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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved aducanumab to treat Alzheimer’s disease. Like other similar drugs, it was designed to rid the brains of Alzheimer's patients of buildups of amyloid and, more importantly, slow the progression of
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Try prodding yourself with your fingers – feels solid enough doesn’t it – maybe a little too much here and there, but solid. You’ll swear to it. What if I told you that you
Every airplane I’ve flown had a magnetic compass located in plain view well above the panel. With it, I could determine my magnetic heading should vacuum-driven devices such as the directional gyro or horizontal
During this pandemic we witnessed selfless behaviour by thousands of health care workers around the globe, who at great risk to themselves, struggled daily to save lives in a battle with a virus,
Back pain is one of the banes of humanity. The cause, especially in the later decades of life, is usually cumulative degenerative changes in the lower spine involving the vertebral bodies, the discs
We need maps, whether the maps embedded in our brain’s temporal and parietal lobes based on past experiences, tried and true paper maps or these days embedded in GPS devices in our cars
After more than a year of turmoil, suffering and death, there’s been one shining light in this pandemic – the rapid design of several highly effective vaccines. Troubles associated with the rollout of the
When we were children and teenagers, we often fell. And if we had much to do with rough and tumble sports, falls were part of the game with nothing more to show for
Too little, too late and sometimes wrong: That about describes the state of the pandemic for most countries around the world. Thank goodness for success stories such as the aggressive vaccination programs in Israel
The story of human origins is very much a work in progress, mostly for want of fossils and artifacts to fill in remaining gaps in the record. But as matters stand, the story
Dr. William Brown is a professor of neurology at McMaster University and co-founder of the Infohealth series at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library. In 1940, the British navy was very short of aircraft
Dr. William Brown is a professor of neurology at McMaster University and co-founder of the Infohealth series at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library. ________________________________________ We learned last week that much of the brain is
Dr. William Brown is a professor of neurology at McMaster University and co-founder of the Infohealth series at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library. ____________ Toward the end of his BBC series “The Ascent of Man,” Jacob Bronowski
Our brain is enormously complex and capable of great feats of imagination, creation, ingenuity and understanding the world around us. Yet our brains can be mysteriously opaque about how they go about much
Dr. William Brown is a professor of neurology at McMaster University and co-founder of the Infohealth series at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library. Dr. William Brown Special to The Lake Report In the
The nature of the consciousness and awareness remain what Winston Churchill so aptly described in a very different context, a “riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” But as mysterious as both
Dr. William Brown is a professor of neurology at McMaster University and co-founder of the Infohealth series at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library. The race is on and it’s by no means certain
Dr. William Brown is a professor of neurology at McMaster University and co-founder of the Infohealth series at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library. You don’t have to be an expert in public health
In the fictional “Star Trek” series of the 1980s and 1990s, it was never clear how the Starship Enterprise found its way among the stars. Most fans of the series were probably more
Dr. William Brown is a professor of neurology at McMaster University and co-founder of the Infohealth series at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library. Dr. William Brown Special to The Lake Report The news
Dr. William Brown is a professor of neurology at McMaster University and co-founder of the Infohealth series at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library. Dr. William Brown Special to The Lake Report In the
Dr. William Brown is a professor of neurology at McMaster University and co-founder of the Infohealth series at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library. Dr. William Brown Special to The Lake Report The last
Dr. William Brown is a professor of neurology at McMaster University and co-founder of the Infohealth series at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library. Dr. William Brown Special to The Lake Report A friend
Dr. William Brown is a professor of neurology at McMaster University and co-founder of the Infohealth series at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library. Dr. William Brown Special to The Lake Report It took
Dr. William Brown is a professor of neurology at McMaster University and co-founder of the Infohealth series at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library. Dr. William Brown Special to The Lake Report Sometimes when
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