Brain & Nervous System:
Brain Injury, Neurological Disorders, Brain Tumor
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Mar 9th, 2009
The fitness-obsessed are turning their attention to their brains as well as their muscles, if sales figures for brain fitness software are any indication.
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Feb 25th, 2009
People who have parents diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia may be more likely to have memory loss themselves in middle age.
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Feb 25th, 2009
Participating in certain mental activities, like reading magazines or crafting in middle age or later in life, may delay or prevent memory loss.
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Feb 23rd, 2009
Great advances have been made in treating blockages in the arteries of the brain using angioplasty to widen the narrowed artery and a stent to hold the artery open.
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Feb 21st, 2009
FDA approved a humanitarian device exemption for the first implantable device that delivers intermittent electrical therapy deep within the brain to suppress the symptoms associated with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
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Feb 16th, 2009
Researchers describe for the first time how cellular changes in the sleeping brain promote the formation of memories.
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Feb 5th, 2009
Hollywood celebrities, sports stars and a music legend will join thousands of people for the third annual National Walk for Epilepsy on the National Mall on Saturday, March 28. The Pre-Walk Rally begins at 8:45a.m. The event, hosted by the Epilepsy Foundation - with financial support from Ortho-McNeil Neurologics®, Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.- is devised to raise awareness of epilepsy, raise funds for much needed programs for people with epilepsy and help in the search for a cure.
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Jan 30th, 2009
Brain cells called astrocytes help to cause the urge to sleep that comes with prolonged wakefulness, according to a study in mice.
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Jan 30th, 2009
Modern imaging technologies have enabled physicians to peer into the living brain as never before, but the pictures often reveal structural anomalies, such as unruptured brain aneurysms, whose risks are unclear.
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Jan 28th, 2009
The debate about head injuries in pro football players has intensified with the revelation Tuesday that a sixth deceased former National Football League player age 50 or younger had brain damage commonly associated with boxers.
