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• Physician’s bedside skills trump medical technology

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  Washington, Dec 21 (IANS) Sometimes a simple bedside exam performed by a skilled physician is superior to a high-tech CT scan, says a new study.Researchers found that physicians’ bedside examinations did a better job than CT scans in predicting which patients would need to return to the operating room to treat ...
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• Marijuana May Help Multiple Sclerosis Patients?

  
  New Media Medicine — Authority: 154
  Researchers note that doses of cannabis (marijuana) have been shown to reduce the muscle spasms experienced by many people who have multiple sclerosis. The use of medical marijuana continues to be a struggle in the United States. Although it has been shown to be very effective in treating various diseases and ...
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• Senator and former Shands intern returns to UF

  
  insider - UF College of Medicine News Resource - University of Florida — Authority: 118
  Florida state senator and former Shands at the University of Florida intern Durell Peaden Jr., M.D., will return to campus Thursday, Dec. 17 for a firsthand look at programs he fought to fund over the years. Following a tour of the UF McKnight Brain Institute’s centers for Brain Tumor Research and Movement ...
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• Senator and former Shands intern returns to UF

  
  insider - UF College of Medicine News Resource - University of Florida — Authority: 118
  Florida state senator and former Shands at the University of Florida intern Durell Peaden Jr., M.D., will return to campus Thursday, Dec. 17 for a firsthand look at programs he fought to fund over the years. Following a tour of the UF McKnight Brain Institute’s centers for Brain Tumor Research and Movement ...
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• High-flow oxygen can ease headaches

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  London, Dec 9 (IANS) Fifteen minutes of treatment with high flow oxygen significantly eased cluster headaches, according to a new study.Cluster headache attacks, characterised by bouts of excruciating pain usually near the eye or temple, typically last for 15 minutes to three hours if untreated and have a frequency of ...
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• Hope for Epilepsy Patients, But Treatment Gap Exists Worldwide

  
  OneMedPlace — Authority: 424
  The past week brought both a scientific breakthrough and disheartening news in the field of epilepsy. A new discovery may change the way epilepsy is treated, but if current evidence is any indication, getting the treatment to patients will be a challenge. A recently published study may be able to explain why some ...
  3 weeks ago

• Neurosurgery training in UK

  
  New Media Medicine — Authority: 154
  Hey everyone, I just started off with med school this year in the UK and although, its a bit too early to think about specializing, i have my eyes set on neurosurgery. I am quite familiar with the ups and downs of this specialty, not to mention the fact that it is one of the most competitive specialties to get into ...
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• Diffusion tensor imaging increases ability to remove benign tumors in children

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 617
  A new study published this week in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics finds that operative plans for removing Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma, or JPA, tumors in the thalamus of the brain can be augmented with Diffusion Tensor Imaging, or DTI. The sensitivity of DTI imaging allows for the visualization of nerve ...
  3 weeks ago

• What Was Your Most Terrifying Medical Moment?

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  Your minds a funny thing. Its your internal camcorder. Sounds. Smells. Tastes. They all evoke powerful memories. Your own private trip down memory lane. And to me, nothing looks more like memory lane than the brain surgery I underwent when I was 13. A typical Saturday for me in high school consisted of two things: ...
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• Research sheds new light on epilepsy

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 617
  Pioneering research using human brain tissue removed from people suffering from epilepsy has opened the door to new treatments for the disease. Scientists at Newcastle University have for the first time been able to record spontaneous epileptic activity in brain tissue that has been removed from patients undergoing ...
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• Research sheds new light on epilepsy

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 617
  Pioneering research using human brain tissue removed from people suffering from epilepsy has opened the door to new treatments for the disease. Scientists at Newcastle University have for the first time been able to record spontaneous epileptic activity in brain tissue that has been removed from patients undergoing ...
  4 weeks ago

• Clinical trials launched for treating most aggressive brain tumor with personalized cell vaccines

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 617
  The University of Navarra Hospital has launched a series of clinical trials in order to assess the efficacy of an immunotherapy treatment. This approach involves the application of personalised vaccines -- produced from healthy and tumour cells from the patient him or herself -- and designed to combat glioblastomas, ...
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• Clinical trials launched for treating most aggressive brain tumor with personalized cell vaccines

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 617
  The University of Navarra Hospital has launched a series of clinical trials in order to assess the efficacy of an immunotherapy treatment. This approach involves the application of personalised vaccines -- produced from healthy and tumour cells from the patient him or herself -- and designed to combat glioblastomas, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Brain Power: The New Psychosurgery

  
  Beyond Blue — Authority: 479
  Image: Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times The New York Times published an interesting article in the health section today about surgery for severe depression, anxiety, OCD, Tourettes syndrome, and even obsesity. Benedict Carey of the New York Times writes: In the last decade or so, more than 500 ...
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• Amen, Terry Bradshaw!

  
  Dave Pear's Official Blog — Authority: 122
  The NFL doesn’t seem to care about their active players and they despise the retired players! All they offer is lip service to serious and life-changing head injuries. Unless a player is carried off the field on national TV, it’s almost impossible for a retired player to access any disability benefits. And his ...
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• bee well wishes

  
  Lisa Reviews — Authority: 426
  Tina Chadwick was diagnosed with a brain tumor when she was eight months pregnant with her daughter Elizabeth.  She was in for the fight of her life.  She underwent an extensive brain surgery, performed by the same surgeon who operated on Robert Kennedy.  She had to re-learn how to swallow, talk, walk, and regain ...
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