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Hearing loss is associated with subtle changes in the brain

A team of researchers employed hearing tests and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to determine whether hearing impairment is associated with differences in specific brain regions and affects dementia risk.

Bacteria store memories and pass them on for generations

Scientists have discovered that bacteria can create something like memories about when to form strategies that can cause dangerous infections in people, such as resistance to antibiotics and bacterial swarms when millions of bacteria come together on a single surface. The discovery -- which has potential applications for preventing and combatting bacterial infections and addressing antibiotic-resistant bacteria -- relates to a common chemical element bacterial cells can use to form and pass along these memories to their progeny over later generations.

Black women most likely to die in medieval plague, Museum of London says

Bioarchaeologists studied three plague burial sites to research how racism influenced risk of death.

Can writing a diary protect your mental health?

Patrick Vallance giving evidence at Dorland House in London, during the Covid inquiry.

Sir Patrick Vallance's "brain dumps" morphed into damning public critiques - but are diaries therapeutic?

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Hearing loss is associated with subtle changes in the brain

Bacteria store memories and pass them on for generations

Black women most likely to die in medieval plague, Museum of London says

Can writing a diary protect your mental health?

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