Ultrasounds and brain damage - New findings support the belief that ultrasound has the capacity to damage unborn babies (BMJ, 17 July 1993). ...

Brain damage - While on holiday in an inaccessible part of the African coast a year ago, my 18-year-old grandson contracted septicaemic meningitis, which he survived...

Aluminium in the water may cause brain damage - A new retrospective study has shown that exposure to aluminium sulphate via the water supply can cause considerable brain damage. ...

Brain damage from alcohol may be reversible - New evidence shows that abstaining from alcohol is good for your brain. US researchers used several brain-imaging techniques to compare the amount of...

Dpt vaccine: new brain damage - Yet another side effect has been linked to the diptheria, pertussis, tetanus (DPT) vaccine for children. Researchers are concerned that children can d...

Radiotherapy for brain tumours may cause brain damage - Although brain cancer has a reputation for being rapidly fatal, roughly half of them are much less virulent, with sufferers living as long as 20 years...

Blood pressure drugs linked to brain damage - Antihypertensive drugs can affect the central nervous system of the brain, preventing it from functioning properly, reveals a recent study.

Antipsychotics may help the brain, but damage the heart - Schizophrenia is now widely believed to be due to a chemical imbalance in the brain, and powerful psychoactive drugs are used to control it.