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Thursday, January 5, 2012
Scientists Learning How to Better Suppress Brain Metastasis Damage
“We are making progress from the neck down in cancer treatment, but brain metastases are increasing and are often a primary reason patients with breast cancer do not survive,” said Patricia S. Steeg, PhD, head of the Women’s Cancers Section at …
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Adolescent Schizophrenia Linked to Progressive Brain Changes
Adolescents who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and other psychoses seem to show greater decreases in gray matter volume and increases in cerebrospinal fluid in the frontal lobe versus healthy adolescents without a diagnosis of psychosis, reports …
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Monday, January 2, 2012
‘Silent Strokes’ Linked to Memory Loss
New research links “silent strokes,” or small spots of dead brain cells, found in about one out of four older adults to memory loss in the elderly. The findings appear in the Jan. 3, 2012, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American …
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Friday, December 30, 2011
Study Recognizes Brain Benefits of a Diet High in Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Certain Vitamins
Those with diets high in several vitamins or in omega-3 fatty acids are less likely to experience the brain shrinkage associated with Alzheimer’s disease than people whose diets are not high in those nutrients, according to a new study published in …
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Elderly Can Be Trained to Respond As Quickly as Young Adults to Some Brain Tasks
Both children and the elderly have slower response times when it comes to making quick decisions in some settings. However, recent research suggests that much of that slower response is a conscious choice to emphasize accuracy over speed. For example …
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Researchers Discover Gene Responsible for Hereditary Brain Disorder
A global team of neuroscientists, led by researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., have discovered the gene responsible for a brain disorder that may be much more common than thought. As reported in the Dec. 25 online issue of Nature Genetics …
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Study Points Out Risk Factors Linked to Blindness After Spine Surgery
A new study identifies six risk factors associated with blindness or partial blindness that can occur following major spine surgery: 1) male sex, 2) obesity, 3) use of a surgical frame that places the head lower than the heart, 4) length of the surgery …
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Surgical Techniques for Spinal Cervical Fusion Vary
The technique surgeons use to perform surgery on patients with degenerative disc disease of the cervical (upper) spine may depend on what part of the country they live in, according to a study published in the January issue of Spine, conducted by Dr. …
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Johns Hopkins Researchers Discover That SIRT1 Gene Can Delay Onset of HD
By working with genetically engineered mice, Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that the SIRT1 gene, which is linked to slowing the aging process in cells, also appears to dramatically delay the onset of Huntington’s Disease (HD) and slow the …
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
High Levels of Tau Protein Linked to Poor Recovery After Brain Injury
Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico in Milan, Italy, have linked high levels of tau protein in fluid bathing the brain to poor recovery after head trauma …
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