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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Focused Ultrasound Foundation-sponsored Parkinson’s Study Treats Tremors
The Focused Ultrasound Foundation has announced a new clinical trial investigating the use of focused ultrasound technology to treat patients with tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease. Funded in part by the Foundation, the study has treated its first …
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
University of Haifa Study Links Alzheimer’s to Protein Regulation in Brain
Researchers have found a link between Alzheimer’s disease and the activity level of a protein called eIF2alpha, according to a study done at the University of Haifa’s Sagol Department of Neurobiology. Professor Kobi Rosenblum, head of the department …
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Monday, October 29, 2012
Scientific Model Shows How Vibrations from Hits Wobble the Brain Despite Football Helmet
With fall football season comes helmet-to-helmet collisions, the hardest of which can lead to player concussions. The physics of how the impact of a helmet hit transfers to the brain are not well understood, so a research team from the U.S. Naval Academy …
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Recent Spinal Shots May Pose Most Risk of Meningitis Infection
Federal health officials say the more recently a patient received a spinal injection of the contaminated steroid implicated in a nationwide outbreak of fungal meningitis, the higher his or her risk of developing the disease. Those injected with the contaminated …
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Researchers Report Widespread Internet Use by Caregivers of Children with Shunts
When faced with disease, patients and caregivers now readily turn to the Internet for information and emotional support. This is particularly true in the case of caregivers of children with hydrocephalus. Researchers at Children’s of Alabama and the …
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Neurosurgeon Experiences ‘Proof of Heaven’ While in Coma
Four years ago, Harvard neurosurgeon Eben Alexander III, MD, FACS, almost died from a spontaneous E. coli meningitis infection that attacked his brain and sent him into a week-long coma. Brain scans showed that his entire cortex — the area of the brain …
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer’s Network Receives Donations, Funding for Therapy Trial
Leading researchers at the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's Network (DIAN) have announced that two pharma companies have agreed to donate three investigational drugs and at least partially fund a five-year therapy trial to test those drugs side-by-side …
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Easy Eye Scan Can Detect Level of Brain Damage in MS Patients
An inexpensive, five-minute eye scan can accurately assess the amount of brain damage in patients suffering from the autoimmune disorder multiple sclerosis (MS) and provide clues to how quickly the disease is progressing — that’s according to two …
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Plaque Build-Up in Brain May Cause More Memory Decline than Having Alzheimer’s Gene
A new study shows that having a high amount of beta amyloid or “plaques” in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s may cause steeper memory decline in mentally healthy older people than does having apolipoprotein E (APOE) e4 allele, which also is …
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Salk Institute Scientists Say Glioblastoma Multiforme Can Originate in a Range of Nervous System Cells
Scientists have long thought that glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most aggressive type of primary brain tumor, starts in glial cells that make up supportive tissue in the brain or in neural stem cells. But in a paper published Oct. 18, 2012, in the …
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