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Monday, January 7, 2013
Rainfall Linked to Brain Infection in Sub-Saharan Africa
Hydrocephalus — which translates, literally, as "water on the brain" — is characterized by the build-up of the fluid that normally is found within and surrounding the brain, leading to brain swelling. The swelling will cause brain damage or death …
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Monday, January 7, 2013
Electrical Stimulation of Brain Releases Powerful, Opiate-Like Painkiller
Researchers have used electricity on certain regions in the brain of a patient with chronic, severe facial pain to release an opiate-like substance that's considered one of the body's most powerful painkillers. Their findings expand on prior work done …
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Friday, January 4, 2013
American Medical Association Warns Doctors about ‘Divided Loyalty’
With hospitals buying up medical practices around the country and seeking to make the most of their investment, the American Medical Association (AMA) reached out to doctors in December to remind them that patient welfare must always come first and …
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Friday, January 4, 2013
Study Shows Early Cognitive Problems in Eventual Alzheimer’s Patients
Researchers who study or treat Alzheimer’s disease and its earliest clinical stage, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), have focused attention on the obvious short-term memory problems. However, a new study suggests that people on the road to Alzheimer …
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
Neurosurgical Publication Discusses Importance of Quality Improvement, Clinical Research, Patient Care
The January 2013 issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery (JNS) Publishing Group’s Neurosurgical Focus publication is dedicated to the science of neurosurgical practice. In this issue, eight papers tackle a new era in neurosurgical practice in which there …
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
Researchers Use Imaging Study to Chronicle Second Impact Syndrome in High School Football Player
In the January 2013 issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, physicians at the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Northwest Radiology Network (Indianapolis) report on the case of a 17-year-old high school football player with second …
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Second Concussion Can Be Devastating, Even After Normal CT Scan
Student-athlete Cody Lehe still was having headaches from a concussion sustained several days earlier at a high school football game. But when his CT scan came back normal, the 17-year-old thought it was OK to play. Five days after the helmet-to-helmet …
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Doctors Say Blood Clot Could Have Been Life-Threatening for Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's latest health update — cerebral venous thrombosis — is a rare and potentially "life-threatening" condition, say medical experts, but one from which the political leader is likely to recover. In an update from …
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Friday, December 28, 2012
Studies Examine Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Causes, Characteristics, Trends in China
Two new studies by researchers from the International Program at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Wuhan Children’s Hospital in China examine pediatric traumatic brain injuries …
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Friday, December 28, 2012
UAB Study Investigates Racial Disparities in Stroke Patients
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health say a 10-mm difference in blood pressure is associated with an eight percent increase in stroke risk for white people, but a 24 percent increase in stroke risk for black …
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