Neuroscience
Taking the reins on multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis doesn't have to be an ending. With proper treatment and management, patients can manage the disease's often unpredictable nature.
Mar 15, 2019
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News tagged with spinal fluid
Neuroscience
A single protein could be the key to treating hydrocephalus
The brain and spinal cord are bathed in a clear liquid, of which humans produce about a half-liter daily via a small structure located deep within the brain.
Jan 14, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Acute flaccid myelitis: What is the polio-like illness paralyzing U.S. children?
I experienced déjà vu when I took care of a child with acute flaccid myelitis in 2014, one of the first cases of its kind at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles in many years.
Jan 14, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
More children are becoming suddenly paralyzed. Health officials still don't know why
Ninety people have been diagnosed in the U.S. this year with the sudden paralysis known as acute flaccid myelitis, and 252 additional cases are being investigated, federal health officials said Tuesday.
Nov 14, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
More US kids get paralyzing illness, cause is still unknown
More children have been diagnosed with a mysterious paralyzing illness in recent weeks, and U.S. health officials said Tuesday that they still aren't sure what's causing it.
Nov 13, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC: cases of polio-like illness still increasing in the U.S.
(HealthDay)—Cases of a polio-like condition that mainly affects children continue to rise this year in the United States, health officials say.
Nov 7, 2018
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Medical research
'Game-changing' skin sensor could improve life for a million hydrocephalus patients
Most people simply take ibuprofen when they get a headache. But for someone with hydrocephalus—a potentially life-threatening condition in which excess fluid builds up in the brain—a headache can indicate a serious problem ...
Oct 31, 2018
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Immunology
Is it brain infection or cancer? A new rapid test could hold the answer
When patients present with neurologic symptoms such as severe headaches or seizures, the symptoms could suggest anything from infection, cancer, or an autoimmune disease of the brain or spinal cord, leaving physicians scrambling ...
Oct 31, 2018
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Study points to new method to deliver drugs to the brain
Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) have discovered a potentially new approach to deliver therapeutics more effectively to the brain. The research could have implications for the treatment of ...
Oct 18, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Study holds promise for new pediatric brain tumor treatment
New research published in Nature Communications from scientists at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U), in collaboration with the Stanford University School of Medicine, shows a specific protein ...
Oct 11, 2018
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