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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Research Team Creates Set of Multi-Dimensional Brain Measurements That Can Accurately Assess Child’s Age
A national team of researchers — led by University of California, San Diego School of Medicine investigators — has developed a multidimensional set of brain measurements that, when taken together, can accurately assess a child’s age with 92 percent …
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Survey Shows Improved Patient Decision-Making About Herniated Disc Surgery
Karen Sepucha, PhD, and colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, developed and evaluated a tool for use in evaluating the quality of patient decisions regarding treatment for herniated discs in the lower (lumbar) spine. The survey may help …
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
UC San Diego, Yale To Build Neuroscience Gateway Using Collaborative NSF Grant
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the University of California, San Diego and Yale University a collaborative grant by the) to develop a Neuroscience Gateway (NSG) that gives neuroscientists broadened access to essential high-performance …
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Monday, August 20, 2012
Previously Rejected Drug May Reduce Neurodegenerative Proteins in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s
According to research published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, the second of two studies on the drug latrepirdine offer new possibilities for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, sleep disorders and other neurodegenerative …
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Monday, August 20, 2012
Actor, Parkinson’s Research Supporter Michael J. Fox Returning to TV
Michael J. Fox is planning a return to series TV, more than a decade after he left to concentrate on fighting Parkinson's disease, according to the Associated Press. The actor, who first gained fame in the ‘80s sitcom "Family Ties" and later led the …
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Friday, August 17, 2012
Trauma Doctor Criticizes Toronto Mayor for Reading While Driving
“We expect our chief executive to act as a role model,” says St. Michael’s Hospital Trauma Director Avery Nathens, MD, PhD, MPH. He made the comment just one day after a passenger in a passing vehicle took a photo of the mayor in which he appeared …
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Friday, August 17, 2012
Study Links Depression to Increased Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease
In a study of more than one thousand men and women who have heart disease, depression has been associated with an increased risk of peripheral artery disease (PAD). The study was done by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University …
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Friday, August 17, 2012
One Week of Speech Therapy May Help Patients Who Stutter by Reorganizing Brain
Just one week of speech therapy may reorganize the brain and help to reduce stuttering, reports a study out of China that appears in the August 8, 2012, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The research …
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
Viewing Photos of Fattening Foods Triggers Hunger in Brain
“This stimulation of the brain’s reward areas may contribute to overeating and obesity,” says Senior Author Kathleen Page, MD, assistant professor at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles (UCLA). “We thought this was a striking finding …
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Young Girls with ADHD at Greater Risk for Suicide, Self-Injury
Those diagnosed with ADHD as young girls — particularly the type with early signs of impulsivity — were three to four times more likely to attempt suicide and two to three times more likely to report injuring themselves when compared with young women …
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