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Thursday, June 18, 2015
Neuroimaging Findings Generally Nondiagnostic in Children with Sports-related Concussions
An experimental study on the use of neuroimaging in children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury revealed that a vast majority of scans failed to detect any sign of injury, needlessly exposing the patient to radiation without aiding diagnosis …
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Thursday, June 18, 2015
Developing Delirium in the ICU Linked to Fatal Outcomes
About one-third of patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) will develop delirium, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers, published in the British Medical Journal. Physicians and nurses working in intensive care …
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Scientists Produce Strongest Evidence Yet of Schizophrenia
A wide-scale study may have determined a fundamental cause of schizophrenia. International researchers led by Cardiff University have published findings in the journal Neuron, detailing the genetic analysis of more than 11,000 subjects with schizophrenia …
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Brain’s Reaction to Certain Words Could Replace Passwords
According to a new study published in the journal Neurocomputing, researchers from Binghamton University say that you may not need to remember your complicated email and bank account passwords for much longer, due to the way your brain responds to certain …
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Neuroimaging Generally Nondiagnostic in Children, Adolescents with Sports-related Concussion
Researchers from the Canada North Concussion Network in Manitoba examined neuroimaging studies obtained in children and adolescents with sports-related concussions and found that the images appeared normal in 78 percent of cases. Detailed findings of …
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Growth Molecules’ Role in Long-term Memory Formation
Findings from a study recently published in the journal Neuron demonstrate how a pair of growth factor molecules contribute to long-term memory formation. Growth factor molecules (GFs) are critical in the building of the brain from utero into adulthood …
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015
When the Color We See Isn’t the Color We Remember
A new study proposes that the brain has trouble remembering exact qualities of colors in memories because it only processes a few basic colors, rather than a wider spectrum, combining them at various levels to form what is perceived as tints and hues …
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Monday, June 15, 2015
Treated Hypertension Still Carries Stroke Risk
New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, recently published in the journal Stroke, shows that, although high blood pressure (HBP) medications are beneficial for treating hypertension, it is as risky to wait for the condition to develop …
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Monday, June 15, 2015
Weekly Non-invasive Brain Stimulation Provides Relief of Post-stroke Pain
Weekly sessions of non-invasive repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) provided sufficient long-term pain relief in 61 percent of patients with central post-stroke pain, and delivered long-term relief for patients who continued for one year …
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Friday, June 12, 2015
The First Specialty-specific Data Registry Measures Approved for Neurosurgery
The National Neurosurgery Quality Outcomes Database (N2QOD) is now an approved Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) for the 2015 program year. The N2QOD …
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