by Jacqueline Mitchell, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center In a first-of-its kind study, neurologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) tested the use of non-invasive electrical stimulation as a novel therapeutic approach to brain tumors. In an experiment published in Science Advances, the scientists—led by Emiliano Santarnecchi, Ph.D., principal investigator at the Berenson-Allen Center...
Category: <span>Neuroscience</span>
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‘TEACH BACK’ COMMUNICATION CAN KEEP YOU OUT OF THE HOSPITAL
In the study, people living with high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, and heart disease—conditions that can result in hospital visits if not managed effectively at home or with a patient’s primary care doctor—saw double-digit drops in hospital admissions compared with patients who did not teach their instructions back to their health-care provider. “For patients...
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#HelloMyNameIs: A simple act to improve patients’ experiences of care
by Maisam Najafizada, Arifur Rahman And Katie Oxford, The Conversation In 2011, Dr. Kate Granger, a British geriatrician was diagnosed with cancer and her subsequent hospital stays and visits began. As a care provider, she noticed something simple, yet significant, that was often missed by the hospital staff. When staff showed up with updates on...
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Do neurocysticercosis-related seizures lead to epilepsy?
by The City University of New York Neurocysticercosis, an infection of the brain with pork tapeworm larvae, is highly endemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Asia, and increasingly common in developed countries like the U.S. due to immigration. The larvae form cysts in the brain, which can cause a variety of neurological symptoms, seizures...
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Dietary choline associates with reduced risk of dementia
by University of Eastern Finland A new study by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland is the first to observe that dietary intake of phosphatidylcholine is associated with a reduced risk of dementia. Phosphatidylcholine was also linked to enhanced cognitive performance. The main dietary sources of phosphatidylcholine were eggs and meat. The findings were...
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Could dementia and anemia be linked?
By Tim Newman Fact checked by Jasmin Collier A recent study has concluded that people with both higher-than-normal and lower-than-normal levels of hemoglobin have a higher risk of developing dementia as they age. Hemoglobin is a protein present in red blood cells. It is responsible for carrying life giving oxygen from the lungs to the...
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THIS NETWORK BOOSTS CONFIDENCE AT HOME AFTER STROKE
Returning home after a stroke may go better with a support network involving social work case managers and online resources, research finds. As reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, researchers developed the Michigan Stroke Transitions Trial and tested three different support strategies involving 265 recovering stroke patients and 169 caregivers to see which worked...
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The ‘Mandela effect’ and the science of false memories
by Neil Dagnall And Ken Drinkwater, The Conversation There’s a theory doing the rounds online that nuclear research experiments caused the world to shift into an alternate reality where Donald Trump became president. This might sound stupid, but some people genuinely believe it to be true. And to back up their theory they cite the “Mandela effect,” a phenomenon...
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Metformin may lower dementia risk in black patients with T2DM
Jeffrey F. Scherrer, Ph.D., from Saint Louis University School of Medicine, and colleagues used Veterans Health Administration medical record data (2000 to 2015) to identify 73,761 African-American and white patients (aged ≥50 years) who were free of dementia and diabetes medications at baseline (2000 and 2001) but subsequently initiated metformin or sulfonylurea monotherapy. When controlling for other variables, the researchers found...
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What stress does to the brain
by ETH Zurich Researchers at ETH Zurich have shown for the first time that selective release of the neurotransmitter noradrenaline reconfigures communication between large-scale networks in the brain. Their findings provide insights into rapid neural processes that occur in the brain during stressful situations. In moments of acute stress—for example, a life-threatening situation in road traffic—our brain has just...