Wednesday 30 January 2008

Pratchett and Alzheimer's

Stem Cell research was at the forefront of Alzheimer's research until a few days ago. Apparently, stimulating a deep center of the brain can increase memory recall. This was, incredibly, discovered when surgeons accidentally misplaced a diode inside an obese man's brain (someone who wanted to lose wait by surgically reducing his appetite). This could come as good news to the magical Terry Pratchett, who has been recently diagnosed with the degenerative disease. Also, this snippet of news outlines an old fact we all care to forget once in a while: exercising increases the length of your life. Surely not.