http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A new endoscopic surgical procedure has been shown to be safer and to result in better outcomes than the current standard medical treatment for patients who suffer strokes as a result of brain hemorrhages, UCLA neurosurgeons have announced. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-brain-hemorrhage-patients.html Surgery Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:32:31 EST news279876703 A minimally invasive procedure to remove blood clots in brain tissue after hemorrhagic stroke appears safe and may also reduce long-term disability, according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-surgical-procedure-outcomes.html Cardiology Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:00:18 EST news279448508 In an update to previous research, Johns Hopkins neurologists say minimally invasive delivery of the drug tPA directly into potentially lethal blood clots in the brain helped more patients function independently a year after suffering an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), a deadly and debilitating form of stroke. Rates of functional recovery with the active tPA treatment far surpassed those achieved with standard "supportive" therapy that essentially gives clots a chance to shrink on their own. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-treatment-clot-busting-drug-yields-results.html Cardiology Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:00:17 EST news279458725 A team of American and Israeli brain scientists tested former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to assess his brain responses, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Surprisingly, Sharon showed significant brain activity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-israel-ariel-sharon-reveal-significant.html Neuroscience Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:21:38 EST news278666474 In a study in mice, scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a new potential therapy that may reduce brain damage following stroke in type 2 diabetic patients. The suggested drug is already approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. However, the scientists hope that this new results, presented in the scientific journal Diabetes, also opens up the possibility to decrease brain injury after stroke in other patient groups with a high stroke risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-diabetes-drug-brain.html Diabetes Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:00:01 EST news273758427 For patients undergoing neurosurgery at teaching hospitals, there's no "July phenomenon" of increased death and complication rates when new residents start their training, reports a study in the September issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-july-phenomenon-neurosurgery-patients.html Surgery Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:24:58 EST news267362687 It has been estimated that roughly 4% to 6% of child abuse victims present first to an ophthalmologist. In a case study in the April issue of the Journal of American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, doctors at the University of Washington and the Seattle Children's Hospital describe a case of a 13-month-old girl who was initially diagnosed with corneal abrasion and a mild infection. She was eventually identified as a victim of child abuse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-ophthalmologists-urged-child-abuse.html Ophthalmology Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:50:01 EST news254547145 Autism researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing have found a link between low birthweight and children diagnosed with autism, reporting premature infants are five times more likely to have autism than children born at normal weights. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-birthweight-infants-autism.html Medical research Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:17:06 EST news238040218 Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center have identified a new pathway of stem cell activity in the brain that represents potential targets of brain injuries affecting newborns. The recent study, which raises new questions of how the brain evolves, is published in the current issue of Nature, one of the world's most cited scientific journals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-scientists-stem-cell-human-brain.html Medical research Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:47:59 EST news236440069