Charity’s plea for more brain donors
The Herald Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:09 PM PDT
A charity has urged Scots to sign up as brain donors and help find a cure for Parkinson's disease. The Parkinson's Disease Society (PDS) said it urgently needed more brain tissue for research into the condition. |
Help save his life
Daily News Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:40 PM PDT
S. Douglas Fernando of 45/5, M.J.C. Mawatha, Horethuduwa, Moratuwa is suffering from a critical ailment in the brain and specialist doctor Nihal Wijewardene of National Hospital, Colombo has recommended a surgery to cure this disease. |
Brain metastases hijack neuron-supporting cells to resist chemotherapy
PhysOrg Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:18 PM PDT
Cancer that spreads to other organs finds a particularly inviting hideout in the brain, where these metastases are usually far harder to treat than they are in other locations. Two researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center discussed ways to more successfully target these tumors in their "sanctuary" at the American Association for Cancer Research 100th Annual Meeting ... |
New imaging analysis predicts brain tumor survival
PhysOrg Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:03 PM PDT
As early as one week after beginning treatment for brain tumors, a new imaging analysis method was able to predict which patients would live longer, researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have found. |
Parkinson's series informs patients
Ferndale Mirror Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:52 AM PDT
When Harry Knitter was diagnosed with Parkinson's 18 years ago he and his wife Nancy knew nothing about the disease. He had been walking the dog and noticed the left side of his body felt weaker. It took a while to rule out possible causes but eventually he learned he had the disease which causes the loss of dopamine-producing cells in the brain. The news came when he was 55-years old. At a loss ... |
Fish Oil Protects Against Diseases Like Parkinson's
Science Daily Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:21 AM PDT
Scientists show that an omega three fatty acid in the diet protects brain cells by preventing the misfolding of a protein resulting from a gene mutation in neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Huntington's. |
Fish oil protects against diseases like Parkinson's, study
PhysOrg Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:48 AM PDT
Dr. Nicolas Bazan, Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence, Boyd Professor, and Ernest C. and Yvette C. Villere Chair of Retinal Degenerative Diseases Research at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, will present new research findings showing that an omega three fatty acid in the diet protects brain cells by preventing the misfolding of a protein resulting from a gene mutation in ... |
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