Study highlights cancer risk from millions of CT scans performed annually
CT scans diagnose afflictions from tumors to kidney stones to life-threatening diseases and injuries, such as aneurysms and blood clots leading to stroke.

But the radiation emitted by this essential diagnostic tool may cause more harm than previously known and could eventually be responsible for roughly 5% of all cancers diagnosed in the U.S. in a single year, a new study finds.

@PerceptionsToday

#CTscans #brain #cancer
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/16/g-s1-60488/ct-scan-cancer-risk-ionizing-radiation

How nature makes a complex brain — and why humans may not be so special after all.

@npr reports: "A recent series of studies suggests that the brains of birds, reptiles and mammals all evolved independently — even though they share a common ancestor."

https://flip.it/VoQ7XN

"Our study reveals that a combination of genetic factors plays a role in the manifestation of diseases like Parkinson's disease, which means that therapeutic targeting of several key pathways will have to be considered for such disorders," said corresponding study author Dr. Dimitri Krainc.

#genetics #science #research #neurology #Parkinsons #brain #biology #medicine

https://www.labroots.com/trending/genetics-and-genomics/28860/novel-parkinson-s-linked-genes-revealed-crispr

3 cases of rare brain disease reported in Hood River County, Oregon; 2 reported dead

The rare brain disorder Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease have been found in three cases in the past eight months, and it’s unclear if these cases are linked at this time, according to the Hood River County Health Department.

#CreutzfeldtJakob #brain #Oregon

https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/3-cases-of-rare-brain-disease-reported-in-hood-river-county-2-reported-dead/

Is COVID-19 rewriting the rules of aging? Brain decline alarms doctors.

@WSJ reports: "Millions of long-COVID patients continue to struggle with cognitive difficulties."

Gift link: https://flip.it/Rvi2S0

10-Year Study Links Air Pollution to Cognitive Decline…

A new study has found that long-term exposure to high levels of air pollution may negatively impact brain health in older adults in England... (scitechdaily) #cognitivehealth #airpollution #brain #aging

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/10-year-study-links-air-pollution-to-cognitive-decline-2/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/?p=17320 Researchers find 64 genes tied to brain aging, hint at treatments #brain #Genetics #Research #Science #treatment #UK #UnitedKingdom

The real “why we sleep”:

“Sleep Is Essential — Researchers Are Trying To Work Out Why”, Nature (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00964-w).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43643390

#Zoomposium with Professor Dr. #Petra #Ritter: “The #simulation of #brains”

Ms. Ritter is co-founder and leader of the co-design project “The #Virtual #Brain”, which is part of the #European #Open #Science #Cloud #EOSC and “is a #neuroinformatics platform for the #simulation of complete #brain #networks using #biologically #realistic #connectivity.

More at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2023/09/17/die-simulation-von-gehirnen/

or: https://youtu.be/XrTWh0n8yDY

#Zoomposium mit Professorin Dr. #Petra #Ritter: „Die #Simulation von #Gehirnen“

Frau Ritter ist Co-Gründerin und Leiterin des Co-Design-Projektes "The #Virtual #Brain", das ein Bestandteil der #European #Open #Science #Cloud (EOSC) ist und "eine #Neuroinformatik-Plattform für die #Simulation vollständiger #Gehirnnetzwerke unter Verwendung biologisch realistischer #Konnektivität darstellt.

Mehr auf: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2023/09/17/die-simulation-von-gehirnen/

oder: https://youtu.be/XrTWh0n8yDY

#Zoomposium with Prof. Dr. #Brigitte #Falkenburg “#Myth #Determinism or the #limits of #brain research”

1. Information about the person

In another very exciting interview from our Zoomposium themed blog “#Erkenntnistheorie und #Philosophie des #Geistes”, Axel and I speak this time with the German philosopher and physicist Brigitte Falkenburg. From 1997 to 2019, she was Professor of #Theoretical #Philosophy with a focus on #Philosophy of #Science and #Technology at TU Dortmund University.

