http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. New research findings may help scientists design drugs to treat a virus infection that causes potentially fatal brain swelling and paralysis in children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-drugs-virus-childhood-illnesses.html Medical research Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:44:59 EST news283088688 (HealthDay)—People who go outdoors in several regions of the United States may have something else to worry about. Scientists report that there's another troublesome germ hiding in the deer tick that already harbors the Lyme disease bacterium. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-deer-bacterial-threat.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:53:04 EST news277581173 (AP) — A deadly form of a common childhood illness has been linked to the mysterious child deaths in Cambodia that sparked alarm after a cause could not immediately be determined, health officials said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-cambodia-deaths-tied-common-child.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:16:27 EST news261026179 Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have reported the results of groundbreaking research into the prevention of cerebral oedema or swelling of the brain, a major cause of death in people who have sustained a traumatic injury to the brain, out of hospital cardiac arrest or stroke. The research, which is published this week in the international journal, Nature Communications, uses a radically new patented technology, developed in Ireland and termed, 'Neuronal Barrier Modulation' which has been shown in an animal model simulating human brain swelling, to be highly effective in reducing the dangerous effects of this condition, while improving cognitive outcome. The research was sponsored by the US Department of Defense and Enterprise Ireland. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-spearhead-groundbreaking-treatment-brain.html Medical research Tue, 22 May 2012 13:05:46 EST news256910740 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers seeking a successful treatment for traumatic brain injury have found that the size and extent of damaged tissue can be reduced by using a new device to prevent cell death. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-mechanical-tissue-resuscitation-technology.html Surgery Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:13:52 EST news253815227 Immediate skull reconstruction following trauma that penetrates or creates an indentation in the skull can aggravate brain damage inflicted by the initial injury, a study by a University of South Florida research team reports. Using a rat model for moderate and severe traumatic brain injury, the researchers also showed that a delay of just two days in the surgical repair of skull defects resulted in significantly less brain swelling and damage. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-skull-resconstruction-immediately-traumatic-brain.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:12:54 EST news251626364 (AP) -- More than a dozen kindergartens in Vietnam have closed to deal with an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease that has killed 109 children and sickening more than 52,000 this year, an official and state-run media said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-preschools-virus-outbreak-rages-vietnam.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:14:22 EST news236239968 (AP) -- Vietnam's prime minister has put the country on alert as an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease continues to surge, killing 81 children and sickening more than 32,000 people nationwide so far this year, officials said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-vietnam-common-virus-children.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:00:01 EST news232944651 (AP) -- A health official says a surging outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease in Vietnam has killed 70 people so far this year and infected more than 23,000, mostly children under 5. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-childhood-virus-vietnam.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 29 Jul 2011 05:00:01 EST news231130760 A stroke is sudden brain injury caused by a sudden vascular (blood vessel) compromise. There are two major types of strokes. An ischemic stroke occurs when blood flow to a part of the brain is blocked by clot or other debris. This is the most common type, comprising approximately 85 percent of all strokes. The other type, hemorrhagic stroke, occurs when a blood vessel or aneurysm ruptures and blood spreads in and around the brain. Strokes can be mild, or can be quite disabling, even fatal, depending on the brain area involved and the type of stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-medical-minute-awareness.html Cardiology Mon, 30 May 2011 10:22:49 EST news225969669