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Monday, December 2, 2013
Blood Test Diagnoses Concussion, Predicts Long-term Cognitive Disability
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, together with colleagues at Baylor College of Medicine, have discovered a new blood biomarker that correctly predicts which concussion victims go on to have white matter …
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Young Kids’ Brain Connections Strengthen During Sleep
While young children sleep, connections between the left and right hemispheres of their brains strengthen, perhaps helping brain functions mature, according to a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder. The research team used electroencephalograms …
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Would You Want to Know Your Alzheimer’s Risk?
With a noninvasive screening device now being tested, Alzheimer’s disease experts at Cedars-Sinai say early detection might offer chance of timely intervention. Their preliminary results suggest that optical imaging of beta-amyloid plaques in the retina …
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Water-based Imaging Maps Brain Neurons Before Surgery
Neurosurgeons at University of California (UC) San Diego Health System are using a new approach to visualize the brain’s anatomy prior to surgery, and no needles, dyes or chemicals are needed to create the radiology scan. Yet the technique allows neurosurgeons …
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Monday, November 25, 2013
Brain Still Injured from Concussion After Symptoms Fade
Four months later, when symptoms have mostly dissipated, special brain scans show evidence of brain abnormalities after a mild concussion, according to new research published in Neurology. “These results suggest that there are potentially two different …
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Monday, November 25, 2013
Understanding a Protein’s Role in Familial Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have used genetic engineering of human-induced pluripotent stem cells to parse the roles of a key mutated protein in causing familial Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In the process …
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Friday, November 22, 2013
New Study Decodes Brain’s Process for Decision-making
When making a choice, the brain sifts and retrieves specific traces of memories, rather than a generalized overview of past experiences, new research reveals. The study combined computer simulations with brain-imaging data to compare two different types …
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Friday, November 22, 2013
Study: Hospitals Vary in Treating Children with Brain Injury
According to a new study, hospitals differ in management of children with traumatic brain injury, particularly when it comes to monitoring and preventing the harmful effects of increased intracranial pressure (ICP). The study, reported in Neurosurgery …
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Thursday, November 21, 2013
Ethics: Doctor Assesses the Terrain of Random Acts of Kindness Toward Patients
At one extreme is the position probably best articulated by one of medicine’s great clinician-scientists, Dr. Donald Seldin of the University of Texas. In a 1981 talk to an audience of physicians, Dr. Seldin deplored “a tendency to construe all sorts …
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Thursday, November 21, 2013
For Your Patients: Keeping Epilepsy Sufferers Safe During Seizures
“Statistically, one in 10 of us will have a seizure at some time,’’ she said. “So recognizing and being able to take care of handling a seizure is just something that everybody needs to know.’’ Click here for information to share with your …
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