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Sensors placed at home capable of signaling onset of early signs of dementia in elderly

...'s director, Jeffrey Kaye, M.D., OHSU professor of neurology and biomedical engineering. Source : Eureka...

Stroke Risk Higher with Gene Variations

...fairs Medical Center and an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He adds, "We have verified that specific variations, or polymorphisms, that occur within a particular gene are associated with increased stroke risk; now we need to explore why. With a better unders...

Yoga to De-stress Indian Army Soldiers

...nd super-speciality facilities like cardiology and neurology in all zonal hospitals and more specialist facilities in peripheral hospitals "so that soldiers and officers may be provided with proper medical care in their vicinity", the committee noted. The committee said all the training courses should be bro...

Sleep Apnea Doubles Stroke Risk In Elderly

...omas M. Hemmen, an assistant clinical professor of neurology at the University of California, acknowledged that treating sleep apnea is important in reducing stroke and noted that treatment for sleep apnea is becoming standard in reducing the risk of both heart attack and stroke. "People with sleep apnea are m...

India and China Agrees to Promote Healthcare Jointly

...see leading doctors in the field of interventional neurology will deliberate on the use of new technology in stroke management," said B.K. Rao, chairman, board of management, SGRH. Rao said that SGRH would explore the possibility of a doctors' exchange programme with China during the four-day event. Shakir...

MRI Scans in Premature Infants Can Predict Future Developmental Delays

...ciate professor of pediatrics, of radiology and of neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and pediatric researchers in New Zealand and Australia found that the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans were able to determine abnormalities in the white matter and gray matter of the bra...

Multiple Parts of the Brain Affected by Autism

...her, Nancy Minshew, a specialist in psychiatry and neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of medicine said, ‘These findings show that you cannot compartmentalize autism. It's much more complex.’ According to her researchers investigating autism should therefore look for causes that affect multiple ...

Stroke Care Cost To Touch $2.2 trillion by 2050

...," said Dr. Devin Brown, an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Michigan stroke program, and lead author of a report in the Aug. 16 online issue of Neurology. Following the findings of the study, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has urged increased funding for stroke research by the N...

Effects Of Autism On Brain Much Wider Than Presumed

...nguage. Dr. Minshew, a professor of psychiatry and neurology said, “And it affects a broad range of abilities in each of these domains.” Researchers explained having found that the autistic children had difficulties dispensing information on sensory, motor, language, memory and reasoning areas, but remained ...

Medtronic Device Proves Effective in Parkinson’s Diseas

... for the study's patients. Dr. C. Warren Olanow, neurology department chairman at New York's Mount Sinai School of Medicine and leader of clinical research that led to Activa's FDA approval for Parkinson's, said the study achieved its endpoints and "further affirms this treatment is effective." Of the 13 p...

Computer Assisted Neuro-Rehabilitation Devices Way of the Future

...,” said Fisher, who is also assistant professor of neurology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Source-Neswise SRM...

Awake or not?

... experts said. Dr. James Bernat, a professor of neurology at the Dartmouth Medical School, who was not involved in the study said, “One always hesitates to make a lot out of a single case, but what this study shows me is that there may be more going on in terms of patients’ self-awareness than we can learn ...

Cluster Headaches Can Be Treated By Nasal Spray

... signals, Dr. Peter Goadsby, professor of clinical neurology at University College London said.// Cluster headaches are not as common as migraines and affect one in 1,000 people. Researchers tested 92 patients with cluster headaches. In the final analysis 69 patients were included. These patients were assigne...

Pre-Clinical Study Suggests How Steroid Can Reverse Post-Traumatic Stress

...g Powell, senior author and assistant professor of neurology and psychiatry at UT Southwestern. “When an animal... Dr. Jacqueline Blundell, a postdoctoral fellow in neurology at UT Southwestern and one of the paper’s co-lead authors. “Conversely, patients with post-traumatic...

Alzheimer’s Risk Lowered with 'Mediterranean' Die

...r Dr. Nikolaos Scarmeas, an assistant professor of neurology at Columbia University Medical Center in New York said, "We have confirmed the association of a Mediterranean diet with Alzheimer's disease." Scarmeas added that this benefit does not appear to be due to the diet's effect on blood vessels. He said,...

Potential Link Between Celiac Disease and Cognitive Decline

...,” he says. William Hu, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic neurology resident and study investigator, says that the reversal or stabilization of the cognitive symptoms in some patients when they underwent gluten withdrawal also argues against chance as an explanation of the link between celiac disease and cognitive de...

Antipsychotics – not effective in treating Alzheimer'

...nducted by Lon Schneider, professor of psychiatry, neurology and gerontology and his team at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC). The Phase I results from the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) Alzheimer's Disease Study was published in ...

How Brain Injury Leads to Seizures, Memory Problems

...provide a scientific basis for eventual treatment, neurology researchers have shown that traumatic brain injury reduces the level of a protein that// helps keep brain activity in balance. The resulting abnormal activity, in turn, is thought to be an underlying reason for seizures and memory defects experienced...

Problem-Based Learning Curriculum a Success for Medical School

...alth, internal medicine, family medicine, surgery, neurology and psychiatry. The fourth and final year consists of required an elective rotations. Some researchers have suggested that increases in students' performance in PBL style curriculums are because students spend an increased amount of time in formal...

Drug Prescribed for Migraines and Seizures Increases Risk of Kidney Stones

...w,” said Dr. Dion Graybeal, assistant professor of neurology and an author of the study. Dr. Graybeal and other researchers at UT Southwestern say the next step is to develop a way to block the development of kidney stones for users. The study comprised two phases. Thirty-two individuals already being trea...

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