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Discovery

Throbbing head, nausea, dizziness, disturbed vision – just some of the disabling symptoms that can strike during a migraine attack. This neurological condition is far more common than you might think, affecting more people than diabetes, epilepsy and asthma combined.

While medications, to help relieve the symptoms of migraine, have been around for some time, they haven’t worked for everyone. And what happens in the brain during a migraine attack was, until recently, poorly understood.

Peter Goadsby is Professor of Neurology at King's College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience and is a true pioneer in the field of migraine.

Over the course of his career, he has unravelled what happens in the brain during a migraine attack and his insights are already benefiting patients - in the form of new medications that can not only treat a migraine, but also prevent it from occurring.

Peter shares this year’s Brain Prize, the world's largest prize for brain research, with three other internationally renowned scientists in the field.

The Life Scientific - Peter Goadsby

From the Hay Festival, James and a panel of experts explain what we can all do to help ourselves age well.

We discover what’s going on in our bodies when we age, the difference between biological and chronological age, as well as getting the audience moving for a physical test.

James is joined by gerontologist Sarah Harper from the University of Oxford, biomedical scientist Georgina Ellison-Hughes from King’s College London, and doctor Norman Lazarus to understand how exercise, diet, and mental health all have a part to play in how we age.

Inside Health: How can we age well?

Vivienne Parry hears how new research into muscle wastage is turning the accepted view of "use it or lose it" on its head.

Muscles

Roland Pease reports on graphene, an atomically thin form of carbon that looks set to transform technology.

Graphene

Kevin Fong examines the equation that seeks to answer one of the most profound questions in science: Are we alone in the cosmos?

The Alien Equation

Brian Cox presents a tribute to Richard Feynman, widely regarded as the most influential physicist since Einstein.

Richard Feynman, Physicist

Medical sleuths in West Africa make startling discoveries that could change child health care worldwide.

05/10/2010 GMT

12/10/2010 GMT

Does the head really rule the heart as modern science would tell us? Tim Healey asks if the heart plays a role in our emotions.

The Heart Has Its Reasons

A second series of public events on the role of science in society, from the BBC World Service with the Wellcome Collection.

Muscles

Muscles

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