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Monday, June 2, 2014
Study: MRI Analysis Predicts Stroke Patient Outcome
Researchers say they have developed a technique that can predict — with 95 percent accuracy — which stroke victims will benefit from intravenous, clot-busting drugs and which will suffer dangerous and potentially lethal bleeding in the brain. Recently …
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Friday, May 30, 2014
Cynicism Could Hurt Your Brain Health
According to a new study published in Neurology, those who exhibit high levels of cynical distrust may be more likely to develop dementia. Although cynicism has previously been associated with other health problems such as heart disease, this is the …
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Friday, May 30, 2014
Optical Brain Scanner Goes Where Other Brain Scanners Cannot
According to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis that is now available online in Nature Photonics, scientists have advanced a brain-scanning technology that tracks what the brain is doing by shining dozens of tiny LED …
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Thursday, May 29, 2014
Study: High-school Athletes’ Concussion Rates Doubled in Seven Years
A new study from The Ohio State University, recently published online in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, reports that concussion rates in U.S. high-school athletes more than doubled in a seven-year period. According to the national study, which …
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Thursday, May 29, 2014
Tracking the Source of “Selective Attention” Problems in Brain-injured Vets
An estimated 15 to 20 percent of U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from some form of traumatic brain injury (TBI) sustained during their deployment, with most injuries caused by blast waves from exploded military ordnance. While …
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Antidepressant May Slow Alzheimer’s Disease
According to new research from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Pennsylvania, a commonly prescribed antidepressant can reduce production of amyloid beta, the main ingredient in Alzheimer’s brain plaques …
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Brain May Never Fully Recover from Exposure to Paint, Glue, Degreasers
People who are exposed to paint, glue or degreaser fumes at work may experience memory and thinking problems decades after their exposure, according to a study recently published in Neurology. The study involved 2,143 retirees from the French national …
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Scientists Slow Brain Tumor Growth in Mice
Researchers have identified a protein that can be used to slow down or speed up the growth of brain tumors in mice. They report that they have discovered a way to slow tumor growth in a mouse model of brain cancer by altering the process by which genes …
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Friday, May 23, 2014
Migraine Attacks May Increase Following Stress “Let Down”
According to a new study conducted by researchers at the Montefiore Headache Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, migraine sufferers who experienced reduced stress from one day to the next are at significantly increased risk of migraine onset …
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Friday, May 23, 2014
Neuroscientists Investigate How the Brain Repairs Itself After Stroke
Researchers at Virginia Tech are investigating how the brain develops “collateral” blood vessels which re-route blood flow after a vessel becomes blocked following a stroke, in order to potentially find better or new stroke treatments. When a brain …
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