She is a member of the Interacademic Commission “Leibniz-Edition” and the Board of Trustees of the “DRZE” (German Reference Center for Ethics in the Life Sciences) as well as a corresponding member of the “North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts”.

Her research covers topics of #philosophy of nature, #philosophy of science and #philosophy of #physics as well as #modern #metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of technology. She has already published a number of well-known publications on these topics, which are only mentioned here as examples:

“Die Form der Materie. On the Metaphysics of Nature in Kant and Hegel” (1987), ”Particle Metaphysics. On the conception of reality in the philosophy of science and microphysics” (1994) and ”Mythos Determinismus. How much does brain research explain?” (2012). The latter book was published in 2024 as a completely revised and updated 2nd edition.

All the more reason for us at Zoomposium to interview her on the subject of this very readable book.

More at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2025/02/19/mythos-determinismus/

or: https://youtu.be/P3Vf64QFg0U

#Zoomposium with Prof. Dr. #Brigitte #Falkenburg “#Myth #Determinism or the #limits of #brain research”

Her research covers topics of #philosophy of nature, #philosophy of science and #philosophy of #physics as well as #modern #metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of technology. She has already published a number of well-known publications on these topics, which are only mentioned here as examples:

More at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2025/02/19/mythos-determinismus/

or: https://youtu.be/P3Vf64QFg0U

#Zoomposium with Prof. Dr. #Brigitte #Falkenburg “#Myth #Determinism or the #limits of #brain research”

Her research covers topics of #philosophy of nature, #philosophy of science and #philosophy of #physics as well as #modern #metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of technology. She has already published a number of well-known publications on these topics, which are only mentioned here as examples:

More at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2025/02/19/mythos-determinismus/

or: https://youtu.be/P3Vf64QFg0U

New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:

#Mouse #Brain Map

comics.lucentinian.com/6707
#Laughs #AIHumor #ComedyGold #DailyComedy #Comedy

Idk whether it’s the ginkgo and B-vitamin mix or one of the universe or my brain being nice to me, but story taking shape. Still on the weird and sad, but not as much as before. Might be keeping all six kids, added Leo back after I posted the photo of five (edited that toot with a photo of six).

Now to find my phone that I haven’t seen for days. My mum and I have searched quite well. It’s switched off so no pinging it from the iPad.

Study links a child's early #social environment to the development of the #brain

#cognition #anthropology #lifehistory

https://www.science.org/content/article/early-experiences-shape-brain-s-communication-superhighways-affect-cognition

If you made a list of things that could advance the field of science, having a mouse watch “The Matrix” and “Star Wars” probably wouldn’t make it to the top. And yet, scientists recently were able to map and render into a 3D atlas a small portion of a mouse’s brain about the size of a grain of sand. The results were a revelation. “"A millimeter seems small, but within that millimeter there are kilometers of wiring," Jacob Reimer, a neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine said. Read more from @LiveScience, including the role those movies played:

https://flip.it/4uh0Lh

"They managed to do something that we haven’t done as a neuroscience community in basically all of our history, which is to be able to map the activity of neurons onto the wiring on a very large population of neurons."

Miryam Naddaf on high-resolution 3D map of more than 200,000 brain cells, 500 million synapses and 4km of neuronal wiring:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/biggest-brain-map-ever-shows-mouse-neurons-in-stunning-detail

Mind-blowing: unraveling more than 5 km of neural wiring in a cubic millimeter of mouse #brain. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/09/us-scientists-create-most-comprehensive-circuit-diagram-of-mammalian-brain

I started researching this topic with unbridled (and apparently unfounded) optimism, hoping to highlight an example of a public health problem that we handled so well. Instead, I found a bit of a mixed bag: we made quite a bit of progress in handling lead pollution and still managed to fall short.

https://neurofrontiers.blog/why-lead-is-still-bad-for-your-brain/