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Researchers identify cause for severe pediatric epilepsy disorder

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that convulsive seizures in a form of severe epilepsy are generated, not on the brain's surface as expected, but from ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Experiments test if implant can block sleep apnea

(AP) -- Loud snoring may do more than irritate your spouse: It can signal sleep apnea, depriving you of enough zzzz's to trigger a car crash, even a heart attack. Now scientists are beginning to test if an ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 27, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 9

Anxiety/panic disorder most frequent disabling comorbid disorder in TS patients, study finds

An assessment of patients with adult Tourette syndrome (TS) to identify clinical factors that contribute to psychosocial and occupational disabilities resulting from the vocal or motor tics that define TS found that anxiety/panic ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Girl's progress after pioneering brain surgery gives hope to other parents

Lexi Haas is awakening into a world of new possibilities. Miracle by tiny miracle, she is making her body do what she wants -- instead of her body always controlling her. She looked up at her mother a few weeks ago, pursed ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Here's venom in your eye: Spitting cobras hit their mark

Spitting cobras have an exceptional ability to spray venom into eyes of potential attackers. A new study published in Physiological and Biochemical Zoology reveals how these snakes maximize their chances of hitting the ta ...

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created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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