Developmental, neurologic problems common in extremely preterm infants
...omotor disabilities. Most of the disabilities were cerebral palsy. Also, 2% of the children were blind or only perceived light, and 3% had hearing loss. Overall, 49% of the children had a disability, according to the investigators, and 23% were classified as severely disabled....Brain death – How to cope with it
...traffic accidents, severe stokes, head injuries or cerebral hemorrhage are all confined to a situation where they live technically only on life support systems. The most difficult decision for the relatives of these victims is to give consent to the medical staff attending on these brain dead patients to stop...Malaria strikes Munger tribals
... capital, Patna. Thirty-eight people have died of cerebral malaria in this eastern Indian state of Bihar over...with fever and rigors.the worst form of malaria is cerebral malaria,which if not treated can lead on to convulsions coma and death within 24 hours.......free radicals with nitric oxide, in areas of their cerebral cortex than healthy control rats. However, by treating the rats with kidney failure with an antioxidant called des-methyl-tirilizad, the scientists were able to lower the levels of molecules responsible for the oxidative stress. “This study shows h...... to cyanosis (where the skin turns blue), impaired cerebral function, and death. Fluid build-up in the brain causes high altitude cerebral oedema. Symptoms include headache, loss of co-ordination, weakness, and decreasing levels of consci...Magnetic resonance angiography in clinical medicine
...clerosis, and arteriovenous occlusion or stenosis, cerebral aneurysms, and A.V.malformations.It is an x-ray-imaging test, which takes pictures of the blood vessels or arteries of the body. However, it requires arterial catheterisation, injection of contrast, and exposure to ionising radiation with their assoc...Dyslexia due to cerebellum abnormality
.... Both the right cerebellar cortex and part of the cerebral cortex were less active when they performed the pre-learned sequences. Evidence has emerged recently that as well as having language problems, dyslexic children often face difficulties with rapid information processing, co-ordination, balance and f...Cooling treatment for newborn asphyxia
...om a moderate lack of oxygen at birth will develop cerebral palsy.// There are currently no effective treatments to reduce the risk of asphyxia at birth, but recent small scale studies have found that lowering a baby's temperature may have beneficial effects. UK researchers are to investigate whether lowerin...Tamoxifen does not adversely affect the brain
... resonance spectroscopy to determine levels of the cerebral metabolite myo-inositol, which has been found at elevated levels during brain injury, in the brains of 80 women. Sixteen of the women were breast cancer patients who had received tamoxifen therapy for at least two years beforehand, 27 were healthy wo......free radicals with nitric oxide, in areas of their cerebral cortex than healthy control rats. However, by treating the rats with kidney failure with an antioxidant called des-methyl-tirilizad, the scientists were able to lower the levels of molecules responsible for the oxidative stress. “This study shows h......ed Alzheimer's disease and dementia are related to cerebral microvascular disease, a condition in which the sm...crovascular abnormalities in retinas a hallmark of cerebral microvascular disease and an easy site to examine through noninvasive measures -- to see if those wi...Caffeine reduces infant blood flow
... in premature infants characterized by swelling of cerebral blood vessels and tissue death due to lack of oxygen in the brain. Decreased blood flow to the intestines potentially causes inflammation, which can later result in narrowing of the intestinal track. Based on results, doctors recommend smaller doses......free radicals with nitric oxide, in areas of their cerebral cortex than healthy control rats. However, by treating the rats with kidney failure with an antioxidant called des-methyl-tirilizad, the scientists were able to lower the levels of molecules responsible for the oxidative stress. “This study shows h...Stroke also in list of common childhood ailments
...dded that strokes in infants are a common cause of cerebral palsy, and that nearly 6 percent of children who have a stroke die, while about 25 percent of children have another stroke and about two-thirds have lasting neurological problems or seizures. However, an early diagnosis of stroke in the very young co...Spinal Cord Patients Walk Again
...rs say it can help people with spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy and multiple sclerois....Catching Alzheimer’s Disease Earl
...esting, was more sensitive at detecting changes in cerebral function. The authors of the study from New York and the University of North Texas are confident this new testing method may be able to partially reverse Alzheimer’s. It is well documented that if Alzheimer’s is caught early, some medications can sl......fered multiple silent strokes also known as silent cerebral infarcts. Researchers report 82 percent of the patients with diabetes and high blood pressure and 58 percent of those with hypertension alone had suffered a silent stroke. They also found three or more SCIs were found in 62 percent of the patients w...Link Between Alcohol and Decrease in Brain Size
