News tagged with neurosurgery
Mediterranean diet seems to boost ageing brain power
A Mediterranean diet with added extra virgin olive oil or mixed nuts seems to improve the brain power of older people better than advising them to follow a low-fat diet, indicates research published online in the Journal of ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 20, 2013 |
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Diabetes drug tested in Parkinson's disease patients
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a degenerative neurological disorder marked by a progressive loss of motor control. Despite intensive research, there are currently no approved therapies that have been demonstrated to alter the ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
May 20, 2013 |
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Imaging technique could help traumatic brain injury patients: Mapping technology used to predict long-term effects
(Medical Xpress)—A new application of an existing medical imaging technology could help predict long-term damage in patients with traumatic brain injury, according to a recent UC San Francisco study.
Neuroscience
May 09, 2013 |
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Two new papers on dabigatran etexilate (Pradaxa) and intracranial hemorrhage
The Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group is pleased to announce publication of two new studies on dabigatran etexilate (Pradaxa®) and intracranial hemorrhage: one in the Journal of Neurosurgery and the other in Neur ...
Surgery
May 01, 2013 |
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Scientists make brain tumours glow
Stereotactic needle biopsies are an established standard procedure in the diagnostic identification of brain lymphomas and certain brain tumours (gliomas). Up until now the tissue samples removed had to be ...
Cancer
Apr 24, 2013 |
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Neurosurgical injuries sustained during the April 2011 tornado outbreak in Alabama
Neurosurgeons from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Medical Center recount their experiences in treating patients with head and spine injuries during the epic April 2011 tornado disaster. The authors focus on ...
Surgery
Apr 23, 2013 |
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Joy as hospital offers help to baby with swollen head (Update)
The parents of an 18-month girl in India whose head has swollen to more than double its normal size reacted with joy on Monday after a top private hospital offered to fly her to New Delhi for tests.
Other
Apr 15, 2013 |
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Gauging brain cancer survival time may get easier, study says
(HealthDay)—Life expectancy of people with aggressive brain cancer may be easier to determine with a new method under development at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, researchers say.
Cancer
Apr 10, 2013 |
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Removal of hypothalamic hamartoma curbs compulsive eating and excessive weight gain
Neurosurgeons at the University of Texas–Houston and Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital (Houston, Texas) report on the success they achieved when they removed a hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) from a 10-year-old girl to combat ...
Surgery
Apr 09, 2013 |
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Combined hyperbaric O2: Normobaric hyperoxia associated with improved outcome of severe TBI
Researchers at the Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, and Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation (Minneapolis, Minnesota) report that the combined use of hyperbaric oxygen and normobaric hyperoxia therapies ...
Neuroscience
Mar 19, 2013 |
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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
Mar 13, 2013 |
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Deep Brain Stimulation shows promise for patients with chronic, treatment resistant anorexia nervosa
In a world first, a team of researchers at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre and the University Health Network have shown that Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in patients with chronic, severe and treatment-resistant Anorexia Nervosa ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 06, 2013 |
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Momentum builds in quest to find cure for childhood brain disease
How do you find a cure for a devastating pediatric brain disease so rare that it can take decades to build a meaningful research base?
Neuroscience
Feb 19, 2013 |
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5-ALA fluorescence guides resection of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme
Neurosurgeons from UC San Francisco describe the use of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) fluorescence in guiding resection of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Ingestion of 5-ALA by a patient before surgery leads to fluorescence ...
Cancer
Feb 19, 2013 |
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Hospitals may be unfairly punished for high readmission rates
(Medical Xpress)—When hospital patients have to be readmitted soon after discharge, hospitals look bad.
Other
Feb 15, 2013 |
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Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery (or neurological surgery) is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spine, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system.
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