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Mothers of children with autism have higher parental stress, psychological distress
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Jul 08 09
Ask any mother and she’ll tell you that raising a preschooler is no easy task. Now imagine what it must be like to…
Enzyme Fights Mutated Protein in Inherited Parkinson’s Disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Jun 26 09
An enzyme that naturally occurs in the brain helps destroy the mutated protein that is the most common cause of inherited Parkinson’s disease, researchers…
Light Therapy May Help in Treating Parkinson’s Disease
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 23 09
Low level light therapy (LLLT) holds potential for improving neuronal cell function in patients with Parkinson’s Disease (PD), according to a new study from…
Early prognosis after ‘mini-stroke’ better in women
• Gender: Female • • Neurology • • Stroke • Jun 22 09
In the first year after a mini-stroke, also known as “transient ischemic attack” or TIA, elderly women have lower rates of stroke, cardiovascular…
Obesity May Reduce Brain Gray Matter in Postmenopausal Women
• Gender: Female • • Neurology • • Obesity • Jun 19 09
Results from a small study of postmenopausal women suggest that obesity might relate to a reduced volume of gray matter in the brain. However,…
School of Dentistry Studies Link Between Oral Health and Memory
• Dental Health • • Neurology • Jun 19 09
Keeping your teeth brushed and flossed can cut down on gum disease, drastically reducing risk of heart attack and stroke, dentists have warned for…
Diabetes drug shows promise in multiple sclerosis
• Diabetes • • Drug News • • Neurology • Jun 17 09
Treatment with the diabetes drug Actos, known technically as pioglitazone, seems to reduce brain shrinkage and may have other beneficial effects in people with…
Brain detects happiness more quickly than sadness
• Brain • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 17 09
People make value judgements about others based on their facial expressions. A new study, carried out be Spanish and Brazilian researchers, shows that –…
X-Rays for Early Alzheimer’s Disease Detection
• Neurology • Jun 16 09
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated a new, highly detailed x-ray imaging technique that could be developed…
New data demonstrate potential for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Jun 16 09
Data published in the June issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease demonstrated that minimally-invasive biospectroscopy was able to identify changes in oxidative stress…
Women’s stroke symptoms may differ from men’s
• Neurology • • Stroke • Jun 15 09
Women may be more likely than men to suffer certain “non-traditional” symptoms of stroke, a new study suggests.
Strokes occur when blood flow to…
Huntington’s Disease Deciphered
• Genetics • • Neurology • Jun 15 09
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have discovered how the mutated huntingtin gene acts on the nervous system to…
Stress makes your hair go gray
• Neurology • Jun 12 09
Those pesky graying hairs that tend to crop up with age really are signs of stress, reveals a new report in the June 12…
Study shows a bidirectional relationship between chronic stress and sleep problems
• Neurology • Jun 10 09
According to a research abstract that will be presented on Wednesday, June 10, at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional…
Reduce Your Stroke Risk!
• Neurology • • Stroke • May 13 09
It takes less than a minute for a stroke to change a person’s life forever, but taking the time to make a few…
New Tool Can Help Predict Risk of Alzheimer’s in Elderly
• Brain • • Neurology • May 13 09
A new tool can help predict whether people age 65 and older have a high risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Research on the…
Early Alzheimer’s Diagnosis Offers Large Social, Fiscal Benefits
• Brain • • Neurology • May 12 09
Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease could save millions or even billions of dollars while simultaneously improving care, according to new work by…
Impaired Brain Plasticity Linked to Angelman Syndrome Learning Deficits
• Brain • • Neurology • May 11 09
How might disruption of a single gene in the brain cause the severe cognitive deficits associated with Angelman syndrome, a neurogenetic disorder? Researchers at…
Opioids recommended for elderly with chronic pain
• Neurology • • Pain • May 07 09
It may be better for elderly people with chronic pain to take opioid painkillers such as codeine rather than familiar over-the-counter products such…
Botox injections may ease diabetic foot pain
• Diabetes • • Neurology • May 07 09
People with diabetes often suffer from chronic foot pain because of nerve damage, but relief may be at hand. Taiwanese doctors have shown that…
New Evidence Ties Gene to Alzheimer’s
• Brain • • Genetics • • Neurology • May 07 09
Of dozens of candidates potentially involved in increasing a person’s risk for the most common type of Alzheimer’s disease that affects more than 5…
Intrathecal Medication Therapy Effective for Painful Post-Herpetic Neuralgia Caused by Shingles
• Infections • • Neurology • • Pain • May 05 09
Every year, 200,000 patients in the United States develop shingles, for which there is no cure. Shingles (herpes zoster) is a viral infection that…
Deep Brain Stimulation Found to be Effective in Children with Generalized Primary Dystonia
• Neurology • May 05 09
Dystonia is a very complex, highly variable neurological movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions. As many as 250,000 people in the United States…
Memory Grows Less Efficient Very Early in Alzheimer’s Disease
• Brain • • Neurology • May 04 09
Even very early in Alzheimer’s disease, people become less efficient at separating important from less important information, a new study has found.
Knowing…
Controlling Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Adds Up to Prevent Stroke
• Neurology • • Stroke • Apr 30 09
Reaching optimal levels for cholesterol and high blood pressure in people who’ve had a stroke adds up to prevent a second stroke or…