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Study expands window for effective stroke treatment
May 28, 2009 |
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Once symptoms start, there's only a tiny window of time for stroke victims to get life-saving treatment. Now, research from the Stanford University School of Medicine has cracked that window open a bit wider.
Statins may treat blood vessel disorder that can lead to fatal strokes
Jan 26, 2009 |
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In a finding that could save thousands of lives a year, University of Utah School of Medicine researchers have shown that a blood vessel disorder leading to unpredictable, sometimes fatal, hemorrhagic strokes, seizures, paralysis ...
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Response to immune protein determines pathology of multiple sclerosis
Oct 13, 2008 |
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New research may help reveal why different parts of the brain can come under attack in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). According to a new study in mice with an MS-like disease, the brain's response to a protein produced ...
Researchers identify a cell type that limits stroke damage
Jan 27, 2009 |
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A research team including Serge Rivest of University Laval's Faculty of Medicine has demonstrated the existence of a type of cells that limits brain damage after a stroke. The study was recently published in the online version ...
Killer carbs -- Monash scientist finds the key to overeating as we age
Aug 21, 2008 |
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A Monash University scientist has discovered key appetite control cells in the human brain degenerate over time, causing increased hunger and potentially weight-gain as we grow older.
Study suggests why heart attack victims do better with social support
Sep 18, 2008 |
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Researchers have identified specific damages to the brain that may occur when heart attack victims are socially isolated from others. The study in mice found that those animals that lived alone before undergoing a heart attack ...
New research discovers link between smoking and brain damage
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 23, 2009 |
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New research which suggests a direct link between smoking and brain damage will be published in the July issue of the Journal of Neurochemistry. Researchers, led by Debapriya Ghosh and Dr Anirban Basu from the Indian Nation ...
Probing question: What causes migraine?
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Imagine you are talking to a coworker when your vision blurs, and spots of light appear on the periphery. Feeling nauseated, you try to continue the conversation, but you’re having trouble remembering the words for things. ...
Brain cells called astrocytes undergo reorganization and may engulf attacking T cells
Aug 20, 2008 |
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When virally infected cells in the brain called astrocytes come in contact with anti-viral T cells of the immune system, they undergo a unique series of changes that dramatically reorganize their shape and function, according ...
Genes found to play a role in breast cancer's spread to the brain
May 06, 2009 |
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New research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) identifies three genes that specifically mediate the metastasis, or spread, of breast cancer to the brain and illuminates the mechanisms ...
Tumor-killing virus selectively targets diseased brain cells
Feb 19, 2008 |
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New findings show that a specialized virus with the ability to reproduce its tumor-killing genes can selectively target tumors in the brains of mice and eliminate them. Healthy brain tissue remained virtually untouched, according ...
While you were sleeping: Sleep apnea's effect on the brain may be more severe than previously thought
Jun 03, 2009 |
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It has been linked to learning impairment, stroke and premature death. Now research from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has found that snoring associated with sleep apnoea may impair brain function more than previously ...
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