Unlocking the secrets to better treating the pernicious disorders of obesity and dementia reside in the brain, according to a paper from American University's Center for Behavioral Neuroscience. In the paper, researchers ...
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As we age, we often have problems with our ability to smell (called olfactory dysfunction). Older people might not be able to identify an odour or differentiate one odour from another. In some cases they might not be able ...
Mar 14, 2019
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Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have discovered a new inherited disorder that causes severe mental retardation and liver dysfunction. The disease, adenosine kinase deficiency, is caused ...
Sep 30, 2011
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The Endocrine Society has made revisions to its 2007 Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for management of thyroid disease during pregnancy and postpartum. The CPG provides recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of patients ...
Aug 10, 2012
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In response to stressful or dangerous stimuli, nerve cells in the spinal cord activate involuntary, autonomic reflexes often referred to as "fight or flight" responses. These protective responses cause changes in blood pressure ...
Jun 12, 2024
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(Medical Xpress)—When brain cells are overwhelmed by an influx of too many calcium molecules, they shut down the channels through which these molecules enter the cells. Until now, the "stop" signal mechanism that cells ...
May 9, 2013
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(HealthDay)—Older women are much more likely than men to suffer brain dysfunction after surgery with general anesthesia, a new study finds.
Jul 21, 2015
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Korean researchers have identified the cause of olfactory dysfunction in the early stage of Alzheimer's diseases. It is expected to be used in early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and therapeutic research.
Sep 26, 2017
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A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)-led research team has demonstrated, for the first time, how solid stress—the physical forces exerted by the solid components of a tumor—impacts the tissue surrounding brain tumors ...
Jan 7, 2019
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In a novel set of experiments with mice trained to do a sequence of movements and "change course" at the spur of the moment, Johns Hopkins scientists report they have identified areas of the animals' brains that interact ...
Apr 21, 2022
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