http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A multi-center study supports the effectiveness of the newest technology available for the treatment of difficult, life-threatening brain aneurysms. The technology, the Pipeline embolization device, is a flow diverter that redirects blood flow away from wide-necked or giant aneurysms that cannot be treated in more conventional ways. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-flow-diverting-device-aneurysms.html Neuroscience Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:19:32 EST news278774364 During a five-hour surgery last October at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Kathy Sanford became the first Alzheimer's patient in the United States to have a pacemaker implanted in her brain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-ohio-state-implants-brain-pacemaker.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:56:43 EST news278175392 Large-scale genomic sequencing has revealed two DNA mutations that appear to drive about 15 percent of brain tumors known as meningiomas, a finding that could lead to the first effective drug treatments for the tumors, report scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-genomic-sequencing-mutant-drivers-common.html Genetics Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:07:28 EST news278089642 (HealthDay)—Restrictions on body checking and other rule changes could limit aggression and reduce young hockey players' risk of injury, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-hockey-player-aggression-injuries.html Health Sat, 19 Jan 2013 07:40:01 EST news277800777 A Finnish study shows that patients who have experienced subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) have a highly increased risk of death due to a stroke or cerebral haemorrhage, and have double the mortality rate of the general population. The researchers state that considerably more attention should be paid to risk factors in the life of SAH survivors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-high-blood-pressure-cholesterol-fatal.html Neuroscience Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:13:38 EST news277370010 A new mobile 'app', downloadable free of charge, will assist with the training of future neurosurgeons, and is just one of a stream of programmes being developed, adapting visual computing and three dimensional realities to provide cost-effective virtual learning for a range of medical procedures. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-virtual-ipad-app-future-neurosurgeons.html Surgery Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:23:13 EST news276945779 Using an artificial protein that stimulates the body's natural immune system to fight cancer, a research team at Duke Medicine has engineered a lethal weapon that kills brain tumors in mice while sparing other tissue. If it can be shown to work in humans, it would overcome a major obstacle that has hampered the effectiveness of immune-based therapies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-immune-therapy-successfully-brain-tumors.html Immunology Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:00:07 EST news274959213 Children with traumatic brain injuries are more likely to survive and avoid long-term disabilities when treated aggressively as part of a designated neurocritical care program that brings together neurologists, neurosurgeons, trauma and other critical-care specialists, according to a new study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-pediatric-brain-injuries-disabilities.html Neuroscience Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:41:25 EST news274603273 For patients with a traumatic brain injury, the default standard of care has just been turned on its head by a group of researchers at the University of Washington working with colleagues at six hospitals in Bolivia and Ecuador. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-traumatic-brain-injury-standard-significant.html Medical research Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:00:06 EST news274553716 Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine in November surgically implanted a pacemaker-like device into the brain of a patient in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, the first such operation in the United States. The device, which provides deep brain stimulation and has been used in thousands of people with Parkinson's disease, is seen as a possible means of boosting memory and reversing cognitive decline. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-johns-hopkins-surgeons-implant-brain.html Neuroscience Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:49:46 EST news273926978 When faced with disease, patients and caregivers now readily turn to the Internet for information and emotional support. This is particularly true in the case of caregivers of children with hydrocephalus. Researchers at Children's of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham found that adults caring for children with hydrocephalus reported greater regular use of the Internet than the general population (91.7 percent compared with 74 percent). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-widespread-internet-caregivers-children-shunts.html Health Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:30:01 EST news270213425 Eban Alexander's quick trip to heaven started with a headache. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-life-death-neurosurgeon.html Other Sun, 14 Oct 2012 05:54:58 EST news269412888 When hospital patients have to be readmitted soon after discharge, hospitals look bad. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-hospital-readmission.html Health Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:44:55 EST news269102690 To determine the effectiveness of bicycle helmet use, a research team at the Illinois Neurological Institute and Bradley University tested how well helmets withstood forces of impact and crush tests when covering human cadaver skulls. They found that helmet use can substantially reduce (by up to 87%) the acceleration experienced by the skull during an impact and can aid the skull in resisting forces up to 470 pounds in a crush accident. