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Published 2 April 2012 (All day) by Dave Mcginn on The Globe and Mail
Published 17 January 2012 (All day) by Leslie Beck on The Globe and Mail
If you want to lower your risk of stroke, there’s a mineral you need to pay more attention to. According to a review of seven international studies, people who eat plenty of magnesium-rich foods – leafy greens, beans, lentils, nuts and whole grains – are significantly less...
Published 11 January 2012 (All day) by Catharine Paddock PhD on Medical News Today
Researchers from the Medical Research Council (MRC) in the UK have found a protein made by blood vessels in the brain that could be a good candidate for regenerative therapies that stimulate the brain to repair itself after injury or disease. They write about their findings in the 9 January...
Published 30 December 2011 (All day) by Kathleen Doheny on CBS News
(WebMD) Strokes so tiny they are termed ''silent'' may be linked to memory loss in older adults.
Previously, experts thought that memory loss among older adults was caused by deterioration in the hippocampus, the part of the brain involved in memory and other functions....
Published 3 January 2012 (All day) by Bonnie Miller Rubin on Chicago Tribune
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords recently gave her first public interview since she was shot in the head almost a year ago. Her journey —...
Published 29 December 2011 (All day) by Lara Salahi on ABC News
Some stints of memory lapse in older adults may be due to silent strokes, tiny spots of dead cells inside the brain that bring on undetectable stroke symptoms, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Neurology.
Nearly a quarter of older adults have experienced a silent...
Published 1 January 2012 (All day) by RedOrbit Staff & Wire Reports on Red Orbit
Tiny areas of dead tissue located within the brain might be the cause of some instances of memory loss in older adults, a new study scheduled for publication this week has suggested.
According to Alan Mozes of USA Today HealthDay, the study — which was funded by the National...
Published 2 January 2012 (All day) by Sharon Kirkey on The Vancouver Sun
An experimental treatment first performed in Canada that uses electrical currents to reset the brain can ease the torment of treatment-resistant depression for at least two years, new research suggests.
U.S researchers who tested deep brain stimulation, or DBS, on 17 patients, including...
Published 18 December 2011 (All day) by James Walsh on Star Tribune
Is it possible to experience elation putting in your own ponytail or firmly shaking hands with a stranger?
Just look at Maddy Evans' beaming face for the answer. Maddy, 16, completed a study at the University of Minnesota and Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, using a...
Published 15 December 2011 (All day) by Steven Reinberg on USA Today
Stroke patients suffering from a condition that prevents them from sensing or reacting to anything happening to their left -- whether it's noticing food on a plate or recognizing a person sitting to that side -- may recover faster with magnetic stimulation to the nerve cells in their brain,...
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