New research suggests anti-inflammatory drugs could be used to manage acute depressive symptoms in some people A growing body of research is suggesting that brain inflammation could be responsible for some major depressive episodes. A new study from a team at the University of Manchester has now made an even more specific contention –...
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After 15 years in a vegetative state, nerve stimulation restores consciousness
[18F]-Fluorodeoxyglucose FDG-PET images acquired during baseline (on the left, pre-VNS) and 3 months post vagus nerve stimulation (on the right, post-VNS). After vagus nerve stimulation, the metabolism increased in the right …more A 35-year-old man who had been in a vegetative state for 15 years after a car accident has shown signs of consciousness after...
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The rat race is over: New livestock model for stroke could speed discovery
Associate Professor Franklin West and Emily Baker working with induced pluripotent stem cells generated from a patient’s own somatic cells. It is well-known in the medical field that the pig brain shares certain physiological and anatomical similarities with the human brain. So similar are the two that researchers at the University of Georgia’s Regenerative...
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How VR Can Help Solve Dementia
How VR is helping us spot, research, treat, and raise awareness for dementia. Anyone who has suffered from dementia, or knows someone who has, knows that is a cruel, tough syndrome to battle. 5.5 million people in the United States alone suffer from dementia, which is marked by chronic degeneration of cognitive functions such as memory, decision-making...
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Experimental brain technology can rewind Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease is considered a global challenge of the century. Alzheimer’s disease is a thief. It comes and takes away the most precious memories with which people identify themselves. It is a very clever thief. People whom it affects don’t even remember what they have lost—they just feel lost; lost in space and time. Alzheimer’s can...
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UCI scientists identify important aspect of the brain’s navigational system
The ability to successfully navigate in the environment is essential both for animals searching for food or escaping predators, as well as for human urban dwellers. It is something we take for granted, but under the hood, it is supported by still incompletely understood brain networks that continuously calculate our position in the environment. Moreover,...
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Epic allows patient data access to providers without EHRs
Dive Brief: Epic announced the launch a new global interoperability platform called Share Everywhere. The technology lets patients grant access to their personal data to any provider with internet access, regardless of whether they have EHRs. Providers can also send progress notes to the patient’s primary care organization, enhancing care coordination and continuity. The technology builds on...
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Garment device convertible to one or more facemasks
Abstract A garment device convertible to one or more facemasks wherein the garment device has a plurality of detachable cup sections. Each of the cup sections has a filter device, an inner portion positionable adjacent to the inner area of the user’s chest, and an outer portion positionable adjacent to the outer area of the...
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Cell-based therapy success could be boosted by new antioxidant
Cell therapies being developed to treat a range of conditions could be improved by a chemical compound that aids their survival, research suggests. Lab tests found that the man-made molecule – a type of antioxidant – helps to shield healthy cells from damage such as would be caused when they are transplanted into a patient during cell therapy....
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Researchers find new path to promising Parkinson’s treatment
Ball-and-stick model of the dopamine molecule, a neurotransmitter that affects the brain’s reward and pleasure centers. Three researchers at The University of Alabama are part of work that is leading to a new direction for drug discovery in the quest to treat Parkinson’s disease. Findings from the study are published today in the journal Nature...