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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Video: Neurologist Advises on Return-to-Play Policies and Concussion Risk in Sports
David Dodick, a neurologist and concussion expert at the Mayo Clinic, offers advice on returning to sport after sustaining a concussion. He emphasizes the need to be certified as concussion-free by a physician before returning to play and speaks about …
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Monday, August 12, 2013
Study Assesses How the Brain Learns Cocaine Addiction
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine have described how proteins linked to learning forge brain pathways in response to the pleasure molecule dopamine. The drug-induced increase in dopamine is key to the study of cocaine addiction, and the finding …
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Monday, August 12, 2013
Study: Growing Brain Aneurysms Likely to Rupture, Regardless of Size
Regardless of size, brain aneurysms are 12 times more likely to rupture if they are growing. The finding, a result of a study published in Radiology, counters current suggestions that small aneurysms are at a low risk of rupture. “Our data support …
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Friday, August 9, 2013
Nutritional Supplement May Reverse, Prevent Neurodegenerative Disease in Children
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine are hopeful that a nutrtitonal supplement may prevent or undo the effects of pontocerebellar hypoplasia, a terminal neurodegenerative disease found in children. The ailment manifests …
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Friday, August 9, 2013
Surgical Anesthestic May Treat Drug-Resistant Depression, Serve as an Alternative to Electroconvulsive Therapy
While electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is considered an effective treatments of medication-resistant depression, millions of potential patients fear the technique's side effects and its public stigma. Researchers at the University of Utah have found …
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Thursday, August 8, 2013
Analysis: For Pain Syndrome, Spinal Cord Stimulation Not Necessarily Best as a Last Resort
In treating complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), research analysis has found that spinal cord stimulation (SCS) should be considered earlier as a treatment instead of a last resort. The analysis, found in Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural …
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Thursday, August 8, 2013
Study Finds Link Between Anemia, Dementia
According to a study published in Neurology, low levels of red blood cells - or anemia - may increase a person's risk of dementia. In an 11-year study, participants who had anemia had an almost 41 percent increased risk of developing dementia than those …
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Experimental Treatment Shows Promise for Breast Cancer Spread to Brain
Published in the journal Clincal Cancer Research, a mouse model study found that combined cellular therapy and gene therapy comprise a viable treatement for breast cancer that has spread to a patient's brain. Both of these experimental therapies are …
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Faster Brain Scans Reveal Insights to Active, Resting Brain
Quicker brain scans have revealed new information on how brain networks cooperate with one another. Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine studied the brains of volunteers at rest and while the volunteers watched a movie. For the …
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Tuesday, August 6, 2013
In Men, Sudden Decrease in Testosterone Levels May Result in Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms
A study conducted at Rush University Medical Center has found that in male mice, a sudden decrease in testosterone levels make cause Parkinson's disease-like symptoms. In healthy men, testosterone levels drop about one percent every year after they …
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