http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center Brain researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute have discovered that we explore the world with our eyes in a different way than previously thought. Their results advance our understanding of how healthy observers and neurological patients interact and glean critical information from the world around them. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-vision-explore-world.html Neuroscience Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:08:33 EST news284371704 Researchers at The University of Arizona Cancer Center at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix have discovered that many women with low-grade serous carcinoma of the ovary or peritoneum have seen their tumors stabilize or shrink after taking a regular dose of the compound selumetinib. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-breakthrough-ovarian-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:38:23 EST news280082288 A team of brain cancer researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has effectively treated brain tumor cells using a unique combination of diet and radiation therapy. The study, "The Ketogenic Diet Is an Effective Adjuvant to Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Malignant Glioma," was published in PLOS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-unique-combination-diet-therapy-successfully.html Cancer Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:37:52 EST news273836259 Lung cancer researchers at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz., in collaboration with researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute and other institutions, have identified a gene that plays a role in the growth and spread of non-small cell lung cancer tumors, opening the door for potential new treatment options. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-gene-involved-lung-tumor-growth.html Cancer Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:43:03 EST news273429766 Vision researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute have made a groundbreaking discovery into the optimization of light sources to human vision. By tuning lighting devices to work more efficiently with the human brain the researchers believe billions of dollars in energy costs could be saved. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-discovery-ways-optimize-sources-vision.html Neuroscience Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:00:02 EST news272216037 In what could be a breakthrough in the treatment of deadly brain tumors, a team of researchers from Barrow Neurological Institute and Arizona State University has discovered that the immune system reacts differently to different types of brain tissue, shedding light on why cancerous brain tumors are so difficult to treat. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-breakthrough-immune-brain-tumors.html Cancer Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:25:28 EST news267956684 Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center have unveiled how and why the public perceives some magic tricks in recent studies that could have real-world implications in military tactics, marketing and sports. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-barrow-magic-discoveries.html Neuroscience Tue, 22 May 2012 17:40:00 EST news256927192 Barrow Neurological Institute researchers Jorge Otero-Millan, Stephen Macknik, and Susana Martinez-Conde share the recent cover of the Journal of Neuroscience in a compelling study into why illusions trick our brains. Barrow is part of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-barrow-unravel-illusion.html Neuroscience Tue, 01 May 2012 10:52:12 EST news255086273