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Actor Bruce Willis battles with frontotemporal dementia. His wife discusses the disease's impact. Read on to know more.

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In a sweeping move to eliminate mercury exposure from vaccines, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert ...

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Fit and healthy' Jennifer Rademeyer, from Surrey, was left shocked after she was given a brain tumour diagnosis. She ...

The brain-eating amoeba and flesh-eating-bacteria are known to thrive in warm water environments. The brain-eating amoebas are more commonly found in warm freshwater lakes and rivers, while the ...

A 12-year-old boy has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake over the July Fourth weekend.