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October 04, 2026
The lawyer who lost his words: A brain tumour and the surgery to save his voice
Awake brain surgery offered a profound and perilous solution for a lawyer whose brain tumour was stealing the words that defined his life and relationships
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September 20, 2026
The brain's pain centre: How we turn sensation into suffering
Chronic pain involves more than a physical sensation; it is deeply intertwined with the emotional suffering interpreted by the brain's anterior cingulate cortex
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September 06, 2026
Feeling detached from reality? The claustrum could be why
The claustrum, a little-known sheet of grey matter in the brain, may be the key to our unified conscious experience, a theory explored through the case of a professor with a brain tumour causing out-of-body sensations
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July 26, 2026
The fornix: How a pencil-thick brain structure holds your life's story
Brain surgery for memory loss becomes the only hope for a woman whose ability to form new memories is erased by a tumour compressing her brain's fornix
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July 12, 2026
When the brain's rivers stop flowing: A story of NPH recovery
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus is a treatable neurological condition, often mistaken for old age, that causes memory loss, balance issues, and urinary urgency due to enlarged brain ventricles
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May 17, 2026
Phantom smells: How the insula influences our senses
Phantom smells are unusual neurological symptoms where individuals perceive odours that aren't present, often linked to seizures originating in the insula, a deep brain structure
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April 04, 2026
A life out of balance: When a brain tumour affects hypothalamus
The hypothalamus is the brain's conductor, a small but powerful almond-sized structure that governs functions like hunger, thirst, temperature, sleep, hormones, libido, and stress