Brain diseases
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The brain is a control centre of the body, responsible for intelligence, speech, movement, and regulation of organs. A healthy brain is quick and efficient.
Problems like inflammation, loss of brain cells (stroke), brain tumours, trauma and age-related diseases, like Alzheimer's, interfere with normal function.
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Last reviewed: February 2014
