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How Montreal surgeons took apart and pieced back together the skull of a young hydrocephalus patient
On Nov. 5, a pediatric team led by Dr. Alexander Weil and Dr. Daniel Borsuk performed a 12-hour operation on a two-year-old girl with hydrocephalus at Montreal's CHU...
24 minutes ago - National Post - 2 articles
Multiple hits over time can cause concussion
The number and severity of head impacts - not just a single large head impact - may cause concussion, according to findings recently published in Annals of Biomedical...
1 hour ago - Healio
Researchers reveal brain mechanism that drives itch-evoked scratching behavior
It's a maddening cycle that has affected us all: it starts with an itch that triggers scratching, but scratching only makes the itchiness worse.
3 hours ago - News Medical
Diabetes starts to SHRINK our brains in middle age, study suggests
Australian scientists found elderly people with type 2 diabetes experienced a significant decline in memory and verbal fluency over a five-year period, as early as 68 years old.
3 hours ago - Daily Mail
Parents and infants show similar brain activity when they play together, study shows
When infants are playing with objects, their early attempts to pay attention to things are accompanied by bursts of high-frequency activity in their brain.
3 hours ago - News Medical
Bullying Affects the Brain
There may be physical structural differences in the brains of adolescents who are regularly victimized, and this could increase the chance that they suffer from mental illness.
7 hours ago - Medindia Health
Scientists create genomic resource to explore the biological underpinnings of brain disorders
Published in Science, this research integrates a broad range of genomics data to help find molecular underpinnings of schizophrenia, autism, and other neuropsychiatric...
7 hours ago - UNC Healthcare - 2 articles
Shining new light on neuron firing
Scientists have plenty of ways to watch as individual neurons in a brain fire, sending electrical signals from one to the next, but they all share a basic problem.
7 hours ago - News Medical
New research lays out potential path for treatment of Huntington's disease
New research gives scientists a clearer picture of what is happening in the brains of people with Huntington's disease and lays out a potential path for treatment.
8 hours ago - News Medical - 2 articles
Johns Hopkins researchers identify molecular causes of necrotizing enterocolitis in preemies
Using a mouse model of necrotizing enterocolitis - a potentially fatal condition that causes a premature infant's gut to suddenly die - researchers at Johns Hopkins say they...
8 hours ago - News Medical - 2 articles
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If you want to lose weight, don't do it by crash dieting. A study conducted by a team of researchers from Georgetown University found that crash dieting can make you gain more...
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A new study that followed men with larger and more aggressive prostate cancer than is usually diagnosed today found that those who had surgery instead of “watchful waiting”...
CDC reveals that E. coli outbreak has sickened 59 people in 15 states
So far, 59 have been sickened in 15 states in the current E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce, the CDC said. The Adam Brothers farm in Santa Barbara was named as one of...
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This year, let's get back to the classics. Time to kick Fortnight to the curb because we're going old school and getting back to playing games that don't involve any in-app...
Dietary restrictions may help you live longer, according to a new study
Did you know that limiting your food intake, albeit not to the point of malnutrition, has beneficial effects on your longevity? According to a new study from the Sanford...
I Spent $48 on a Sleep Mask, and It's Better Than Sleeping With Blackout...
When you wake up almost every day at 4:45 a.m. , sleep becomes a necessity, but also a luxury. Most days, I get around five to six hours of sleep - that is if I can fall...