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At the synapse: Gene may shed light on neurological disorders
In our brains, where millions of signals move across a network of neurons like runners in a relay race, all the critical baton passes take place at synapses.   view more (2008-05-23)

Radical surgery best option for most ovarian cancer patients with cancer in diaphragm
In a retrospective study looking back at a decade of surgeries, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center researchers have determined that surgery to remove metastatic disease from the diaphragm, in conjunction with other procedures to remove the primary diseased tissue in ovarian cancer patients, significantly... view more (2005-10-13)

Scientists discover possible link between oxidative stress and non-hereditary degenerative disease
The irreversible neurological degeneration associated with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases may be the consequence of oxidative stress-the imbalance of antioxidants and pro-oxidants in cells.   view more (2006-04-28)

A Novel Mechanism of Manganese-Induced Neurological Dysfunction Discovered
For decades, scientists have known that chronic exposure to high concentrations of the metal manganese can cause movement abnormalities resembling symptoms of Parkinson's disease, but apparently without the same neuron damage characteristic of Parkinson's patients.   view more (2006-08-29)

Gladstone scientists prove neurons produce Alzheimer's-linked apolipoprotein E
A question long debated among Alzheimer's disease researchers has been definitively answered by scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease in San Francisco.   view more (2006-05-11)

Obsessive-compulsive disorder: Cerebral electrostimulation unexpectedly effective in two patients
Thanks to a chance observation, Paris-based researchers (Inserm unit 289, theme: "Neurology and Experimental Therapy", and Clinical Investigation Center, Salp'™trie're Hospital) may have found a way of treating severe refractory forms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) . The team led by... view more (2002-10-24)

UCSF surgeon develops new spinal surgery technique
Called a lateral paramedian transpedicular approach, the technique uses advances in spinal instrumentation and reconstructive strategies to provide a direct approach to the removal of cervical spinal tumors with minimal, or no, neural manipulation.   view more (2005-11-07)

Nature's weapon against nerve agents
An enzyme found naturally in the blood could help protect soldiers against the effects of the deadly nerve agent sarin, reports Cath O'Driscoll in the Society of Chemical Industry's magazine Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI.   view more (2007-07-30)

NYC first: Complex aneurysm treated using new fenestrated endograft stent
In a New York City metro-area first, a 93-year-old Bronx man underwent implantation of a new stent graft at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the only center on the Eastern Seaboard with access to this investigational device.   view more (2008-07-08)

First trial on life-threatening condition finds 2 surgical approaches have same results
A nationwide clinical trial involving researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh compared two radically different surgical procedures to treat an often fatal intestinal disorder in premature infants and found nearly identical results.   view more (2006-05-26)

Gladstone scientists uncover potential mechanism of memory loss in Alzheimer's disease
Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) and Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a mechanism by which the protein Amyloid-beta(AB) may impair neurological functions in Alzheimer's disease.   view more (2007-09-06)

Cancer patients in India cheated of appropriate care
A letter in this week's BMJ charges the medical community in India with a "commercialisation of suffering and prolongation of lucrative illness." Dr Chatuverdi, Assistant Surgeon at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai states that, in a country with 3 million cancer sufferers - of whom 80 per... view more (2003-05-21)

Surgeon warns that hospitals need to face the resource implications of breast reconstruction surgery
Roughly three mastectomies can be carried out in the time it takes to do a mastectomy immediately followed by breast reconstruction surgery, a surgeon reported to the 3rd European Breast Cancer Conference in Barcelona today (Thursday 21 March). Stephen Dace (who was a Senior Registrar at the Royal... view more (2002-03-19)

From a lowly yeast, researchers divine a clue to human disease
Working with a common form of brewer's yeast, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have uncovered novel functions of a key protein that allow it to act as a master regulatory switch - a control that determines gene activity and that, when malfunctioning in humans, may contribute to serious... view more (2006-12-08)

Doctors cut repeat LASIK visits dramatically
Ophthalmologists have developed a formula that slashes by nearly two-thirds the likelihood that patients will need repeat visits to an eye surgeon to adjust their vision after their initial LASIK visit.   view more (2006-09-19)

Robotic Surgery Lowers Risk of a Rare but Serious Complication of Gastric Bypass
The use of a robot to assist with the most commonly performed weight-loss surgery appears to significantly lower a patient's risk of developing a rare but serious complication, according to a study published in the most recent edition of the Journal of Robotic Surgery.   view more (2008-09-25)

Will screening for aortic aneurysm be effective?
Pilot screening programmes for abdominal aortic aneurysms in men aged 65 are due to be launched in England this year, but is this move too hasty? Two experts debate the issue in this week's BMJ.   view more (2008-04-18)

Scripps research scientists discover chemical triggers for aggression in mice
The work, reported in an advance, online issue of the journal Nature on December 6, 2007, furthers the broad and important goal of elucidating how the neurological system can detect and respond to specific cues in of a sea of potential triggers.   view more (2007-12-07)

EFFECTIVE EPILEPSY CONTROL IN RURAL AREAS OF LESS-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Inexpensive drugs given by appropriately trained health workers to compliant patients could help control epilepsy in rural areas of less-developed countries, conclude authors of a study in this weeks issue of THE LANCET . Epilepsy is a controllable disorder if detected and treated early. For most... view more (2001-04-25)

CANADIAN STUDY SUGGESTS GUIDELINES FOR USE OF CT SCANS FOR MINOR HEAD INJURY (p 1391)
A sensitive decision rule for CT scans described in this week's issue of THE LANCET could standardise and improve the emergency management of patients with minor head injury. An estimated one million patients with head injury are seen yearly in North American emergency departments and most are... view more (2001-05-03)

Rapid Prototyping for the Operating Theatre
Bonn, July 5, 2002. The technique is tried and tested, and what's more: it is also fast and cost-efficient. That is why manufacturers in the automotive industry and engineering have been using Rapid Prototyping for years to produce prototypes from three-dimensional datasets. The Bonn-based caesar... view more (2002-07-15)

After gastric bypass surgery, important to check vitamin B1 deficiency
A deficiency in vitamin B1 can be a serious complication following a popular surgery to treat obesity.   view more (2005-12-27)

Exercise related to lower heart disease risk in overweight women
The risk of heart disease in women associated with being overweight or obese is reduced but not eliminated by higher levels of physical activity, according to a report in the April 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.   view more (2008-04-29)

2 different neural pathways regulate loss and regain of consciousness during general anesthesia
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine researchers have answered long-running questions about the way that anesthetics act on the body, by showing that the cellular pathway for emerging from anesthesia is different from the one that drugs take to put patients to sleep during operations.   view more (2008-01-14)

New 'seed' therapy helps pinpoint breast tumors with more accuracy
Physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center are the first in Texas to use a new technique in which a small radioactive pellet, or "seed", is implanted into a mass or suspicious lesion in the breast to pinpoint its exact location for surgical removal.   view more (2007-10-11)
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