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Tamoxifen does not adversely affect the brain

...researchers, tamoxifen has a similar effect on the brain to oestrogen, which has been linked with potential...ol, 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...

No explanation on schizophrenia gene

...aving them." More holistic studies, looking at the brain structure, function, and genetics of closely-related people with schizophrenia would help the field go forward, he said. We need to go beyond diagnosis to find biophysical markers." This would enable more targeted, individualised, and evidence-based...

Clotting Protein plays a role in nerve repair

...tective coating that insulates nerve fibers in the brain and spine can lead to numbness, muscle weakness an...n and coordination problems. In nerves outside the brain or spinal cord, loss of myelin can also occur after an injury. Previous research has shown that fib...

Acoustic neuroma in older patients to be treated

...older people with limited life expectancy. For any brain surgery can lead to adverse effects, such as further loss of hearing. The researchers, from Santa Clara, USA, studied the effect of age on outcome in surgery for acoustic neuroma. They concluded that acoustic neuroma patients over 60 should only be...

High Altitude ‘Speeds up ageing process

...renal gland occur naturally in the bloodstream and brain tissue of all healthy individuals. They are important for physical and mental wellbeing, but levels decline with age. The research team discovered the concentration of these hormones in women living at high altitude never reached the levels found in...

Microwave radiation has no hazards

...n to develop most forms of cancer--including lung, brain and testicular cancers--over a 40-year period//, according to a recent report. Men with the highest exposure to radar waves those who repaired and tested the radar equipment were 30% less likely to die during the follow-up than men in the general US...

Control of anger disorder connected to Brain Dysfunction

... scientists have bound dysfunction in a particular brain region to a psychiatric disorder marked by uncontr...gs extend the link that has been found between the brain area--called the orbital/medial prefrontal cortex circuit,// or OMPCC and impulsive aggression. In ...

Enzyme stimulates growth of adult stem cells

...ample, gut stem cells giving rise to gut cells and brain stem cells producing only brain cells--although recent research has been challenging that thinking. For instance, transplanted bone ...

Detering memory problems

...se, a condition in which the small arteries in the brain are damaged. Few studies have been done on the lin...imarily because it is difficult to look inside the brain for these abnormalities. These investigators studied microvascular abnormalities in retinas a hallma...

High Levels of Protein Linked to Brain Shrinkage

...e amino acid homocysteine may increase the risk of brain atrophy and blood vessel disease, researchers repo... stroke or who had evidence of vessel disease on a brain scan, had higher levels of homocysteine in the blood, regardless of whether they had Alzheimer's. "...

Caffeine reduces infant blood flow

...ecifically studying the effects on arteries in the brain and intestines. Researchers gave 20 preterm infant...). They found that blood flow velocity in a major brain artery decreased by 18 percent an hour after caffeine administration and 25 percent after two hours....

Fish rich diet lowers leptin

...nimals controls eating by sending a message to the brain when sufficient food is consumed. This "satiety" aspect of leptin also works in normal weight humans, but as people gain weight the leptin message is muted, Somers felt that in obese people there are higher leptin levels because more leptin is needed...

Social anxiety has hope from a new drug

...reuptake inhibitor. It increases the levels of two brain chemicals, serotonin and norepinephrine, which are known to be involved in emotion. In this trial, those on the drug reported a marked improvement in their symptoms after around four weeks. This is the first time that this kind of drug has been tes...

Greater volume hospitals better for stroke

.... People with a stroke caused by bleeding into the brain do best in hospitals dealing with many such cases....ply surrounding the brain's exterior. It can cause brain damage, coma and death. Data on nearly 10,000 patients admitted to 300 emergency departments was s...

Gene glitches connecting pot with Schizophrenia

...netic abnormalities bound with marijuana-activated brain chemicals appear connected to schizophrenia. Hiros...annabinoid receptor protein, studs the surfaces of brain cells and latches onto the active chemical within marijuana known as THC. These sites are where mar...

Photographs as a parameter

... GPs to mass-screen patients.Strokes are caused by brain cell death due to bleeding from damaged blood vess... has shown that people with a narrowing of certain brain blood vessels are at a higher risk of stroke. A team led by Tien Hu Ssang at the University of Wisco...

Eating chocolate makes you happy

...t at the University of Cambridge, said that recent brain imaging studies have shed new light on why chocola...olate contains psychoactive substances that affect brain chemistry. In fact, it is more likely that the unique combination of taste, texture and aroma in a b...

Effective therapy for Huntington's disease

...found naturally in the body can block the death of brain cells in mice who have Huntington's disease. There...ngton's disease (HD), which is a rare degenerative brain disorder //caused by a faulty gene. But researchers at the University of Texas may be one step close...

Psychiatric issues common in brain disease

... the University of Texas, people with degenerative brain disease are most likely to have treatable psychiat...s. Huntington's disease is a fatal, //degenerative brain disease which affects the cerebellum, the brain area which controls movement. Traditionally there'...

Hormone restrains appetite in man

...lease a hormone called PYY3-36 //which acts on the brain to produce a feeling of satiety. Researchers at Imperial College, London, now report on the first human trial of PYY3-36. 10 healthy volunteers received an injection of either PYY3-36 or saline and then, two hours later, were invited to eat at an o...

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