Mayo Clinic Discovers New Genetic Candidates for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 04 May 2010 06:00 AM PDT
ROCHESTER, Minn.----Most people associate serotonin with brain neurology, but over 95 percent of the body’s serotonin occurs in the gastrointestinal tract, which has a complex neuronal circuit that has been called “the second brain†of the body. |
Snowboarder Kevin Pearce talks about his recovery
The Burlington Free Press Tue, 04 May 2010 05:56 AM PDT
For Kevin Pearce coming home to Vermont was a celebration for more than one reason. Pearce, an Olympic snowboard hopeful from Norwich, suffered a severe brain injury when he hit his head on the halfpipe during practice on Dec. 31 in Park City, Utah. |
Benefit held for former Exeter soccer player
The Southern Berks News Tue, 04 May 2010 05:45 AM PDT
The last time Erika Bare played soccer for Exeter was 1999 as an accomplished defender, when the spring flowers were in full bloom, but in October 2000, she sustained a serious brain injury in a devastating auto accident. |
Service set for State Senate GOP leader Don Caruth
The Charleston Gazette Tue, 04 May 2010 05:30 AM PDT
PRINCETON, W.Va. -- West Virginia Senate Minority Leader Don Caruths life will be celebrated at a service Saturday in Princeton.Caruth died May 1 after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 59.Caruth was first elected to the Senate in 2004 after serving ... |
Novel Immunotherapy Shows Promise For Extending Survival Time In Patients With Malignant Gliomas
Medical News Today Tue, 04 May 2010 05:25 AM PDT
A new Phase I clinical trial conducted at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute in Los Angeles shows that two innovative treatment approaches may safely be combined to treat patients with highly aggressive, malignant brain tumors called gliomas. The results suggest that combining the two therapies might boost their effectiveness and supports the pursuit of ... |
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Yields Promising Results In Patients With Pituitary Adenomas
Medical News Today Tue, 04 May 2010 05:25 AM PDT
In 2009, it was estimated that a total of 22,070 new cases of brain and other CNS tumors were diagnosed. Pituitary adenomas represent one of the most common brain tumors. Large studies report that approximately 10-20 percent of the population harbors a pituitary tumor. According to the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States, 13.4 percent of all brain and CNS tumors diagnosed in 2009 ... |
Depression Treatment Helps To Explain Brain Processes
Psych Central Tue, 04 May 2010 05:06 AM PDT
Over the past decade, the use of deep brain stimulation to relieve treatment-resistant depression has grown in popularity. The option is important because while most patients with major depression find relief through a combination of psychotherapy and medication, about 20 percent of patients fail to respond. Research associated with the modality has helped scientists [...] |
Personalized vaccine processed using tumor tissue promising for brain tumor treatment
News-Medical-Net Tue, 04 May 2010 05:04 AM PDT
Each day in the United States, 482 people are diagnosed with a brain tumor. For these 482 people, not many treatments exist. With the current treatments available, only 5% of those diagnosed with a Glioblastoma Multiform will survive more than 5 years. Only two new treatments have been approved by the FDA in the past two decades. |
Study Adds To Evidence That Autism Has Genetic Basis
Medical News Today Tue, 04 May 2010 04:27 AM PDT
Although there is no known cause of autism, studies have shown that mutations in several genes are associated with the developmental brain disorder. New research has uncovered two additional genes that may be involved with autism. Investigators resented their findings at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. An estimated one in 110 U.S ... |
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