Archive: 06/06/2017
Clinical benefit of clot retrieval now proven up to 24 hours after major ischemic stroke
Results of an international, randomized controlled research study show that mechanical thrombectomy, which is an endovascular treatment to remove a stroke-causing blood clot in the brain, is effective in some patients even ...
Jun 6, 2017
New target found to attack an incurable brain tumor in children
A study published in Molecular Cancer Research reveals that a tumor suppressor gene p16 is turned off by a histone mutation (H3.3K27M), which is found in up to 70 percent of childhood brain tumors called diffuse intrinsic ...
Jun 6, 2017
Neurodegenerative disease mechanism and potential drug identified
Two new studies of progressive, neurodegenerative diseases linked to defects in cells' mitochondria offer hope for developing a new biomarker for research and diagnostics, and a drug for treating such diseases, report researchers ...
Jun 6, 2017
Difficulties diagnosing delirium in older adults after surgery
Delirium is a medical term for "sudden confusion." It is an abrupt, rapid change in mental function and can cause a wide variety of shifts in behavior ranging from aggression or agitation to feeling sleepy and inactive (or ...
Jun 6, 2017