Neuroscience
What is a cerebral aneurysm and what are the signs?
Cerebral aneurysms: For most people, the word signals a sudden, fatal brain bleed that seemingly comes out of nowhere.
Jun 3, 2024
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Medications
Thyroid eye disease patients report maintained improvement two years after teprotumumab infusions
Most patients with thyroid eye disease treated with teprotumumab didn't require additional treatment nearly two years later, according to industry-supported research being presented Sunday at ENDO 2024, the Endocrine Society's ...
Jun 2, 2024
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Neuroscience
Study explains why the brain can robustly recognize images, even without color
Even though the human visual system has sophisticated machinery for processing color, the brain has no problem recognizing objects in black-and-white images. A new study from MIT offers a possible explanation for how the ...
May 23, 2024
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Medications
Allergy medications come with hazards: Be aware
People with seasonal allergies often turn to over-the-counter and prescription medicines to relieve symptoms like coughing, sneezing, runny nose, congestion and itchy eyes, nose or throat.
May 20, 2024
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Medications
Researcher discovers drug that may delay onset of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease and treat hydrocephalus
A researcher in the Keck School of Medicine of USC's department of surgery has discovered a potential breakthrough in delaying the onset of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease and treating hydrocephalus. Young-Kwon Hong, ...
May 17, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Evidence of a travel direction signal that is independent from head direction in humans
We generally assume that when humans are walking or otherwise moving in space, their head faces towards the direction they are traveling in. Nonetheless, travel direction and head direction are distinct factors associated ...
Ophthalmology
'Smart' contact lenses could someday enable wireless glaucoma detection
Most people with early-stage glaucoma don't know they have it, even though early treatment is key to reducing vision loss. While detecting a subtle increase in eye pressure helps doctors to diagnose glaucoma, it's challenging ...
May 9, 2024
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Neuroscience
Researchers report exceptionally small implant for future vision correction
A group of researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, University of Freiburg and the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have created an exceptionally small implant with electrodes the size of a single ...
May 7, 2024
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Ophthalmology
CRIPSR gene editing leads to improvements in vision for people with inherited blindness, clinical trial shows
Results from a clinical trial of CRISPR gene editing in 14 individuals with a form of inherited blindness show that the treatment is safe and led to measurable improvements in 11 of the participants treated. The Phase I/II ...
May 6, 2024
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Neuroscience
Macaque study sheds light on brain's perception of static images
We may not realize it, but our eyes constantly make rapid movements—two to three per second—even when we're looking at the same spot. Yet despite these frequent eye movements, we still perceive what we see as a stable ...
Apr 29, 2024
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