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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Doctors May Misdiagnose Chronic Pain in the Weeks After Stroke
Ten percent of stroke patients are said to suffer from chronic pain. In a condition called central post-stroke pain syndrome (CPSP), neuropathic pain begins in the days or weeks following a stroke as a result of damage or dysfunction in the central nervous …
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Hospital Pays $60K to Man After False Brain Tumor Diagnosis
After doctors gave him only a few months to live, Mark Templin quit his job, sold his truck, celebrated his final birthday and made his own funeral arrangements — only he wasn't dying after all. Now, a Montana judge has ordered that the Fort Harrison …
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Study Reveals Increase in Fall-Induced Brain Injury for Elderly
For older adults, traumatic brain injuries (TBI) from falls are a common cause or hospitalization, disability and death. A recent study has found that the number of fall-induced TBI in the elderly has increased over the last forty years. Click here …
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Study: In Veterans with PTSD, Brain in Constant State of Fear, Anxiety
Findings presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatry Association report that trauma can have long-lasting effects on the areas of the brain associated with fear and anxiety. In studying the brains of combat veterans with post-traumatic …
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
UCLA Study: Brain Can Rewire Itself After Damage
A team of researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have discovered that when the brain's main center for learning and memory formation is damaged, new neural circuits develop to make up for the lost function. As reported in the Proceedings …
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Findings: In Depression Sufferers, Body Clocks Are Out of Sync at Cell Level
The body clock that regulates our moods, our appetites and sleep is said to be broken in those who are suffering from depression, even within gene activity in their brains. Findings reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences demonstrate …
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Researchers Unearth Links Among Insomnia, Brain Chemistry and Restless Leg Syndrome
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have found unusually high levels of glutamate - an arousal-related neurotransmitter - in individuals with restless leg syndrome. RLS, as it is known, is a condition in which sufferers have an …
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Study: African-Americans at Higher Risk For MS than Caucasians
As reported in the journal Neurology, African-Americans may be at higher risk than Caucasians of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), contrary to popular belief. In a study, researchers found that African-Americans had a 47 percent increased risk of …
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Friday, May 17, 2013
Neurosurgeon Fixes a Potentially Fatal Brain Leak
What Aundrea Aragon thought was a sinus infection was really a sign of a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak in her brain. After using neuronavigation to find the crack in her skull, doctors were able to seal the link with tissue from Aragon's nose. Without …
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Friday, May 17, 2013
Pharmaceutical Treatment for PTSD on the Way? Cannabinoid Receptors Linked to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Researchers at the NYU Langone Medical Center have unearthed a link between the number of cannabinoid receptors in the human brain and post-traumatic stress disorder. The findings, reported in Molecular Psychiatry, are said to highlight the need for …
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