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Very Sugary Diet Makes You Stupid -
Thu, 17 May 2012
As we near the final year exams for schools and universities, students should be wary of powering up......
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Study Shows High-Fructose Diet Sabotages Learning, Memory -
Thu, 17 May 2012
Attention, college students cramming between midterms and finals: Binging on soda and sweets for as ......
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Insight Into Brain Regeneration And Developmental Disorders From Mice With Big Brains -
Thu, 17 May 2012
Scientists at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) h......
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Thought Controlled Robotic Arm For Paralyzed Patients -
Thu, 17 May 2012
The journal Nature reports on a science fiction style jump in technology, where an interface on the......
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Quadriplegic Patient Has Some Hand Function Restored By Surgeons -
Wed, 16 May 2012
Surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored some hand function i......
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Different Mechanisms Of Pain Discovered Which Suggest New Strategies For Drug Development -
Tue, 15 May 2012
Researchers at the University of Leeds have found a previously unknown mechanism through which pain ......
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Greater Diversity Than Expected Found In Children's Brain Tumors -
Tue, 15 May 2012
Paediatric brain tumours preserve specific characteristics of the normal cells from which they origi......
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Some Symptoms Of Multiple Sclerosis Respond To Smoked Cannabis -
Tue, 15 May 2012
A clinical study of 30 adult patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the University of California, ......
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The Brain's Neuronal Circuit Excitability May Be Altered By Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Lead To Brain Network Dysfunction -
Mon, 14 May 2012
Even mild head injuries can cause significant abnormalities in brain function that last for several ......
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New Study Discovers Powerful Function Of Single Protein That Controls Neurotransmission -
Mon, 14 May 2012
Scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered that the single protein - alpha 2 delta ......
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Working To Understand A Rare Genetic Disease, Scientists Uncover The Most Common Fault In DNA Replication -
Sun, 13 May 2012
Scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGM......
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Gene Discovered That Causes Joubert Syndrome -
Sun, 13 May 2012
C5ORF42 was identified as the gene that causes Joubert Syndrome in a number of families in the Lower......
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High Volume Stroke Centers Provide Faster Treatment And Have Superior Outcomes -
Fri, 11 May 2012
According to a study published online in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, patients who at......
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Speed Drawing Ability May Predict Subsequent Stroke Death Risk -
Fri, 11 May 2012
Stroke remains one of the leading causes of mortality and disability, even though there have been ad......
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Neurotranmitters Identified That Lead To Forgetting -
Fri, 11 May 2012
While we often think of memory as a way of preserving the essential idea of who we are, little thoug......
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Changes Triggered In Brain's Neuron Structure By Chronic Cocaine Use -
Fri, 11 May 2012
Chronic exposure to cocaine reduces the expression of a protein known to regulate brain plasticity, ......
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Genetic Mutation Causing Rare Form Of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Identified By Researchers -
Fri, 11 May 2012
Scientists have confirmed that mutations of a gene are responsible for some cases of a rare, inherit......
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New Diagnostic Approaches May Help Assess Brain Function In Unconscious, Brain-Injured Patients -
Fri, 11 May 2012
Disorders of consciousness such as coma or a vegetative state caused by severe brain injury are poor......
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Study Is First To Show Feasibility And Efficacy Of A New Use For Autologous Stem Cell Transplant - Protection From Toxic Side Effects Of Chemotherapy -
Fri, 11 May 2012
For the first time, scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have transplanted brain can......
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Memory Improved In Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment By Reducing Excess Brain Activity -
Fri, 11 May 2012
Research published by Cell Press in the journal Neuron, describes a potential new therapeutic approa......
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Statins Before Stenting Cut Risks (CME/CE, with video) -
Thu, 17 May 2012
PARIS (MedPage Today) -- Statin treatment before percutaneous coronary intervention reduces cardiac......
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Plavix Generic Competitors Get Green Light -
Thu, 17 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Ten generic versions of the anti-clotting drug clopidogrel (Plavix) were approved......
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Distractions Help Cut Pain (CME/CE) -
Thu, 17 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Distracting the mind not only can take the focus off pain but can actually dampe......
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Risk Factors Predict PML with Tysabri (CME/CE) -
Thu, 17 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Exposure to the JC virus, previous immunosuppressant therapy, and time on nataliz......
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Statin Benefits Remain Even in Low-Risk Cases (CME/CE) -
Wed, 16 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- A large meta-analysis suggests that statins provide substantial benefit for prima......
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Zyprexa Reduces Nausea from Chemo -
Wed, 16 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- A well-known anti-psychotic drug can help cancer patients bear some of the side e......
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Season of 'Head Hits' May Dull Athletes' Thinking (CME/CE) -
Wed, 16 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Some college football and hockey players may experience cognitive effects from re......
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Blast Injured Soldiers' Brains Mimic Athletes' (CME/CE) -
Wed, 16 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Autopsies on the brains of military veterans who experienced traumatic brain inju......
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Stroke Victims Use Minds to Control Robotic Arms (CME/CE, with video) -
Wed, 16 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Controlling robotic limbs with neural impulses appears possible, according to pre......
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Studies Explain Why That Itch Needs Scratching (CME/CE) -
Tue, 15 May 2012
RALEIGH, N.C. (MedPage Today) -- The itch-scratch cycle in humans tracked to specific regions of the......
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NIH Unveils Alzheimer's Prevention Trial -
Tue, 15 May 2012
BETHESDA, Md. (MedPage Today) -- Federal officials released an Alzheimer's prevention plan Tuesday a......
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'Spice'-y Party Drugs Can Lead to the ED (CME/CE) -
Tue, 15 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Synthetic marijuana can have serious adverse effects, researchers reported.......
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3 in 10 Adults Have Walked in Sleep (CME/CE) -
Mon, 14 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Nearly 30% of surveyed adults said they had sleepwalked at some point in their li......
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Aspirin Response in PAD Predicts Long-Term Risk (CME/CE) -
Mon, 14 May 2012
LAS VEGAS (MedPage Today) -- Patients with peripheral artery disease who are resistant to aspirin th......
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Low Back Pain Eases but Doesn't Vanish (CME/CE) -
Mon, 14 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Symptoms of acute and persistent low-back pain improved significantly in the firs......
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