...erate alcohol intake offers any protection against cerebral abnormalities or the risk of stroke in middle-aged adults. However researchers say it is difficult to determine a casual relationship between alcohol consumption and brain atrophy because MRI measures in the brain were only conducted once during fol...Methamphetamine Users Found To Suffer From Mood Disorders
... scans while performing different tasks to measure cerebral glucose metabolism, which is an indicator of brain function. Researchers measured the glucose metabolism in seven areas of the brain, which are known to regulate emotion, motivation and behavior. Results of the study show methamphetamine users had ...Decrease in Brain Size Linked To Alcohol Consumption
...erate alcohol intake offers any protection against cerebral abnormalities or the risk of stroke in middle-aged adults. However researchers say it is difficult to determine a casual relationship between alcohol consumption and brain atrophy because MRI measures in the brain were only conducted once during fol...Combination Therapy Found To Improves Stroke Recovery
...te ischemic stroke due to a blockage in the middle cerebral artery. All the patients were treated with tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) within three hours of symptom onset. 63 patients were randomly assigned to receive continuous ultrasound therapy (2-MHz transcranial Doppler ultrasonography) in addition t...Cooling Can Reduce The Risk Of Brain Damage In Oxygen Deprived Newborns
...oxygen can have a reduced risk of brain damage and cerebral palsy by having their brains cooled // for 72 hours after birth according to a recent study. Babies that received an inadequate supply of oxygen to the brain during delivery showed signs of being at a high risk for brain injury. However researchers...New Enzyme Identified For Arthritis
...ammatory arthritis is also common in conditions of cerebral palsy and diabetes. The report of the research is slated to come out in the March issue of Nature journal. The scientists discovered that lack of presence of the enzyme ADAMTS5 in mice leads to inhibition of destroying of cartilage that leads to inf...Gene to identify risk of stroke in sickle cell anemia
...transcranial Doppler ultrasonography for screening cerebral vasculopathy. Then the Bayesian networks are used to generate the clinical models. The model was successful in predicting the 25 variants of 11 genes that increased the risk of stroke in such a condition. Some of the genes were those already identif...Combination of Clopidogrel-aspirin is better for preventing stroke than only aspirin
... to detect the microemboli in the patients’ middle cerebral artery of the brain. There were about 43.8% microscopic clots in patients who were administered the drug combo, in comparison to the other group who had 72.7% clots with only aspirin. The combination therapy had lowered the frequency of blood clot fo...Botox for children with neurological impairments
...dren suffering from neurological conditions// like cerebral palsy. Children suffering from cerebral palsy and other similar diseases have no cognition and hence do not have the control over the saliva...Delaying pregnancy may lessen life expectancy of the child
...om long term disabilities like mental retardation, cerebral palsy, malfunctions of the lungs, eyes or ears. The results of the study will be published in the current issue of the journal Biology of Reproduction. ...Tetanus causing toxin has therapeutic properties
...disorders due to abnormal muscle contractions like cerebral palsy, strabismus, torticollis etc. they have also found use in cosmetic preparations that fight the wrinkles that appear on the skin due to age. Reference: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, press release, June 200...Scientists Unveil Mechanism Behind Resistance to Severe Malaria
...ast one hemoglobin C gene are less prone to deadly cerebral malaria, in which parasite-infected red blood cell...low in small vessels of the brain, contributing to cerebral malaria and death, notes Dr. Wellems. The scientists showed that AA cells often stick to blood vesse...Pomegranate juice to check fetal brain injury
...on called hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, or even cerebral palsy. The condition of hypoxia ischemia is a difficult condition that till date has not much treatment possibilities. Preventive measures to avoid this condition can go a long way in reducing the number of instances of congenital birth defects in c...Researchers discover receptor cells that can cause epilepsy
...elated to abnormal neural changes happening in the cerebral cortex that sends wrong neural information to thalamus leading to the symptoms of the seizures. The new study reveals the target that can be treated to control the expression of the epileptic seizures, especially in children. Reference: Journal of ...Clazosentan May help to Improve Blood Circulation after Brain Hemorrhage due to burst Aneurysm
...f death. Patients on the drug also develop fewer cerebral infarcts. Dr Peter Vajkoczy, Neurosurgeon at the D...of the study comments: "While our understanding of cerebral vasospasm has continued to improve, a solution to this challenge is yet to be found. However, these ...Strong Magnetic Stimulation Can Help Treating Severe Depression
...s results in an epileptic spasm and it changes the cerebral chemistry in the area of the forehead. The frontal cortex the region underneath the forehead regulates the emotions and steers the psychomotor reflexes of a person. ECT has a bad image. Movies like 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' has shown how act...Regular Use Of Cocaine Can Impair Brain Functions
