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Thursday, February 21, 2013
Study Sheds New Light on Development of Infant Brain
A new study by Columbia Engineering researchers has found that the infant brain does not control its blood flow in the same way as the adult brain. The paper, which the scientists say could change the way brain development is studied in infants and children …
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Study Examines Hospital Readmission Rates for Spine Surgery Patients
When hospital patients have to be readmitted soon after discharge, it makes hospitals look bad. A high readmission rate also can result in reduced Medicare reimbursements. But a new study of spine surgery patients has discovered that the standard method …
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Fluorescent Light Causes Brain Tumor Cells to Glow for Surgery
Neurosurgeons say they have harnessed the power of fluorescent light to illuminate a brain tumor so the entire growth can be removed. A new report describes a case in which a patient with glioblastoma swallowed a pill, called 5-ALA, and was taken to …
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
InSightec Receives FDA Go-ahead to Begin Trial for Essential Tremor Therapy
InSightec Ltd. has announced that it received FDA approval to begin Phase III clinical trial for treatment of essential tremor using ExAblate Neuro. This trial is intended to provide safety and effectiveness data about the use of ExAblate Neuro in order …
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Ten U.S. Presidents Have Suffered Strokes While in or After Leaving Office
Ten of America’s 44 presidents likely suffered strokes during their presidencies or after leaving office, according to research by Loyola University Medical Center neurologist Jose Biller, MD, co-author of the article “Stroke and the American Presidency …
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Friday, February 15, 2013
Ten-Year-Old Girl with Rare Form of Epilepsy Has Half Her Brain Removed
Imagine having a child with a rare neurological disease … and then being told that removing half the brain is the only treatment. This was the case for Seth Wohlberg, father of ten-year-old Grace, who learned that his daughter had Rasmussen’s Encephalitis …
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Friday, February 15, 2013
Researchers Help Mice Recover from Stroke by ‘Rewiring’ Their Brains
Johns Hopkins researchers have found that mice can recover from physically debilitating strokes that damage the primary motor cortex, the region of the brain that controls most movement in the body, if the rodents are quickly subjected to physical conditioning …
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Collaborative Spine Research Foundation Gets Three-Year Grant from Medtronic
The Collaborative Spine Research Foundation (Collaborative Spine) announced today an agreement to receive up to $7 million over the next three years to fund cross-disciplinary spinal research from Medtronic’s Spine business. The final amount of the …
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Abnormal Protein May Help Detect Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS), Dementia
Mayo Clinic researchers have found an abnormal protein that accumulates in the brains of many patients affected with two common neurodegenerative disorders — amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease) and frontotemporal …
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Deep Brain Therapy Benefits May Remain When Device Is Off for Dystonia Patients
Two patients freed from severe to disabling effects of dystonia through deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy continued to have symptom relief for months after their devices accidentally were fully or partly turned off — that’s according to a report …
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