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Chemo Brain- Nothing Forgettable About It

...ents such as drugs used to treat attention deficit disorder and alternative therapies like acupressure. “Until recently, oncologists would discount it, trivialize it, make patients feel it was all in their heads,” says Dr. Daniel Silverman, a cancer researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, w...

Vanishing Honey Bees

...pinion that “Mostly we think of Nosema as a stress disorder of honeybees”. Though it is very early to make a concrete statement in the research, it sure highlights some interesting facts. Government scientists who have been tracking the phenomenon they call Colony Collapse Disorder were earlier skeptical b...

New Blood Test to Diagnose Parkinson Disease

...on disease is second most common neurodegenerative disorder affecting 1% of the Australian population over the age of 65. Parkinson's is second only to dementia as the most common chronic neurological condition. 80,000 Australians have Parkinson's and 4,000 are diagnosed each year. 20,000 Victorians have Park...

Animal Model of Disease may Be Helpful for Young Children With Epilepsy

...y seizure seen in infancy and early childhood. The disorder involves a sudden bending forward and stiffening o... Academy of Neurology. “Since children with this disorder often develop it without any apparent cause, such a mouse model will also improve the likelihood of ...

Simple System Accurately Predicts Weight-loss Surgery Risk

...tions such as hypertension, diabetes and metabolic disorder that can add to the risks of surgery. Increased age. Patients over 45 are known to be at the highest risk for death after bariatric surgery. Hypertension. Patients with hypertension, or high blood pressure, typically have heart disease or chronic i...

Diagnosing Bipolar Symptoms in Children is Difficult

...ast one-third of the time, the symptoms of bipolar disorder first appear in childhood or adolescence. However,...on. Also, many symptoms that may stem from bipolar disorder also occur in other childhood disorders: moods fluctuating in very rapid cycles, sometimes from hour...

Scientists Explore ‘muscle’ in a New Drug to Assuage Muscular Dystrophy Symptos

... the lifespan. Unfortunately, the cure for this disorder still remains a burning ambition for many scientis...ost 100 male children are born with this crippling disorder each year. An experimental drug has raised scientists’ hope in being able to repair the genetic ab...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked to Nerve Damage

...lso more than six times more likely to also have a disorder called sensorimotor polyneuropathy, a nerve disease that can cause weakness, pain, and numbness. These diseases were more common in women with bowel disease than men. "Inflammatory bowel disease patients commonly suffer from several other medical c...

Researchers Identified Genes Linked With Fever-related Seizures

...ted (febrile) seizures are the most common seizure disorder in children and affect two to five percent of chil...ped epilepsy later in life. The 13 affected by the disorder and 13 additional family members not affected by the disorder took part in the genetic study. The...

Anemia Eradication During Adolescence

Iron deficiency anemia is the commonest medical disorder in pregnancy, adversely affecting maternal and fetal health.// Despite several national programmes targeted at control and treatment of anemia during pregnancy, the success has not been as anticipated, since the majority of women present late. Poo...

Wire-Free – Handcuffing Good Healt

...l problems such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD. Philips says: "I believe that rolling out wireless networks in schools should be a criminal offence without close monitoring of pupils' health. "Being in a Wi-Fi classroom is similar to sitting in the main beam about 330 feet from a mobi...

Tai Chi - More Than Magic

...Tai Chi reduced older people's risk for the immune disorder shingles. Another UCLA study, to be published soon in the journal Gerontology, showed that it boosted the function of the sympathetic nervous system, which has long been tied to good cardiovascular health. Irwin says that though no one has yet do...

New Light on Working of Brain Networks

...polar disorder, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). “Our data reveal how the brain’s arousal...of DISC1 in patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder would increase vulnerability to cortical network disconnection and profound PFC deficits. This may b...

Thalassaemic Child's Parents Campaign for Awareness

... in West Bengal. Thalassaemia is a genetic blood disorder in which the red cells of the blood are abnormal and die fast leading to anaemia. After several years, iron gets deposited in various organs, affecting their function and leading to death. India is believed to have nearly 30 million carriers of the...

Brain Networks Strengthened by Closing Ion Channels

...polar disorder, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). “Our data reveal how the brain’s arousal...of DISC1 in patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder would increase vulnerability to cortical network disconnection and profound PFC deficits. This may b...

UK Mental Health Reforms Will Do More Harm Than Good, Critics Warn

...to commit the crime because his severe personality disorder was considered untreatable and he could not be detained under the present Mental Health Act. Some MPs find the bill 'too draconian' and say it should be about treatment rather than punishment. Mental health law should be about mental health not cri...

BP and Prostate Problems Drug Effective in Treating PTSD Nightmares

...n nightmares in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). "This is the first drug that has been demonstrated effective for PTSD nightmares and sleep disruption," said Murray A. Raskind, MD, executive director of the mental health service at the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System and...

Habitual Consumption of Alcohol Linked With Sleep-related Breathing Disorder in Men

... risk of// a mild or worse sleep-related breathing disorder (SRBD), according to a study. The study, authored by Paul E. Peppard, PhD, and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, focused on 775 men and 645 women, who were evaluated for alcohol consumption and a sleep-related breathing disorder. ...

Eating Polluted Fish can Increase the Risk of Diabetes

...t factor in the development of type 2 diabetes - a disorder in which the body does not produce enough insulin - necessary for the body to be able to use sugar. But new study by South Korean researchers has shown that people whose bodies are polluted by high levels of chemicals including the pesticide DDT an...

New Procedure Paves Way for Eunuchs to Choose a Gender and Conceive

...st way to treat such complications. "The genetic disorder can be treated most successfully if they come in a...n. "Though the specific reason for these kind of disorder is yet to be pin pointed yet marriage within families and relatives is considered to be a prime caus...

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