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-children-bicycle-helmets-shown-effective.html Pediatrics Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:45:44 EST news268393525 A new virtual reality simulator—including sophisticated 3-D graphics and tactile feedback—provides neurosurgery trainees with valuable opportunities to practice essential skills and techniques for brain cancer surgery, according to a paper in the September issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-virtual-reality-simulator-surgery-brain.html Surgery Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:24:18 EST news267362650 (AP)—The Olympics have Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern games. The Paralympics have Sir Ludwig Guttmann. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-doctor-paralympic-idea.html Other Tue, 28 Aug 2012 04:15:12 EST news265346099 Until recently, Nanci Redd thought she would need brain surgery if she wanted to stay in Akron, Ohio, to treat uncontrolled dizziness caused by a non-cancerous growth in her head. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-brain-cancer-treatment-options-boosted.html Cancer Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:00:01 EST news265028423 Justin M. Brown, MD, reconstructive neurosurgeon at UC San Diego Health System, is one of only a few specialists in the world who have pioneered a novel technique to restore hand function in patients with spinal cord injury. In a delicate four-hour procedure, Brown splices together tiny nerve endings, only one millimeter in width, to help restore hand mobility. Most patients return home 24 hours after surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-surgical-technique-reverse-paralysis.html Surgery Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:40:01 EST news259219765 Investigators report that a simple bedside manual therapy to correct a painful misaligned sacroiliac joint was highly successful in a group of 45 patients 10 to 20 years of age. Thirty-six patients (80 percent) obtained significant pain relief, whereas nine patients (20 percent) experienced minimal to no relief. In 24 patients (53 percent) complete resolution of pain was experienced immediately upon treatment. Only two patients required a second treatment because of symptom recurrence. These findings are reported in a new article, "Sacroiliac joint pain in the pediatric population. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-quick-sacroiliac-joint-pain-children.html Surgery Tue, 22 May 2012 10:40:41 EST news256902013 People with bleeding brain aneurysms have the best chance of survival and full recovery if they receive aggressive emergency treatment from a specialized team at a hospital that treats a large number of patients like them every year, according to new guidelines just published by the American Stroke Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-specialized-experienced-teams-death-disability.html Cardiology Thu, 17 May 2012 11:39:54 EST news256473587 Approximately 6 million Americans have brain aneurysms, a condition that occurs when a weak or thin spot develops on a blood vessel in the brain causing it to balloon. Often, these do not cause symptoms and go undetected, but every year an estimated 30,000 Americans experience a ruptured aneurysm that bleeds into the brain causing a life threatening injury. Immediate medical treatment is necessary to prevent stroke, nerve damage or death, and includes surgery or coiling. Coiling is an approach that blocks blood flow to the aneurysm by filling it with platinum coils. While less invasive than surgery, the likelihood of future aneurysm recurrence and subsequent treatment is higher with coiling. In an effort to lower the risk for repeat aneurysm treatment after coiling, Northwestern Medicine researchers are examining a new type of gel-coated coil to determine if it is more effective than the standard bare coils in preventing aneurysm recurrence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-northwestern-endovascular-brain-aneurysm-devices.html Neuroscience Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:59:12 EST news252676721 Eva Peron, the glamorous first lady of Argentina in the 1940s and 50s, may have been given a secret lobotomy shortly before her death at age 33, scientific researchers said in a new report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-eva-peron-secret-lobotomy.html Other Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:55:09 EST news243881696 A microsurgical procedure that has lost some ground to advances in endovascular therapy still plays a critical role in the management of selected neurovascular disorders, according to a University Hospitals Case Medical Center neurosurgeon who performs the procedure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-neurosurgeons-champion-brain-bypass-patients.html Neuroscience Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:30:54 EST news239905846 A minimally invasive spine procedure that takes about as much time as a tonsillectomy is an excellent option for some patients who suffer from a painful lower back condition, according to Christopher McPherson, MD, an assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine and a neurosurgeon with the Mayfield Clinic.    http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-procedure-simple-painful-condition.html Other Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:20:01 EST news229853200 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study shows that, rather than being an "all or nothing" phenomenon, regions of the human brain go silent at different times through the night, losing their ability to communicate during certain phases of sleep. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-brain-regions-offline-intervals.html Neuroscience Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:53:46 EST news221979076 A new MRI device that guides surgeons as they implant electrodes into the brains of people with Parkinson's disease and other neurological disorders could change the way this surgery, called deep brain stimulation, is performed at medical centers across the country, according to a group of doctors at University of California, San Francisco. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-ucsf-neurosurgeons-device-brain-implants.html Neuroscience Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:52:24 EST news221917930