...aine increases the risk of having acute cardiac or cerebral emergencies like heart attack and stroke that could be fatal. Deaths from cocaine addiction are typically due to cardiac arrest or seizure followed by respiratory attacks....Hyaluronic Acid – A Boon To The Problem Of Premature Infant
...elin. Different kinds of white matter injury cause cerebral palsy and learning problems in children born prema...ture infants who often die or suffer lifelong from cerebral palsy, mental retardation, chronic lung disease, blindness and hearing loss by invention of new ways...Changes In Brain Structure From Methamphetamine Abuse And HIV Infection
... is associated with prominent volume losses in the cerebral cortex (involved in higher thought, reasoning, and memory), basal ganglia, and hippocampus (involved in memory and learning). In methamphetamine abusers who are also HIV-positive, decreased volumes are correlated with increased cognitive impairment...Number Of Babies Born Prematurely Nears Historic Half Million Mark In US
...often left with devastating consequences – such as cerebral palsy, mental retardation, learning problems and blindness...Treatment Of Brain Aneurysms By A New Non-Surgical Approach
...urrently used to treat approximately 30 percent of cerebral aneurysms. The procedure is less invasive and requ...rovides minimally invasive option for repairing of cerebral aneurysms. Furthermore, the procedure has been found to be very effective in 90% of the cases, resul...Mobile phones may influence normal brain functioning
...ffects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on resting cerebral activity, but results have often been contradictor...ms are needed to better understand the macroscopic cerebral influences...Whole-body hypothermia reduces risk of death in Encephalopathy in infants
...e in major disability among survivors; the rate of cerebral palsy was 19% in the hypothermia group as compared with 30% in the control group. The authors conclude that whole-body hypothermia reduces the risk of death or disability in infants with moderate or severe hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy. These fin...Stenting: A Possible Remedy For Brain Artery Blockage
...ke reviewed cases of ICA occlusions that underwent cerebral angiography with the intent to revascularize over a 38-month period. Two groups were identified: patients who presented with an acute clinical presentation within 6 hours of symptom onset; and patients who presented subacutely with neurologic fluctua...Ketoacidosis Is The Main Cause On Mortality In Childhood-Onset Type 1 Diabetes
...rity of onset deaths were associated with signs of cerebral edema, as was two of the four ketoacidosis deaths treated in hospital several years after the of onset of the disease. It is notable that 10 case subjects were found deceased in their homes but were given an autopsy diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis...Novel Technique For Management Of Inverted Papilloma Of Frontal Sinus
...s and potential complications, including eye loss, cerebral spinal fluid leaks, and disfigurement. In the present study, the recurrence rate among the endoscopy patients was 50 %, compared with the usual recurrence rate of 44 % among patients who have open procedures. The authors conclude that th...Scientists breaking theory of cortex formation
... regions forming a new processing network//. The cerebral cortex is a sheet of around 10 billion neurons divided into distinctly separate areas that process particular aspects of sensation, movement and cognition. To what extent are these areas predetermined by genes or shaped by the environment? The protom...Help at hand for RRMS patients
...OPAXONE? suggested sustained beneficial effects on cerebral axonal recovery. We believe this indicates a potential for improved electrical conduction pathways in the brain, supporting the emerging concept that, centrally, COPAXONE? may be acting as a neuroprotective agent,” said Omar Khan, M.D., associate pro...Genetic Disorders, Not Fetal Distress Increase Cerebral Palsy Risk
...tary blood clotting disorders increase the risk of cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is a neurological // disord...d blood samples from healthy babies and those with cerebral palsy and found those with the condition had a higher prevalence of thrombophilias, or blood clottin...Brain Enlargement May Be Characteristic of Autism
...hout autism. The enlargements were found in the cerebral cortical volumes of people with autism, but not wh...ar after birth. The enlargements were across the cerebral cortex in the both gray and white matter. The cerebral cortex is responsible for functions like memo...Human neurons grown in the brains of mice
...ervous system" can spawn a mouse with a human-like cerebral cortex. In fact, all the brain structures of the four mice used in the experiments had been formed before the human cells were injected. What is more, less than 0.1 percent of the mice brain cells were found to be of human origin. Yet the new expe...Big Brained People Are More Intelligent
... determined what nature’s contribution was to this cerebral size relationship with intelligence. "We're going to need to be careful if, in the future, we use MRI brain scans as a measure of ability in any selection process," said Prof. Witelson. Edited (ANI) ...Viral Infection At Birth Leads To Cerebral Palsy.
