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The use of aspirin in elderly now questioned

A large study led by Australian researchers has found that taking Aspirin tablets regularly to does not really prolong life or reduce the risk of a first heart attack or stroke.

16 Sep 2018

Kessler Foundation joins new study to improve cognition in people with progressive MS

Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, and John DeLuca, PhD, have been awarded a $410,000 grant from the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada and the MS Scientific ResearchFoundation to assess the efficacy of a mixed-method intervention to improve cognition in people with progressive MS.

14 Sep 2018

New evidence does not support use of invasive procedures for patients with chronic pain

An extensive review of 25 randomized clinical trials found "little evidence" that invasive surgery was more effective than sham or placebo procedures in reducing chronic pain. The study was published in the journal Pain Medicine.

12 Sep 2018

Childhood adversity associated with impaired social cognition in adults with major psychiatric disorders

A new report published in European Psychiatry identified a significant association between childhood adversity and impaired social cognitive functioning among adults diagnosed with major psychiatric disorders.

12 Sep 2018

Study finds overlapping copy number variations in Japanese patients with autism and schizophrenia

Common genetic variants may underlie autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia across human populations, according to a study appearing September 11th in the journal Cell Reports.

12 Sep 2018

Administering tPA depending on location of clot can be as effective as thrombectomy

There are two main treatments for stroke caused by a clot in a blood vessel in the brain. One treatment, mechanical thrombectomy, involves pulling the clot out with a specialized catheter that is inserted into the artery in the groin and guided by imaging to the clot.

12 Sep 2018

Kessler Foundation awarded $50,000 grant to study outcomes of new stroke therapy

Kessler Foundation has been awarded a $50,000 grant by the Charles and Ann Serraino Foundation, Inc. The two-year grant will advance the Foundation's practice-based stroke rehabilitation research to advance the diagnosis and treatment of spatial neglect, a hidden disability that complicates recovery after brain injury, especially right brain stroke.

11 Sep 2018

Health care organizations can play key role in supporting unemployed patients find a job

Health care organizations can play a key role in supporting unemployed patients find a job, suggests a new study from the Centre for Urban Health Solutions of St. Michael's Hospital.

11 Sep 2018

Researchers report increasing incidence of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil

The parasitic disease leishmaniasis is spread to humans through the bites of sandflies, and is endemic in a number of countries, including Brazil.

10 Sep 2018

CNS releases new clinical practice guidelines for thoracolumbar spine trauma

The Congress of Neurological Surgeons has issued new clinical practice guidelines on the evaluation and treatment of patients with thoracolumbar spine trauma.

7 Sep 2018

Researchers begin trial to reduce risks of major cause of childhood disabilities

Researchers are beginning recruitment in a trial to see if changing pregnant women's hygiene habits could reduce the risks of a major cause of childhood disabilities.

7 Sep 2018

Mimicking Human Brain Development Using Organoids

Dr. Paul Tesar from the Tesar Laboratory at Case Western University, Ohio, discusses the importance of organoids in biological research and the development of organoids which are capable of simulating the early stages of human myelin.

7 Sep 2018

New guidelines outline criteria for stroke centers offering ischemic stroke interventions to patients

The Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery today joined 12 other neurointerventional societies to release new guidelines outlining the criteria for Level 1, 2 and 3 stroke centers that provide acute ischemic stroke interventions to stroke patients.

7 Sep 2018

Sexuality essentially silenced following stroke

Stroke survivors and their partners are not adequately supported to deal with changes to their relationships, self-identity, gender roles and intimacy following stroke, according to new research from the University of Sydney.

6 Sep 2018

Vanderbilt professor receives major award to improve stroke outcomes

Vanderbilt's Kenneth Gaines, MD, MBA, professor of Clinical Neurology, has received a $15.7 funding award to determine if stroke outcomes can be improved with a redesigned and better-integrated model of care.

6 Sep 2018

UCLA Seizure Disorder Center offers hope to patients with drug-resistant epilepsy

More than 20 new anti-seizure drugs have been introduced in recent decades - a number that means little to people with drug-resistant epilepsy. For them, treatment has not improved.

6 Sep 2018

Researchers discover key aspect in pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis

A team of researchers the University of Zurich and the University Hospital Zurich has shown that in multiple sclerosis, it is not only specific T cells that cause inflammation and lesions in the brain.

4 Sep 2018

Study provides absolute 10-year estimates for dementia by age, sex and APOE genotype

A Danish study provides 10-year absolute risk estimates for dementia specific to age, sex and common variation in the APOE gene, which may help identify high-risk individuals who potentially could benefit from early targeted prevention.

4 Sep 2018

Breakthrough study sheds light on mechanism underlying Warsaw Breakage Syndrome

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University and the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology in Italy have uncovered a previously unknown function of the DDX11 helicase enzyme.

3 Sep 2018

Autism spectrum disorders linked to greater risk for depression in young adulthood

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD), especially without an accompanying intellectual disability, were associated with greater risk for depression in young adulthood compared with the general population and siblings without ASD.

31 Aug 2018

Disability News and Research

The use of aspirin in elderly now questioned

Kessler Foundation joins new study to improve cognition in people with progressive MS

New evidence does not support use of invasive procedures for patients with chronic pain

Childhood adversity associated with impaired social cognition in adults with major psychiatric disorders

Study finds overlapping copy number variations in Japanese patients with autism and schizophrenia

Administering tPA depending on location of clot can be as effective as thrombectomy

Kessler Foundation awarded $50,000 grant to study outcomes of new stroke therapy

Health care organizations can play key role in supporting unemployed patients find a job

Researchers report increasing incidence of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil

CNS releases new clinical practice guidelines for thoracolumbar spine trauma

Researchers begin trial to reduce risks of major cause of childhood disabilities

Mimicking Human Brain Development Using Organoids

New guidelines outline criteria for stroke centers offering ischemic stroke interventions to patients

Sexuality essentially silenced following stroke

Vanderbilt professor receives major award to improve stroke outcomes

UCLA Seizure Disorder Center offers hope to patients with drug-resistant epilepsy

Researchers discover key aspect in pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis

Study provides absolute 10-year estimates for dementia by age, sex and APOE genotype

Breakthrough study sheds light on mechanism underlying Warsaw Breakage Syndrome

Autism spectrum disorders linked to greater risk for depression in young adulthood

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