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Monday, January 21, 2013
Researchers Discover Natural Enzyme Involved in Deadly Brain Tumors
Glioblastoma multiforme is one of the most common types of brain tumors in adults; it's also one of the most devastating. Even with recent advances in surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, the aggressive and invasive tumors become resistant to treatment …
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Monday, January 21, 2013
Stroke Survivors with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder More Likely to Avoid Treatment
Researchers found that 65 percent of stroke survivors with PTSD failed to adhere to treatment, compared to 33 percent of those without PTSD. The survey also suggests that non-adherence in PTSD patients is partly explained by increased ambivalence toward …
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Friday, January 18, 2013
University of Oregon Concussion Research Shows Athletes May Need Months, not Days, to Recover
Normally, most doctors give athletes about a week to 10 days to recover from a concussion; however, new research from the University of Oregon's Department of Human Physiology shows that some brains can be impaired even two months after a head injury …
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Friday, January 18, 2013
‘FlyWalker’ Program Tracks Insects’ Steps, Could Advance Parkinson’s Research
They may have wings, but fruit flies (Drosophila) spend plenty of time on their feet. These insects also are a standard animal model for studying neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Scientists often create fruit flies …
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Famed Rock Star with ‘Curable’ Dementia Nearly Loses Career
Dick Wagner had enjoyed a successful life on stage, playing lead guitar for bands such as Alice Cooper (with whom he co-wrote many top-selling songs, including the 1975 hit “Welcome to My Nightmare”), Aerosmith and Kiss when he had a stroke and a …
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Uganda Hospital Unveils New Neurosurgical Theater, Offers Patients Free Brain Surgery
A new neurosurgical theater at Mulango National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, is offering free surgery to patients with brain ailments, according to the news source All Africa. The new theater is an addition to five other theaters the institution …
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
New Research Method to Identify Brain Tumors Could Enhance Neurosurgery
The use of a new brain tumor-targeting contrast agent that differentiates between normal and cancer cells in conjunction with a high-powered microscopy system could potentially lead to a method of more precise neurosurgery for brain tumors, according …
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
New Study Discovers that Causality Is in the Eye of the Beholder’s Brain
We rely on our visual system more heavily than previously thought in determining the causality of events, according to researchers who recently showed that we don’t always need to use cognitive reasoning in making judgments about causality. In some …
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Stroke Survivors Who Experience Depression May Face Triple the Risk of Early Death
Patients who are depressed after a stroke may have triple the risk of dying early and four times the risk of death from stroke than people who have not experienced a stroke or depression — that’s according to a study to be presented March 16-23, …
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Study of Autism-Related Disorder Reveals Key Mechanism in Brain Development, Disease
A new finding in neuroscience points to a developmental mechanism linking the disease-causing mutation in an autism-related disorder, Timothy syndrome, to observed defects in brain wiring. These findings may be at the heart of the mechanisms underlying …
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