...ead to severe damage of the brain tissue and cause cerebral palsy. A comparison study was conducted in which 443 babies suffering from cerebral palsy were compared with 883 normal babies. The results were very shocking as most of the babies w...Premature Babies Give It Their Best Shot To Overcome Difficulty
...pmental abnormalities such as delayed development, cerebral palsy and vision problems. But the above study has demonstrated that they may still qualify to a socially respectable position, defying all odds. The results of the present study come in as a boon for parents who are much concerned about their child....Safety Of Heart Drug Questioned
...he use of Novoseven, a drug used for management of cerebral hemorrhages (primary indication is for treatment of hemophilia). Increased risk of heart attack, stroke and even death were reported with use of the drug. The researchers examined the effect of Trasylol in nearly 4,374 cardiac surgery patients. The...Neurological Damage Can Be Reduced By Stem Cell Transplants
...rat to fight a condition very similar to the human cerebral palsy. Reporting their findings on Friday at th...rats affected with a condition equivalent to human cerebral palsy. But, the researchers only observed them for 14 days. Unlike the rats in the stroke study, the...Delay Umbilical Cord Clamping in Pre Term Babies
...d with developmental delays and conditions such as cerebral palsy. Infants in the delayed clamping group were also less likely to have blood infections. All the babies who had infections had their cords clamped immediately. The delay in cord clamping had the most dramatic effect on boys. Eight boys whose...Malaria Epidemic Claims 50 Lives In Assam
...ld IANS. The minister said 50 people had died of cerebral malaria since the beginning of April, with the eastern districts of Lakhmipur and Golaghat being the worst hit. "We have been able to check the spread of the disease." The northeast is a known malaria zone with the disease claiming an estimated 5...Malaria Epidemic Sweeps Northeast India
...ning of April, almost around 50 people had died of cerebral malaria and two districts in the eastern part of the state Lakhmipur and Golaghat were the worst hit. He said that the doctors and paramedics have spread out to take preventive steps and cure those hit by the disease. The northeast is a known malari...Link Between Solar Flares And Strokes Under Study
...logists who traced about 6,800 strokes and related cerebral attacks in a region of Slovakia are studying wheth... Kovac used a time graph to trace three kinds of cerebral attacks over a 16-year period between January 1989 and December 2004 among the 180,000 people living...Assam’s Malaria Death Toll Rises To 75, More People Affecte
...by the epidemic//. "So far 75 people have died of cerebral malaria since the disease struck in the state in the beginning of April," Assam Health Minister Bhumidhar Barman told IANS. Malaria has been detected in other northeastern states too, but fatalities have been reported only in Assam, which has a pop...Blood Clots, A Common Feature Of Vascular Dementia And Alzheimer's
... (50%). The frequency of occurrence of spontaneous cerebral emboli (blood clots in the brain) was noted in com...rchers to conclude that spontaneous blood clots or cerebral emboli are closely associated with both the diseases. Clearly more study is needed further to better......h the disease. // "So far 75 people have died of cerebral malaria since the disease struck in the state in the beginning of April," Assam Health Minister Bhumidhar Barman said. Assam, which has a population of 26 million, is the only northeastern state to report fatalities although several other northeaster...