Cedar Rapids officer's condition improving, police say
The Gazette Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:00 PM PDT
IOWA CITY and#8212; Cedar Rapids police officer Tim Davis is responding to pinches, police said today, and his brain has stopped swelling.These are signs of improvement, officials said, but Davis is still not responding to verbal commands after spending almost a week under heavy sedation and in guarded condition after he was assaulted March 29 by a person he tried to detain on suspicion of ... |
Doctor! Doctor! How can I treat headaches?
Times Online Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:21 PM PDT
Only 4 per cent of the world's population escape having a headache in the course of their lives. Fortunately, most headaches are not caused by sinister disease and, generally, the worse the headache the less likely it is that the cause is a brain tumour. But a headache is not just a headache. |
Study: Medication may help kleptomaniacs
Moldova.org Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:18 PM PDT
A drug commonly used to treat alcohol and drug addiction appears to also curb compulsive behaviors of kleptomaniacs, U.S. researchers said.Scientists at the University of Minnesota say they found that treatment with the drug naltrexone appears to blocks the part of the brain that feels pleasure when kleptomaniacs steal. The medication has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ... |
IISc, Nimhans scientists identify gene causing braindisorder
The Times of India Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:43 PM PDT
BANGALORE: In a breakthrough that could allow detection of brain defects in foetuses, researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Nimhans have discovered a gene that causes microcephaly, a disorder in which the brain is of reduced size, affecting mental and intellectual faculties. |
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