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Predicting repeat offenders with brain scans: You be the judge

(Medical Xpress)—Despite the well known inaccuracies of polygraph lie detectors, they remain in widespread, if selective, use by the criminal justice system. While they are far from truth machines, if the ...

Neuroscience created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Researchers scoring a win-win with novel set of concussion diagnostic tools

From Junior Seau, former San Diego Chargers linebacker, to Dave Duerson, former Chicago Bears safety—who both committed suicide as a result of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)—traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) have ...

Health created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Atrophy of the thalamus is an important predictor of clinically definite MS, study shows

A growing body of research by multiple sclerosis (MS) investigators at the University at Buffalo and international partners is providing powerful new evidence that the brain's gray matter reflects important ...

Neuroscience created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

MRI Fingerprinting: the 12-second scan and a whole lot more

(Medical Xpress)—Getting an MRI can be an uncomfortable experience, particularly for a 40-minute or longer scan. In the US at least, it is also quite expensive—the same kind of scan costing just over ...

Medical research created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

MRI may predict adverse tissue reaction in metal-on-metal hip replacement patients

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can detect a failing, or potentially failing, metal-on-metal hip implant (MoM) early on, according to a new study presented today at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic ...

Other created Mar 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New nanotechnology research study turns brain tumors blue

(Medical Xpress)—In an article published this week in the journal Drug Delivery and Translational Research, researchers from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and the Georgia Institute of Technology have reported the de ...

Cancer created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Pig brain models provide insights into human cognitive development

A mutual curiosity about patterns of growth and development in pig brains has brought two University of Illinois research groups together. Animal scientists Rod Johnson and Ryan Dilger have developed a model of the pig brain ...

Neuroscience created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Transplanted brain cells in monkeys light up personalized therapy

For the first time, scientists have transplanted neural cells derived from a monkey's skin into its brain and watched the cells develop into several types of mature brain cells, according to the authors of ...

Medical research created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds devices no better than meds in recovery from clot-caused strokes

(Medical Xpress)—When someone has a stroke, time equals brain. The longer a stroke is left untreated, the more brain tissue is lost. Since the only proven treatment—a clot-busting drug—works in less than half of patients, ...

Cardiology created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Local chemotherapy has a stronger effect on reducing tumor growth

Reducing the growth of a tumor by localized delivery of cancer medication can be achieved by using a combination of ultrasound, temperature-sensitive nanoparticles and MRI. This is shown by Mariska de Smet ...

Cancer created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spine MRIs often show harmless 'defects,' study finds

(HealthDay)—Even though expensive MRIs produce very detailed images for assessing back pain, they may not be very good at evaluating results after treatment, research suggests.

Medical research created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New MRI method fingerprints tissues and diseases

A new method of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could routinely spot specific cancers, multiple sclerosis, heart disease and other maladies early, when they're most treatable, researchers at Case Western Reserve University ...

Medical research created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Combination therapy provides similar clinical benefit as single drug treatment in MS

People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who were treated with combination therapy did not see significant clinical benefit over those treated with single drug therapy, but combination therapy did reduce the development of new ...

Neuroscience created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People with MS-related memory and attention problems have signs of extensive brain damage

People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have cognitive problems, or problems with memory, attention, and concentration, have more damage to areas of the brain involved in cognitive processes than people with MS who do not ...

Neuroscience created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prototype navigation system for the human body allows surgeons to plan operations, even practice in virtual environment

An international consortium led by researchers at the Laboratory of Biomechanical Engineering of the MIRA research institute of the University of Twente is developing a system that allows surgeons to plan ...

Surgery created Feb 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0