From neurological problems to hearing loss and infertility, survivors of medulloblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, are left with severe physical and cognitive impairments and have an overall mortality rate 21 times ...
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Misinformation about antidepressants is rife and is probably fueling their rise in use. Chief among these false ideas are:
Mar 17, 2023
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Criteria used by neurologists to assess for multiple sclerosis (MS) in adults may fail to identify the illness in children with imaging suspicious for the disease, an oversight that could delay treatment of the disease at ...
Mar 16, 2023
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University of Malta researchers have discovered a potential new drug target for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a new study published in the Neurobiology of Aging journal.
Mar 14, 2023
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A promising therapy for a range of brain diseases involves antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs)—specialized molecules that can modulate RNA and alter protein production—directly injected into the cerebrospinal fluid, in ...
Mar 13, 2023
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Treatment is scarce for functional neurological disorder (FND), which requires a multidisciplinary approach. A special report published in the March/April issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry (HRP) aims to show clinicians ...
Mar 9, 2023
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Epilepsy is a chronic brain disorder characterized by recurrent seizures. About 30 percent of epilepsy patients are known to be drug-refractory, which means they do not respond to drug treatments. Temporal lobectomy of the ...
Mar 6, 2023
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A grape-like structure in the brain called the choroid plexus becomes enlarged and shows increased accumulation of abnormal inflammatory molecular signaling in people with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study published ...
Feb 27, 2023
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A daily dose of a strain of brewer's yeast used to produce cachaça (distilled spirit made from fermented sugarcane juice) can act as a preventive against asthma, according to a Brazilian study involving male mice. The results ...
Feb 22, 2023
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An international panel led by a pediatric neuroimmune expert and co-director of the Neuroscience Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has established new criteria for properly diagnosing myelin oligodendrocyte ...
Feb 16, 2023
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