News tagged with neurological problems


Pediatricians' group urges flu shot for kids aged six months and up

(HealthDay)—The leading pediatricians' group in the United States is again urging parents to get all children aged 6 months or over immunized in preparation for the coming flu season.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

One in three children who survive meningitis will suffer after-effects

(Medical Xpress)—New research published online first in The Lancet Neurology highlights the long-term, often hidden, after-effects of meningitis in children. The study, led by Professor Russell Viner at the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study sheds light on underlying causes of impaired brain function in muscular dystrophy

University of Florida researchers have identified a gene responsible for brain-related symptoms of the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy.

Neuroscience created Aug 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Newly discovered scaffold supports turning pain off

(Medical Xpress) -- Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered a "scaffolding" protein that holds together multiple elements in a complex system responsible for regulating pain, mental illnesses and other complex ...

Neuroscience created Jul 27, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cambodian deaths tied to common child illness (Update)

(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 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Chronic inflammation in the brain leads the way to Alzheimer's disease

Research published today in Biomed Central's open access journal Journal of Neuroinflammation suggests that chronic inflammation can predispose the brain to develop Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jul 02, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Various metabolic risk factors could be linked to diabetes-related pain with major implications for treatment

Around 1 in 50 people in the general population and 1 in 6 of those aged over 40 years experience neuropathy (damage to the nerves of the peripheral nervous system), which can cause numbness, tingling, pain, or weakness. ...

Neuroscience created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists identify mechanism that could contribute to problems in Alzheimer's

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have unraveled a process by which depletion of a specific protein in the brain contributes to the memory problems associated with Alzheimer's disease. These findings provide new insights ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Drugs ease depression in Parkinson's patients without worsening other symptoms

Today's anti-depressant medications can ease depression in Parkinson's patients without worsening other symptoms of the disease, according to a study published online in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academ ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stressed parents may affect preemie behavior later

(HealthDay) -- When parents of very small premature infants are stressed or depressed, their children are more likely to develop behavioral problems by age 3, according to new research.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Experimental pill may ease multiple sclerosis disability

(HealthDay) -- Yet another orally taken medication shows some promise in preventing relapse and disability for people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, a new report suggests.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Finding unseen damage of traumatic brain injury

The soldier on the fringes of an explosion. The survivor of a car wreck. The football player who took yet another skull-rattling hit. Too often, only time can tell when a traumatic brain injury will leave ...

Neuroscience created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Experimental drug reduces 'second stroke' after aneurysm rupture

An experimental drug, clazosentan, reduced the risk of blood vessel spasm in patients with a brain aneurysm, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012.

Cardiology created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Muscling in on multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS), a neurodegenerative disease, causes periodic attacks of neurologic symptoms such as limb weakness and mobility defects. And while MS patients' walking abilities and muscle strength are examined on ...

Medical research created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Neurologically impaired children dependent on children's hospitals

Because of care advances, more infants and children with previously lethal health problems are surviving. Many, however, are left with lifelong neurologic impairment. A Children's Hospital Boston study of more than 25 million ...

Health created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0