 h. ago Lewis Moody set for emotional Twickenham return for England v Australia after MND diagnosis

Moody revealed he had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease earlier this month and will play a key pre-match role against the Wallabies at the weekend

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5 d. ago Patient with Parkinson’s disease plays clarinet during brain procedure at London hospital

Patient with Parkinson’s disease plays clarinet during brain procedure at London hospital  AP News

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7 d. ago Woman plays clarinet during surgery for Parkinson’s – and sees instant results

Denise Bacon, 65, experienced instant improvement in her finger movements as the electrical current was delivered

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7 d. ago Parkinson's patient played clarinet during brain surgery so surgeons could see and hear the immediate impact of their work

Denise Bacon, 65, experienced instant improvement in her finger movements as the doctors stimulated her brain with an electrical current.

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7 d. ago Retired Parkinson’s patient plays clarinet during surgery – and sees instant results

Denise Bacon, 65, experienced instant improvement in her finger movements as the electrical current was delivered

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2 w. ago Football unites against dementia! Watch the emotional moment England and Wales players walk out with 22 mascots living with the disease in powerful partnership between the FA and Alzheimer's Society

As Declan Rice and Ben Davies led their teams out onto the turf, players stood alongside 22 fans who had been nominated to walk out as they showed representation of the faces of dementia.

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3 w. ago Everyone wants answers for former rugby players like Lewis Moody but they are hard to come by | Andy Bull

Some studies find an increased MND risk for rugby players, others show the risk is equally high for others. The only way forward is more researchLewis Moody, 47, is the latest in a long line of players who has been diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disease that may or may not be linked to his career in collision sport. Over the past decade I’ve interviewed more of these men, and their friends and families, than I ever wanted to. Many of them chose to first reveal their diagnoses in the Guardian. First there’s the shock, then the sorrow, then the expressions of sympathy and support. And after all that, a lot of hard questions that are left unaddressed.The one thing everyone involved wants is clear answers, and unfortunately, they are very hard to come by. The current science can only tell you so much. The Motor Neurone Disease Association’s position is that the latest research suggests a correlation between traumatic brain injuries and MND, but that the same research has not proven ...

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4 w. ago Shane Christie sustained multiple head injuries playing rugby. In death, he is still fighting for change

The former All Blacks Sevens player suspected he had CTE, a disease associated with head impacts, and has donated his brain to science to help understand the conditionFirst came the headaches, a feeling of pressure in the head. Then, Shane Christie started experiencing macabre hallucinations of his own death. Later, the once sociable New Zealand rugby player started getting into arguments with loved ones and towards the end paranoia consumed his trust, making him fearful and depressed.By the time Christie took his own life aged 39 in August – some 10 years after he first started experiencing the headaches – he was almost unrecognisable to those closest to him. Continue reading...

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