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Formerly conjoined twins to need years of care (AP)

Formerly conjoined twins to need years of care

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Formerly conjoined Bangladeshi twins separated this week in a marathon surgery will remain in the care of a humanitarian group for at least two years, the organization's CEO said Friday.


Formerly conjoined twins in stable condition (AP)

Formerly conjoined twins in stable condition

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A team of 16 surgeons and nurses successfully concluded 25 hours of delicate surgery Tuesday to separate twin Bangladeshi girls who had been joined at their heads, sharing blood vessels and brain ...


Healthy babies by the numbers

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When a fetus is smaller than expected for the number of weeks of pregnancy, due to associated problems like a poorly developed heart, health concerns as severe as brain damage can result.


Miracle Aussie baby beats rare condition in world first

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3

A "miracle" Australian baby has become the first person cured of a rare and deadly brain-melting condition after doctors gambled on an experimental drug tested only on mice, they said Thursday.


Estrogen and stroke risk

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Eighteen years ago this month the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it would sponsor a landmark study to examine women and cardiovascular disease. Known as the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), the study enrolled ...


Brain-damaged children often have cold feet

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Many wheelchair-using children with neurological disorders have much colder hands and feet than other children, and most receive no special help even though they have had these problems for a long time, is revealed in at ...


Cooling treatments can reduce brain damage caused by birth asphyxia

Cooling treatments can reduce brain damage caused by birth asphyxia

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Brain damage caused by lack of oxygen at birth could be avoided for over 100 babies a year in the UK if infants are given cooling treatment within the first six hours of life, according to ...


Universal screening lowers risk of severe jaundice in infants

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created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Screening all newborns for excessive bilirubin in the blood can significantly decrease the incidence of severe jaundice which, in extreme cases, can lead to seizures and brain damage, according to researchers at UCSF Children's ...


Second concussion can be serious for young athletes

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sustaining a second concussion shortly after a first one can lead to serious problems for young athletes, making it extremely important for players to be correctly diagnosed after being hit in the head.


Piece from childhood virus may save soldiers' lives

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 06, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 1

A harmless shard from the shell of a common childhood virus may halt a biological process that kills a significant percentage of battlefield casualties, heart attack victims and oxygen-deprived newborns, according to research ...


Vitamin C deficiency impairs early brain development

Vitamin C deficiency impairs early brain development

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen shows that vitamin C deficiency may impair the mental development of new-born babies.


Neural networks mapped in dementia patients

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Different types of dementia show dissimilar changes in brain activity. A network mapping technique described in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience has been applied to EEG data obtained from patients with Alzheimer's diseas ...


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Study Finds Low Risk in Treating Previously Coiled Aneurysm

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The risks associated with treating a recurrent or residual brain aneurysm that was initially treated by endovascular coiling are low, according to a multicenter study led by researchers at ...


Blood test can detect brain damage in amateur boxers

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created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A blood test can now be used to detect brain damage in amateur boxers. Deterioration of nerve cells seems to occur even after a two-month break from boxing. This is shown in a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the ...


Formal education lessens the impact of Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at the Department of Psychiatry, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, investigated the effects of formal education on the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. They were able to show that ...