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How does exercise affect nerve pain?
• Neurology • • Pain • Jun 02 12
Exercise helps to alleviate pain related to nerve damage (neuropathic pain) by reducing levels of certain inflammation-promoting factors, suggests an experimental study in the…
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…
Marijuana May Relieve Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 29 12
The advocates of proposition 19, the bill that tried to legalize cannabis in California, must be turning cartwheels at the news coming out of…
Cannabis fails to slow progress of multiple sclerosis in UK study
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 29 12
Cannabis capsules failed to slow the progression of multiple sclerosis in a large British study, dealing a blow to hopes that the drug could…
Parents are happier than non-parents, new research suggests
• Neurology • May 20 12
New research by psychologists at three North American universities, including the University of British Columbia, finds that parents experience greater levels of happiness and…
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…
Marijuana may ease multiple sclerosis symptoms
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 14 12
People with multiple sclerosis have long said that smoking marijuana helps ease their painful muscle cramping. And a new clinical trial suggests they are…
Helping Hands reaches out to patients with cerebral palsy
• Neurology • May 10 12
With the aid of multiple force sensors and a digital dinosaur, a team of Rice University seniors known as Helping Hands hopes to restore…
Kids with cerebral palsy may benefit from video game play
• Children's Health • • Neurology • May 07 12
Like their healthy peers, children with disabilities may spend too much time in front of a video screen. For children with cerebral palsy (CP),…
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…
Oral Steroids Effective in MS
• Neurology • Apr 24 12
Outcomes for multiple sclerosis patients in relapse who were treated with oral methylprednisolone were no different than those of similar patients who received intravenous…
Brain surgery for epilepsy underutilized
• Epilepsy • • Neurology • • Surgery • Apr 23 12
Ten years ago, a landmark clinical trial in Canada demonstrated the unequivocal effectiveness of brain surgeries for treating uncontrolled epilepsy, but since then the…
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…
ALS patients differ on treatment choices in later phases of disease
• Neurology • Apr 22 12
Two new studies analyzing treatment decisions in late-stage amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients shed light onto treatments aimed to extend the duration and quality…
Nano-Pill, Big Hope for Cerebral Palsy
• Neurology • Apr 20 12
Cerebral palsy affects about three in a thousand babies, presumably after some sort of fetal or postnatal insult to the brain, and the condition…
Fish Oil Flops in MS
• Dieting • • Neurology • Apr 17 12
Fish oil doesn’t appear to be of any help in treating multiple sclerosis, Norwegian researchers found.
In a randomized controlled trial, supplementation with omega-3…
Huntington’s Disease Protects Against Cancer
• Cancer • • Neurology • Apr 17 12
People with motor neuron diseases such as Huntington’s disease seem to be protected against cancer, researchers reported.
The underlying cause of the “PolyQ” diseases…
Chronic Stress Feeds Common Cold, Study Finds
• Neurology • Apr 03 12
Stress makes the common cold more miserable and harder to kick by letting inflammation linger, a new study found.
Men and women who had…
Scientists uncover clue to preventing, and possibly reversing, rare childhood genetic disease
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Apr 02 12
Rutgers scientists think they have found a way to prevent and possibly reverse the most debilitating symptoms of a rare, progressive childhood degenerative disease…
Measles-containing vaccines not linked with increased risk of febrile seizures in kids 4-6
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Apr 02 12
Vaccines for measles were not associated with an increased risk of febrile seizures among 4-6 year olds during the six weeks after vaccination, according…
Aging accelerates brain abnormalities in childhood onset epilepsy patients
• Epilepsy • • Neurology • Apr 02 12
New research confirms that childhood onset temporal lobe epilepsy has a significant impact on brain aging. Study findings published in Epilepsia, a peer-reviewed journal…
Meditation Improves Emotional Behaviors in Teachers
• Neurology • Mar 29 12
Schoolteachers who underwent a short but intensive program of meditation were less depressed, anxious or stressed – and more compassionate and aware of others’…
When we test, do we stress?
• Neurology • Mar 27 12
Your mother had a doctor’s appointment for a memory test. The results are conclusive: she presents with the first signs of Alzheimer type dementia.…
Paul Allen Gives Millions for Brain Research
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 22 12
Paul G. Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft, announced on Wednesday that he would commit $300 million over the next 10 years to turn the…