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A brain imaging study of veterans with Gulf War illness (GWI) and patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) (sometimes called myalgic encephalomyelitis), has shown that the two illnesses produce distinctly different, abnormal ...
Aug 10, 2020
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Researchers and clinicians at the University of Sydney's Brain and Mind Center have developed a free, online, clinician-administered tool that could greatly increase the likelihood of early detection of primary progressive ...
Jul 25, 2022
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New research has shown an association between sleep quality—less than seven hours—and Alzheimer's disease-related pathology in people without cognitive impairment. The study by an international team led by the Pasqual ...
Nov 4, 2022
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While it's especially common in older adults, tinnitus—a potentially devastating ringing in the ears—can affect people of all ages. Most often described as consistent buzzing, hissing or humming, tinnitus is usually caused ...
Feb 1, 2023
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Approximately 40% of stroke survivors experience aphasia, a difficulty with comprehending or producing spoken or written language caused by a cerebrovascular accident. In half of these cases the language impairment still ...
Dec 29, 2022
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Medical science has come a long way since the days of "bikini medicine," when the only time doctors managed a woman's health differently than a man's was when treating the parts of her body found under a bikini.
Feb 2, 2021
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UT Southwestern physicians have developed an improved targeting method, four-tract tractography, to personalize MRI-guided, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) used at UTSW to treat medication refractory tremor in essential ...
Dec 28, 2022
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A world first clinical study of the gut microbiome in people with Huntington's disease (HD) has found that it is not just a disease of the brain, but also of the body.
Aug 6, 2020
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Experts from Newcastle University found the nervous system of people with post-COVID fatigue was underactive in three key areas. Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms of long COVID.
May 11, 2023
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Little Addison Black has had a difficult start to life as she has battled a rare condition that only affects a handful of youngsters worldwide.
Aug 20, 2021
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