http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Reduced production of myelin, a type of protective nerve fiber that is lost in diseases like multiple sclerosis, may also play a role in the development of mental illness, according to researchers at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The study is published in the journal Nature Neuroscience. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-nerve-cells-contribute-mental-illness.html Neuroscience Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:36:13 EST news273324965 (HealthDay) -- For patients with diabetes, increased poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR) immunoreactivity, reduced abundance of type 1 procollagen, and impaired skin structure correlate with foot complications, according to a study published online June 29 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-diabetic-foot-complications.html Diabetes Sun, 08 Jul 2012 05:51:10 EST news260945452 - A new animal model of nerve injury has brought to light a critical role of an enzyme called Nmnat in nerve fiber maintenance and neuroprotection. Understanding biological pathways involved in maintaining healthy nerves and clearing away damaged ones may offer scientists targets for drugs to mitigate neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's and Parkinson's, as well as aid in situations of acute nerve damage, such as spinal cord injury. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-biologists-key-enzyme-involved-nerves.html Medical research Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:58:23 EST news252352668 Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have developed a computer program that has tracked the manner in which different forms of dementia spread within a human brain. They say their mathematic model can be used to predict where and approximately when an individual patient's brain will suffer from the spread, neuron to neuron, of "prion-like" toxic proteins -- a process they say underlies all forms of dementia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-dementia-future-disease-patterns-years.html Neuroscience Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:42:28 EST news251559739 A neurological scientist at Rush University Medical Center has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to evaluate whether cinnamon, a common food spice and flavoring material, may stop the destructive process of multiple sclerosis (MS). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-potential-impact-cinnamon-multiple-sclerosis.html Medical research Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:39:01 EST news227965094 To increase patient safety in clinical practice and minimize risks and damage that may arise during surgery, computer support and digital medical imaging are key technologies. Before brain operations, neurosurgeons can now evaluate patient-specific surgical risks, achieve increased safety, and avoid unacceptable risks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-fraunhofer-mevis-procedure-brain-surgery.html Other Fri, 27 May 2011 10:26:20 EST news225710770