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Cannabis, IQ and the law
• Brain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 29 12
Heavy marijuana use is associated with cognitive decline in about 5% of teens, according to a new study, which suggests that the heaviest users…
Obesity ‘bad for brain’ by hastening cognitive decline
• Brain • • Obesity • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 21 12
Being overweight is not just bad for waistlines but for brains too, say researchers who have linked obesity to declining mental performance.
Experts are…
Migraines hurt your head but not your brain
• Brain • • Headaches • • Migraine • Aug 12 12
Migraines currently affect about 20 percent of the female population, and while these headaches are common, there are many unanswered questions surrounding this complex…
White kids get more scans for low-risk head trauma
• Brain • • Trauma & Injuries • Aug 07 12
When kids have minor, but high-risk, head injuries, race doesn’t seem to be a factor determining who gets sent for CT scanning, a new…
Are cardiac risk factors linked to less blood flow to the brain?
• Brain • • Heart • Jul 18 12
Metabolic syndrome, a term used to describe a combination of risk factors that often lead to heart disease and type 2 diabetes, seems to…
Electrical brain stimulation can alleviate swallowing disorders after stroke
• Brain • • Stroke • Jul 02 12
After stroke, patients often suffer from dysphagia, a swallowing disorder that results in greater healthcare costs and higher rates of complications such as dehydration,…
Study finds new gene mutations that lead to enlarged brain size, cancer, autism, epilepsy
• Brain • • Genetics • Jun 30 12
A research team led by Seattle Children’s Research Institute has discovered new gene mutations associated with markedly enlarged brain size, or megalencephaly. Mutations in…
‘Smoking vaccine’ blocks nicotine in mice brains
• Brain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 28 12
Smokers could one day be immunised against nicotine so they gain no pleasure from the habit, according to researchers in the US.
They have…
Weight Loss May Change Brain
• Brain • • Neurology • • Weight Loss • Jun 23 12
MRI scans done after bariatric surgery reveal different patterns of brain activation in response to food cues according to a study reported here.
Resistance…
Toronto psychologist studies how the brain responds to beauty
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 18 12
For Toronto psychologist Oshin Vartanian, it’s not enough to say beauty is in the eye of the beholder – the beholder’s brain is his…
Musical brain patterns could help predict epileptic seizures
• Brain • • Epilepsy • Jun 16 12
The research led by Newcastle University’s Dr Mark Cunningham and Professor Miles Whittington and supported by the Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research, indicates…
Soy doesn’t boost brainpower in older women: study
• Brain • • Dieting • • Gender: Female • • Public Health • Jun 05 12
Taking daily soy supplements doesn’t improve thinking and memory skills or keep them from declining in older women, new findings suggest.
The study of…
How Exercise Can Jog the Memory
• Brain • • Neurology • May 30 12
It’s well established that exercise substantially changes the human brain, affecting both thinking and emotions. But a sophisticated, multifaceted new study suggests that the…
Revealing brain damage from battlefield to playing field
• Brain • • Trauma & Injuries • May 16 12
Traumatic brain injury, the signature wound of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, is doubly cruel: it leaves many victims emotionally shattered and cognitively crippled.…
Diet rich in high-fructose corn syrup may make you forgetful
• Brain • • Dieting • May 16 12
The brain freeze from that hot fudge sundae might last longer than you think.
A new UCLA study on rats is the first to…
Paralyzed woman uses her mind to control robot arm
• Brain • • Neurology • May 16 12
Using only her thoughts, a Massachusetts woman paralyzed for 15 years directed a robotic arm to pick up a bottle of coffee and bring…
Brain circuitry is different for women with anorexia and obesity
• Brain • • Obesity • • Psychiatry / Psychology • May 14 12
Why does one person become anorexic and another obese? A study recently published by a University of Colorado School of Medicine researcher shows that…
Is There a Link Between Mood and Glucose Control in Diabetes?
• Brain • • Diabetes • • Neurology • May 02 12
When blood sugar levels in diabetes are poorly controlled, patients tend to have more complications such as depression and other mood disturbances, including anxiety…
Weight Training Aids Memory in Older Women
• Brain • • Neurology • • Weight Loss • Apr 25 12
Pumping iron also pumps up the memory of older women with mild cognitive impairment, researchers reported.
In a randomized, single-blind trial, women who lifted…
Brain Surgery Touted for Epilepsy
• Brain • • Epilepsy • • Surgery • Apr 23 12
In a new study, researchers say brain surgery for a common type of epilepsy is seven times as effective as drug regimens currently used.
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Olympic boxing may damage the brain
• Brain • • Neurology • Apr 23 12
Olympic boxers can exhibit changes in brain fluids after bouts, which indicates nerve cell damage. This is shown in a study of 30 top-level…
Estrogen Hormone Reveals Protective Ability after Traumatic Brain Injury
• Brain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Apr 23 12
With more than 1.7 million people sustaining a traumatic brain injury each year, the need to identify processes to limit inflammation and subsequent damage…
‘Housekeeping’ mechanism for brain stem cells discovered
• Brain • Apr 23 12
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have identified a molecular pathway that controls the retention and release of the brain’s stem cells. The…
How selective hearing works in the brain
• Brain • • Ear / Nose / Throat • Apr 19 12
The longstanding mystery of how selective hearing works – how people can tune in to a single speaker while tuning out their crowded, noisy…
Our brains on food: From anorexia to obesity and everything in between
• Brain • • Obesity • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 03 12
The brains of people with anorexia and obesity are wired differently, according to new research. Neuroscientists for the first time have found that how…