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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
American Association of Neurological Surgeons Offers Concussion Prevention and Awareness Tips as Part of National Neurosurgery Awareness Week
"Make Concussion Awareness a Part of Your Playbook" That’s the theme of 2012 National Neurosurgery Awareness Week (NNAW), scheduled for April 15-21, 2012. NNAW is held annually in conjunction with the American Association of Neurological Surgeons …
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
House of Representatives Repeals IPAB, Adopts Medical Liability Reform
On Thursday, March 22, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) and adopt meaningful medical liability reform. The Protecting Access to Healthcare Act (H.R. 5) passed by a vote …
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Researchers Find That Shyness May be Caused by Deficiencies in the Brain
The study found that people who refer to themselves as “inhibited” may experience habituation failure, or the inability to adapt to new stimuli, in the amygdala and the hippocampus regions of the brain. Research results were published in the journal …
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Monday, March 19, 2012
New MRI Technique Determines Progression of Gliomas
Gliomas are the most common malignant brain tumors among adults and can be difficult to treat due to their aggressive, invasive nature. In diagnosing patients with gliomas, it is increasingly important that doctors be able to detect tumor changes early …
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Friday, March 16, 2012
Johns Hopkins Study Challenges Benefit of Certain Anticancer Drugs
Published laboratory data from Johns Hopkins University refutes studies suggesting blood vessels that form within brain cancers are largely made up of cancer cells. The theory of cancer-based blood vessels challenges the use and value of anticancer drugs …
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Friday, March 16, 2012
Study Links Maternal Obesity to Impaired Brain Development in Premature Infants
“Although in the past decade, medical advances have improved the survival rate of babies born at less than seven months, they are still at very high risk for mental developmental delays compared with full-term infants,” says Jennifer Helderman, MD …
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
Hair-like Structures Allow Inner Ear to Communicate with Brain
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have discovered that the hair cells of the inner ear have a "root" extension that may allow them to communicate with nerve cells and the brain to regulate sensitivity to sound vibrations …
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Scientists Demonstrate Mechanism for Encoding Memory
Memory encoding in the brain has remained mysterious, despite an entire century of research. Neuronal synaptic connection strengths are involved, but synaptic components are short-lived, while memories last lifetimes, suggesting that synaptic information …
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Friday, March 9, 2012
Protein to Blame for Parkinson’s Disease
Millions of people suffer from Parkinson's disease — a disorder of the nervous system that affects movement and progresses over time. As the world's population ages, it is estimated that the number of people with this disease will rise sharply. Yet …
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Surgeon Education Reduces Hardware Wastage in Spine Surgery
An educational program for surgeons can reduce unnecessary hardware "explantations” (the placement and removal of hardware/instrumentation) during spinal surgery, according to a study published in the March 1 issue of Spine. Surgeon education reduced …
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