(MedPage Today) — Tiny biodegradable needles made of silk protein may one day deliver ouchless injections, researchers suggested. Also in this week’s Lab Notes installment: stem cell wrapping to slow brain cancer.
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Researchers have identified a number of nutrient biomarker patterns in blood that are associated with cognitive function and brain volume in older adults. Medscape Medical News
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(MedPage Today) — Individuals who’ve had a severe traumatic brain injury are at subsequent risk for violent behavior, an association not seen for patients with epilepsy, Swedish researchers found.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The FDA has cleared the first hand-held device for the detection of intracranial hematoma.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The FDA has cleared the first hand-held device for the detection of intracranial hematoma.
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Physicians at the Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience (JHN), the region’s only dedicated hospital for neuroscience, are tackling a particularly aggressive brain cancer that even surgery, chemotherapy and radiation often fail to treat with a promising new immunotherapy to attack a patient’s tumor with their own cancer cells.
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Recreational use of Ecstasy - the illegal “rave” drug that produces feelings of euphoria and emotional warmth - is associated with chronic changes in the human brain, Vanderbilt University investigators have discovered.
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An attentive, nurturing mother may be able to help her children better resist the temptations of drug use later in life, according to a study involving the University of Adelaide.
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After 4 years of excessive drinking, women experience the same loss of serotonergic function as men who have been abusing alcohol for 14 years. Medscape Medical News
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Treatment with lapatinib could extend survival in women with Her2-positive breast cancer that has spread to the brain, according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer.
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