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According to the World Health Organization, breast cancer is the most common among women around the world. Early detection and appropriate treatment have increased survival rates in the affected female population, which is quite an achievement.

What causes being in love in our brain? An investigation carried out by the University of Sciences and Technology of Hanui (China) has determined that love changes the brain; literally, since more than 10 areas of the brain undergo modifications in their activity levels when we are in that motivational state in which we want to maintain a close relationship with someone very specific.

Can a healthy brain be preserved for almost 3,000 years? That seems, after the confirmation by a team of archaeologists from the York Archaeological Trust (United Kingdom) that the brain found in 2009 in the town of Heslington (York, United Kingdom) belonged to a person and that it is around 2,600 years old. .

Stroke, also called stroke, is the third leading cause of premature death in men and women worldwide according to statistics published by the WHO. And among the survivors there are often both physical and cognitive sequelae that pose a challenge for the functional rehabilitation of those affected. Although it can happen at an early age, stroke is more common after 55 years, which means that many of these people are in full working age and with a life to enjoy at all levels. This is one of the reasons that leads to the search for new forms of cognitive and physical rehabilitation for these patients. In this context we find a new study, still in press, in the journal International Psychogeriatrics (2015) that has been carried out by researchers from the University of Regensburg in Germany.

Chocolate ... it has been called 'emotional food' and it is a pleasure for many and even an addiction for some ... But, can we know who will end up eating a piece of this delicacy after having seen, smelled and touched it for a while ?

A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute (Germany) has discovered a key gene for the evolution of the human cerebral cortex, which is nothing but the seat of the mind, since it is the area of the brain in charge of controlling emotions, language and conscious thought. This important gene that appeared after our evolutionary separation from chimpanzees but before Neanderthals, stars in the study published in the journal Science.

It was recently discovered that, contrary to what was thought, the adult brain continues to manufacture neurons in the hippocampus, a brain region related to learning and memory, until the death of the individual.

The scientific community is still unable to fully understand the entire universe that surrounds the sensation of pain but the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) or American Association of Physiotherapists explains certain keys to understand it and perhaps to better bear it. These are the keys to pain.