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Being born is a dangerous business. One of the risks is brain haemorrhage which can lead to hydrocephalus or water on the brain. Now a doctor in England has developed a way to limit the damage - by washing the baby's brain.
Brain haemorrhages can send their victims spiralling into coma, and eventual death. In Canada, sophisticated 3D imaging is enabling surgeons to see haemorrhages deep inside the brain, and to treat them from the inside. Produced by Mentorn
There is no cure for Parkinson’s disease, but in Australia they’ve been trying something new – they’ve been tricking the brain to help people get the better of their symptoms.
Water on the brain, or hydrocephalus, causes the head to swell and can be lethal unless fluid is drained off - a new invention from Mexico is making that process simpler and safer.
There are lethal diseases around the world caused by parasites that get into the body and attack the vital organs. Doctors in Mexico have found a new way to kill the parasite before it kills its host.
With epilepsy affecting 39 million people around the world, a new technology that reveals what is happening in the brain, means more patients could have successful life-changing brain surgery. Produced by Mentorn
We visit Japan to meet Dr Nakamatsu and some of his inventions, a chair that doubles your brain size and knocks ten years off your life being one of them.
Undergoing brain surgery whilst fully conscious may sound like the stuff of nightmares, but it's exactly what one Englishman did in an attempt to control his Parkinson's Disease.
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