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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Kazakhstan to Introduce Surgery for Tremor, Parkinson’s Diseases
A new approach to treatment of tremor and Parkinson's diseases is coming to Kazakhstan, according to Tengrinews.kz, quoting the development director of the State Scientific Neurosurgery Center, Chingiz Shashkin, at a round-table meeting called Neurology …
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
President Obama Questions Safety of Football Due to Violent Injuries, Including Concussions
In an interview to appear in the Feb. 11 issue of The New Republic, Obama says that football fans are going to have to wrestle with the fact that the game will probably change over time to try to reduce the violence. The president notes that some of …
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Tumor ‘Separation Surgery’ Followed by Stereotactic Radiosurgery Found Safe, Effective in Controlling Spinal Metastases
Researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York have found that tumor “separation surgery,” followed by high-dose hypofractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) or high-dose single-fraction SRS, is safe and effective in controlling …
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Monday, January 28, 2013
Physicians See ‘Significant Brain Activity’ in Comatose Former Israeli Prime Minister
Doctors in Israel say they had detected "significant brain activity" during tests on former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma since suffering a brain hemorrhage seven years ago. During two hours of tests late last week, brain …
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Monday, January 28, 2013
Parkinson’s Patients Experience Non-Motor Symptoms Such as Anxiety at Initial Onset
While movement problems are the main symptom of Parkinson’s disease, a new study shows that even early on in the course of disease, people frequently experience non-motor symptoms such as drooling, anxiety and constipation. Research results appear …
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
Researchers Find Growing Evidence of Role Mutated Genes Play in Development of Schizophrenia
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have identified a rare gene mutation in a single family with a high rate of schizophrenia, adding to evidence that abnormal genes play a role in the development of the disease. The researchers, who presented the …
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
FDA Approves Clinical Trial of Auditory Brainstem Implant Procedure for Children in the U.S.
On Jan. 22, 2013, the Los Angeles-based House Research Institute and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave final approval to begin a clinical trial of an Auditory Brainstem Implant …
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Neural Imaging Shows How Human Brain Adapts to Injury
Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging (CCBI) have used a new combination of neural imaging methods to find out how the human brain adapts to injury. The research reveals that when one brain area loses functionality …
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Researchers Explore Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s Diseases
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) changed Daniel Duran’s life. Instead of long, frozen "off" periods due to Parkinson's disease, he now enjoys hours at a time when he can move about. This type of therapy requires delicate surgery and does not work for all …
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Brain Tumor Center Tests More than 2,000 Compounds in Search of New Glioblastoma Treatment
Researchers at the Brain Tumor Center at the University of Cincinnati (UC) Neuroscience Institute are throwing almost everything but the kitchen sink at an aggressive type of brain tumor that has proved stubbornly resistant to conventional forms of treatment …
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