Brain & Nervous System:
Brain Injury, Neurological Disorders, Brain Tumor
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Apr 30th, 2009
The true cost of epilepsy to third-party payors may often be underestimated when looking only at costs directly related to epilepsy.
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Apr 29th, 2009
Four months after Allie Jacobs was born her seizures began. Fortunately for Allie and her family, the drug Sabril, with the generic name vigabatrin, has helped her become seizure-free.
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Apr 24th, 2009
New research is underway, testing the effect of music derived from brain waves on improved emergency response and stress reduction after a crisis. The brain music program includes federal agents, police, and firefighters.
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Apr 22nd, 2009
Women with bulimia nervosa (BN), when compared with healthy women, showed different patterns of brain activity while doing a task that required self-regulation.
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Apr 20th, 2009
To treat neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, UCSF researchers have developed a new strategy for delivering gene therapy to the brain cells that stand to benefit most.
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Mar 24th, 2009
Some people with normal hearing can develop difficulty understanding what is said to them due to a brain injury, illness or dementia.
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Mar 23rd, 2009
A new resource guide from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services offers detailed information to help those who have survived a traumatic brain injury better understand the recovery process.
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Mar 20th, 2009
March is brain awareness month. What do we know about the signs of head injury?
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Mar 19th, 2009
Researchers report the results of the long-term epilepsy pilot trial, which demonstrated the effectiveness of the new treatment, called trigeminal nerve stimulation (TNS).
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Mar 19th, 2009
Researchers used a new type of brain-imaging scanner to show that intelligence is strongly influenced by the quality of the brain's axons, or wiring that sends signals throughout the brain.
