News tagged with central nervous system

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For elderly patients, nearly 1 in 3 cancer diagnoses result from ER admissions

Almost a third (31 per cent) of cancers in the over 70s – around 38,300 a year in England – are diagnosed through emergency admission to hospital, according to new research by the National Cancer Intelligence ...

Cancer created Sep 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

No 'july phenomenon' for neurosurgery patients

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, offi ...

Surgery created Sep 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

BG-12: New pill shows promise against relapsing multiple sclerosis

(HealthDay)—A new pill can help prevent relapse in some people with multiple sclerosis (MS), new research indicates.

Neuroscience created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Maternal drinking during pregnancy can damage the earliest fetal learning

Habituation refers to the ability of an organism to stop responding to repeated stimulation. A new study has examined the impact of maternal drinking on fetal habituation or learning abilities while still residing in the ...

Addiction created Sep 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Passive smoking also affects neurodevelopment in babies

A new study shows that newborns that have been exposed to nicotine from both active and passive smoking mothers show poor physiological, sensory, motor and attention responses.

Health created Sep 14, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Learning faster with neurodegenerative disease

People who bear the genetic mutation for Huntington's disease learn faster than healthy people. The more pronounced the mutation was, the more quickly they learned. This is reported by researchers from the Ruhr-Universität ...

Neuroscience created Sep 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neural stem cells regenerate axons in severe spinal cord injury

In a study at the University of California, San Diego and VA San Diego Healthcare, researchers were able to regenerate "an astonishing degree" of axonal growth at the site of severe spinal cord injury in rats. Their research ...

Medical research created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

West Nile virus deaths up 35 pct in US

Deaths linked to the West Nile virus jumped 35 percent in the United States over the past week, amid one of the worst US outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease, officials said Wednesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Record 4.02 billion prescriptions in United States in 2011

People in the United States took more prescription drugs than ever last year, with the number of prescriptions increasing from 3.99 billion (with a cost of $308.6 billion) in 2010 to 4.02 billion (with a cost of $319.9 billion) ...

Medications created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study implicates marijuana use in pregnancy problems

New research indicates marijuana-like compounds called endocannabinoids alter genes and biological signals critical to the formation of a normal placenta during pregnancy and may contribute to pregnancy complications like ...

Medical research created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Wnt signaling pathway plays key role in adult nerve cell generation: study

Researchers from the University of Utah have gained new insight into the regulation of adult nerve cell generation in the hypothalamus, the part of the brain that regulates many aspects of behavior, mood, and metabolism. ...

Medical research created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Strategy developed to improve delivery of medicines to the brain

New research offers a possible strategy for treating central nervous system diseases, such as brain and spinal cord injury, brain cancer, epilepsy, and neurological complications of HIV. The experimental treatment method ...

Medical research created Sep 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Multi-functional anti-inflammatory/anti-allergic developed

A synthetic, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic family of drugs to combat a variety of illnesses while avoiding detrimental side effects has been developed by a Hebrew University of Jerusalem researcher.

Inflammatory disorders created Sep 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New hope for spinal cord injury patients

A new antibody could reverse the damage caused by trauma to the central nervous system, according to new research.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists identify new gene that influences survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

A team of scientists, including faculty at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS), have discovered a gene that influences survival time in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease). ...

Genetics created Aug 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast