Category: Brain

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DURHAM, N.C. — Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a method to scan and image the blood flow and oxygen levels inside a mouse brain in real-time with enough resolution….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – For the first time, researchers have shown what happens to the brain when a person receives a depression treatment known as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS).

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Your education, your job, your income, the neighborhood you live in: Together these factors are considered to represent socioeconomic status (SES) and contribute to a variety of health and social outcomes….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DALLAS, — Some treatments or preventive therapies used to manage intracerebral hemorrhages (ICH), or a bleeding stroke, are not as effective as previously believed

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai saw for the first time hallmarks of concussions and other head trauma in the brains of deceased headbutting animals—muskoxen and bighorn sheep.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Exercise increases levels of a chemical involved in brain cell growth, which bolsters the release of the “feel good” hormone dopamine, a new study shows.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – LOS ANGELES — Treating pregnant women with opioid use disorder can help minimize opioid-related brain abnormalities in their newborns.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A novel technology designed to precisely image aggressive brain cancers and guide treatment is being developed by the University of South Australia and Australian cancer diagnostic company, Ferronova….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A receptor that was first identified as necessary for insulin action, that also is located on the neural stem cells found deep in the brains of mice, is pivotal for brain stem cell longevity

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 10, 2022 – By turning off a single gene, University of Virginia researchers and their collaborators caused stem cells already becoming heart cells to change course and become future brain cells.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) -ARLINGTON, Va., May 10, 2022 — A new clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) provides guidance on the use of radiation therapy to treat patients with brain metastases.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – For roughly a third of people with epilepsy, medication does not control their seizures. Depending on where those seizures originate in the brain, laser therapy can be an option for adults and children.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine have discovered a previously unknown function performed by a type of cell that comprises nearly half of all cells in the brain.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Crows and ravens are well known for their black color and the harsh “caw” sound they make. They are intelligent birds that use tools, solve complex abstract problems and speak a volume of words.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A test of protein in the blood gets further support as a biomarker for patients diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a group of brain disorders with few treatment options.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – New study demonstrates that in utero exposure to mother’s antiepileptic or antidepressant medication may affect development of the newborn brain networks.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Every parent is familiar with growth charts. These simple tools have long helped pediatricians gauge a child’s development by comparing things like height, weight and head circumference to children of the same age and sex.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Gut microbiota by-products circulate in the bloodstream, regulating host physiological processes including immunity, metabolism and brain functions.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – One way in which scientists are studying how the human body grows and ages is by creating artificial organs in the laboratory.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that daily use of pod-based e-cigarettes alters the inflammatory state across multiple organ systems including the brain, heart, lungs and colon.