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Friday, October 10, 2014
Transplant Drug Could Boost the Power of Brain-tumor Treatments
Recent research, published in the journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, conducted by scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School, found that an organ transplant drug called rapamycin could help brain-tumor patients by boosting the effects …
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Friday, October 10, 2014
Study Reveals Clues to Understanding Brain Stimulation
In a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) found that brain networks — the interconnected pathways that link brain circuits to one another …
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Thursday, October 9, 2014
Scientists Identify the Signature of Aging in the Brain
In research recently published in the journal Science, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science found evidence of a unique “signature” that may be the missing link between cognitive decline and aging. The discovery may lead to future treatments …
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Thursday, October 9, 2014
Researchers Identify Factors Associated with Pediatric Brain Tumors
According to new research published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, researchers from Washington University in St. Louis identified some risk factors associated with brain tumors in children such as having older parents, birth …
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014
New Research Helps Explain Mental-sharpness Decline in Cancer Patients
In an effort to solve the mystery behind why as many as half of patients taking cancer-related drugs experience a decrease in mental sharpness, scientists at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) conducted an experiment …
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Memory Loss Associated with Alzheimer’s Reversed for First Time
In a recent study published in the journal Aging, researchers from the UCLA Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, is the first to suggest that memory loss in patients may be reversed. During …
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Too Much Practice Variation in Treating Brain Aneurysms?
According to a recent report, there is considerable regional variation in the U.S. in the treatment of ruptured and unruptured cerebral aneurysms. The report suggests that some of this variation is not warranted and implies that patients need more information …
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Sleep Twitches Connected to Brain Development
In a recent study published in the journal Current Biology, researchers from the University of Iowa found that twitches that occur during sleep activate the brains of mammals differently than movements made during awake. Researchers say the findings …
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Monday, October 6, 2014
Lift Weights, Improve Your Memory
A new study conducted by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology found that an intense workout of as little as 20 minutes can enhance episodic memory (long-term memory), by about 10 percent in healthy young adults. Existing studies have demonstrated …
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Monday, October 6, 2014
New Pathway Linking the Brain to High Blood Pressure Identified
In a recent study published in the journal PLOS One, scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM), and the Ottawa Heart Institute uncovered a new pathway by which the brain uses an unusual steroid to control blood pressure. The …
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