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Slower growth of preterm infants linked to altered brain development
Jan. 16, 2013 Preterm infants who grow more slowly as they approached what would have been their due dates also have slower development in an area of the brain called the cerebral cortex, report Canadian researchers in a new study published January 16 in Science Translational Medicine. The cerebral cortex is a two to four millimetre layer of cells that envelopes the top part of the brain and is involved in cognitive, behavioural, and motor processes
New technique helps stroke victims communicate
Jan. 15, 2013 Stroke victims affected with loss of speech caused by Broca’s aphasia have been shown to speak fluidly through the use of a process called “speech entrainment” developed by researchers at the University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health. Aphasia, a severe communication problem caused by damage to the brain’s left hemisphere and characterized by halting speech, occurs in about one-third of people who have a stroke and affects personal and professional relationships.
Depressed stroke survivors may face triple the risk of death
Jan. 11, 2013 People who are depressed after a stroke may have a tripled risk of dying early and four times the risk of death from stroke than people who have not experienced a stroke or depression, according to a study released January 12 that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 65th Annual Meeting in San Diego, March 16 to 23, 2013
Saliva gland test for Parkinson’s disease?
Jan. 10, 2013 New research suggests that testing a portion of a person’s saliva gland may be a way to diagnose Parkinson’s disease.
Surgeons may use hand gestures to manipulate MRI images in OR
Jan. 10, 2013 Doctors may soon be using a system in the operating room that recognizes hand gestures as commands to tell a computer to browse and display medical images of the patient during a surgery.
First oral drug for spinal cord injury improves movement in mice
Jan. 8, 2013 An experimental oral drug given to mice after a spinal cord injury was effective at improving limb movement after the injury, a new study shows. The compound efficiently crossed the blood-brain barrier, did not increase pain and showed no toxic effects to the animals.
Hold the diet soda? Sweetened drinks linked to depression, coffee tied to lower risk
Jan. 8, 2013 New research suggests that drinking sweetened beverages, especially diet drinks, is associated with an increased risk of depression in adults while drinking coffee was tied to a slightly lower risk
Hold the diet soda? Sweetened drinks linked to depression, coffee tied to lower risk
Jan. 8, 2013 New research suggests that drinking sweetened beverages, especially diet drinks, is associated with an increased risk of depression in adults while drinking coffee was tied to a slightly lower risk
Pesticides and Parkinson’s: Further proof of a link uncovered
Jan. 3, 2013 For several years, neurologists at UCLA have been building a case that a link exists between pesticides and Parkinson’s disease. To date, paraquat, maneb and ziram — common chemicals sprayed in California’s Central Valley and elsewhere — have been tied to increases in the disease, not only among farmworkers but in individuals who simply lived or worked near fields and likely inhaled drifting particles
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