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Because some seizures are relatively subtle, they can go unrecognized, leading to a delay in diagnosis.
The key to understanding how brains can recover from trauma is that they are fantastically plastic – meaning our body’s supercomputer can reshape and remodel itself.
Bruce Willis’ family today revealed he has been diagnosed with aphasia. So what actually is aphasia and why haven’t we heard of it before?
A stroke often leads to the sudden onset of weakness involving the face, arm or leg, an inability to speak, difficulty walking or impaired vision. Strokes can cause death and irreversible disability.
Cardiac rehabilitation is not available in many African countries and the way forward may be to focus on patients rather than specific diseases.
They’re associated with fake news and celebrity porn videos but there are some unexpected upsides to these slippery clips.
Smoking-related cardiovascular disease like heart attack and stroke results in 11,400 people being sent to hospital and 6,400 people dying in Australia each year, new research shows.
To tackle the increasing burden of diabetes in Africa, health systems on the continent need to be strengthened.
Reducing the amount of salt one consumes over the summer holidays is important to maintaining long term health.
Being able to buy processed “food-like” products is often seen as a mark of personal and material success. Little attention is paid to having a healthy diet.
Despite the increase in cardiovascular disease in the developing world, not enough is being been done to improve public awareness of the benefits and harms of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ fatty acids.
Genomic research must take place in Africa because African populations have evolved significantly and their genetic composition is more diverse than that of populations elsewhere.
Sleep is often overlooked as a treatment for brain injury, but new research could be about to change that.
Rising temperatures affect people living in the developing world differently to those living in Europe and North America.
Legislation limiting the salt in processed foods will drastically cut the average South African’s salt intake. But how effective will it be?
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SHARP Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, UNSW Sydney
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor and Head of Epigenetics and Neural Plasticity, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
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Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Wollongong
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Professor, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Meat Science and the co-host of the NRF SARChI Chair in Meat Science, University of Fort Hare
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Clinical Endocrinologist & Associate Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology, University of Surrey
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Research officer, African Population and Health Research Center
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Assistant Professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia
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PhD Student, Animal Sciences Department, University of Fort Hare
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Dietitian and Nutritionist, North-West University
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Allied Health Research Advisor, Monash Health; Adjunct lecturer, La Trobe University; Adjunct research fellow, School of Primary & Allied Health Care, Monash University
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Professor in Global Health, King's College London
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Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Stellenbosch University
