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'Praying for a Miracle' - Brain surgery could improve Diamondhead child's life
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Seven-year-old Brennan Davis of Diamondhead plays a baseball video game at his hospital room in Miami. Comment?
What The NFL Still Gets Wrong About Concussions
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Roger Goodell, the NFL's commissioner, is floating the idea of a longer season even as he stresses the need for player safety. Comment?
Singer's voice saved after surgery
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Hi-tech equipment has been used to save a woman's ability to sing, after world-first surgery to remove part of her brain MELBOURNE researchers have used hi-tech imaging equipment to save a woman's ability to sing, after world-first surgery to remove part of her brain. Comment?
It's finals week: Do you know what your teen is taking to study so hard?
By the end of high school, 12 percent of teens say they have taken a stimulant medication for reasons other than to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. Comment?
Vitamin B may protect against Alzheimer's, says new study
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... "I've never seen results from brain scans showing this level of protection," noted Paul Thompson, professor of neurology and head of the Imaging Genetics Center at UCLA School of Medicine, California. (Note: Discover how to reduce your risk of ... Comment?
Yoga with Dementia: Tom Wojehowski's Story
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Have you ever tried yoga? Just about anyone who can breathe can practice yoga to some extent and reap its many benefits. Comment?
Endocarditis in Adults With Bacterial Meningitis [Valvular Heart Disease]
From the Academic Medical Center, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Department of Neurology , Department of Medical Microbiology , and the Netherlands Reference Laboratory for Bacterial Meningitis , Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Comment?
Kennedy Krieger researchers pinpoint cause of rare disease
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Her family has raised about $1 million since 2005 for research into the rare disorder that afflicts her 8-year-old daughter, Jenna, resulting in cognitive deficits, seizures , long-lasting migraines , glaucoma in one eye and a red birthmark on the right side of her face. Comment?
Cheap Magnetic Helmet Detects Some Kinds of Brain Damage
A helmet that sends a magnetic field through the wearer's head might someday offer a quick way to reveal whether the brain is swelling or bleeding as the result of an injury. Comment?
Robots to link San Fernando Valley hospitals together
Dr. Michael Marvi, a neurologist at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, visits Kevin Traber, administrative director at the hospital, in a demonstration of how the new robot can interact with patients. Comment?
Diagnosis, treatment of rare infant botulism saves child
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From left, the Gisi family - mother Alisha, daughter Madisen, father Jason and son Elijah - pose in Elijah's room at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center. Comment?
Migraine and Depression Together May Be Linked with Brain Size
Older people with a history of migraines and depression may have smaller brain tissue volumes than people with only one or neither of the conditions, according to a new study in the May 22, 2013, online issue of NeurologyA , the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Comment?
Local woman tells story of surviving brain tumour
When Weyburn resident Angela Van Roon experienced a seizure in September of 2007, she began a journey that would not end until 2011 with the removal of a brain tumour. Comment?
The Apprentice candidate who mistook a cow for a horse no, it's not the latest book by neurologist Oliver Sacks , it's simply a description of one of the many actual occurences in what looks like being a particularly entertaining episode of the business-reality show. Comment?
Researcher works to unlock mysteries of migraines
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... neurological disease for years - to the public detriment. So goes the complaint of Robert Shapiro, professor of neurology at the University of Vermont, practicing neurologist and headache specialist. Shapiro just published a study, based partly on ... Comment?
Hershey Epilepsy Program recognized by NAEC
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center's Comprehensive Epilepsy Program was recently recognized as a Level 4 Center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers . Comment?
Saint Thomas sued in death of teen who took Prozac, other meds
A Macon County family is suing Saint Thomas Health and one of the hospital's neurologists following the death of their 13-year-old son, who died from a lethal combination of Prozac and other prescription medications. Comment?
Laughter Builds Resilience - Culture Innovation Speaker Jeremy...
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Culture innovation speaker Jeremy Gutsche explores the power of a strongly knit team during his speeches. Comment?
Special care to protect newborns' fragile brains
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When babies are born with serious health problems, physicians' main goal is to keep them alive. Comment?
'Only cannabis spray relieves my MS - so why won't the NHS give it to ...
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'Only cannabis spray relieves my MS - so why won't the NHS give it to me?' Sufferer refused drug to help ease affects of disease Mr Rudd was refused Sativex on the NHS while sufferers living a few miles away are being prescribed the cannabis spray The drug hasn't been assessed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - meaning ... (more) Comment?