Surgery
Minds of older women fuzzier after general anesthesia than men's
(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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Neuroscience
Substance abuse reduces brain volume in women but not men
Stimulant drug abuse has long-term effects on brain volume in women, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. Brain structures involved in reward, learning and executive control showed vast changes ...
Jul 14, 2015
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Neuroscience
Study examines concussion, cognition, brain changes in retired NFL players
A preliminary study of retired National Football League (NFL) players suggests that history of concussion with loss of consciousness may be a risk factor for increased brain atrophy in the area involved with memory storage ...
May 18, 2015
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Neuroscience
Long-term exposure to air pollution may pose risk to brain structure, cognitive functions
Air pollution, even at moderate levels, has long been recognized as a factor in raising the risk of stroke. A new study led by scientists from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine ...
Apr 23, 2015
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Researchers help create 'gold standard' method for measuring an early sign of Alzheimer's
After six years of painstaking research, a UCLA-led team has validated the first standardized protocol for measuring one of the earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease—the atrophy of the part of the brain known as the hippocampus.
Mar 25, 2015
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Neuroscience
Study examines memory and effects on the aging brain
A study of brain aging finds that being male was associated with worse memory and lower hippocampal volume in individuals who were cognitively normal at baseline, while the gene APOE ?4, a risk factor for Alzheimer disease, ...
Mar 16, 2015
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Health
Exercise may boost size of some brain regions
(HealthDay)—Exercise may increase the size of brain regions that contribute to balance and coordination, preliminary research suggests.
Mar 5, 2015
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study challenges best way to position women during childbirth
New research is challenging what many obstetricians and physician anesthesiologists believe is the best way to position women during labor. According to a study published in the February issue of Anesthesiology, the official ...
Jan 20, 2015
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Cardiology
Long duration weightlessness in space induces a blood shift
In a study published today in The Journal of Physiology, researchers found that in space, the shift of blood and fluid from the lower to the upper body caused by weightlessness is much higher and the blood pressure much lower ...
Jan 14, 2015
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Neuroscience
A new way to diagnose brain damage from concussions, strokes and dementia
New optical diagnostic technology developed at Tufts University School of Engineering promises new ways to identify and monitor brain damage resulting from traumatic injury, stroke or vascular dementia—in real time and ...
Dec 11, 2014
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