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The human brain is the center of the human nervous system and is a highly complex organ. Enclosed in the cranium, it has the same general structure as the brains of other mammals, but is over three times as large as the brain of a typical mammal with an equivalent body size.

Rivastigmine improves memory loss for traumatic brain injury patients

Traumatic brain injury patients with moderate to severe memory loss improved their memories while taking the drug rivastigmine, according to a study published in the September 12, 2006, issue of Neurology.

12 Sep 2006

Synthetic low-density lipoprotein-like nanoparticles target brain tumors

Low-density lipoprotein, better known as LDL, is one of the chief villains involved in the development of coronary artery disease.

12 Sep 2006

Pregnant women with fatty, high-caloric diets increase fetal risk for liver disease, obesity, diabetes

Infants born to women who have diets high in calories and fat during pregnancy have an increased risk of developing liver disease, which can lead to obesity and diabetes later in life, Kevin Grove, a researcher at Oregon Health and Science University and the Developmental Obesity Research Consortium, said on Friday at the 10th International Congress on Obesity in Sydney.

11 Sep 2006

Brain scans show unconscious woman played tennis in her head

Neuroscientists at Britain's Cambridge University say functional magnetic resonance imaging or fMRI brain scans appear to show that a woman in a vegetative state seemed to play tennis in her head despite the fact that she had been unconscious for five months after a motor vehicle accident.

11 Sep 2006

New device may reduce complications during heart surgery

Recycling of fat-contaminated blood from the wound during heart surgery, is suspected to contribute to enhance the risk of post-surgical brain damage.

11 Sep 2006

SemBioSys Genetics granted immunoglobulin related patent

SemBioSys Genetics has announced it has been granted U.S. patent 7,098,383 entitled "Methods for the production of multimeric immunoglobulins, and related compositions".

11 Sep 2006

Drug can quickly mobilize angiogenic cells to repair injury

To speed healing at sites of injury - such as heart muscle after a heart attack or brain tissue after a stroke - doctors would like to be able to hasten the formation of new blood vessels.

7 Sep 2006

Thyroid cancer among women in the U.S. has increased

The number of new cases of thyroid cancer among women in the U.S. has increased over the past decade despite a decline among women in mortality rates for most cancers, according to a report released Wednesday by the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, the National Cancer Institute, CDC and the American Cancer Society, Long Island Newsday reports.

7 Sep 2006

New radiotherapy/chemotherapy strategy improves outcomes for children with medulloblastoma

Radiotherapy that is adapted for the severity of disease and followed by a shortened course of chemotherapy substantially improves the outcome of children with a type of brain tumour called medulloblastoma, claim investigators in an Online/Article in The Lancet Oncology.

7 Sep 2006

Sex differences in general mental ability

A study published in the September 2006 issue of the journal Intelligence analyzed 145 items from the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) in 100,000 17- to 18-year-olds and found a male IQ advantage of 3.63 points.

7 Sep 2006

Teenagers hardly use the area of the brain that is involved in thinking about other people's emotions

Teenagers take less account than adults of people's feelings and, often, even fail to think about their own, according to a UCL neuroscientist.

7 Sep 2006

Targeted nanoparticles to improve Boron-Neutron capture therapy

Boron-neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is an experimental treatment for virulent brain cancer that aims to kill malignant cells by generating high-energy alpha particles inside tumors.

5 Sep 2006

Licensing arrangement reached for antiepileptic drug developed at Hebrew University

A worldwide licensing arrangement for development, production and marketing of an antiepileptic drug created at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has been signed by Shire Pharmaceuticals with Yissum, the Hebrew University's technology transfer company.

5 Sep 2006

Identifying international differences in outcomes among patients with atherothrombotic disease may enhance strategies for risk reduction and prevention

World Congress of Cardiology Report - The Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) Registry investigators have released preliminary two-year outcomes data from this international, observational study which shows high rates of atherothrombotic events on a worldwide basis.

5 Sep 2006

Tuning the brain for music

The Department of Psychology at the University of Helsinki is co-ordinating a wide-ranging EU-funded research project, Tuning the brain for music, or Braintuning, for short.

5 Sep 2006

Anticipation plays a powerful role in human memory

Psychologists have long known that memories of disturbing emotional events - such as an act of violence or the unexpected death of a loved one - are more vivid and deeply imprinted in the brain than mundane recollections of everyday matters.

4 Sep 2006

Wild vegetables key to life-prolonging Mediterranean diet

Eating wild food plants, native to countries in Southern Europe, helps people living in the Mediterranean to live longer and to have better health according to new research presented at the British Pharmaceutical Conference in Manchester today.

4 Sep 2006

New rapid diagnostic tests for Neisseria meningitidis

Over a million people each year, most of them in the "meningitis belt" in Africa, contract bacterial meningitis, a potentially deadly infection of tissues that line the brain and spinal cord.

4 Sep 2006

Children of men age 40 and older have a significantly increased risk of having autism

Children of men age 40 and older have a significantly increased risk of having autism spectrum disorders compared with those whose fathers are younger than 30 years, according to an article in the September issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.

4 Sep 2006

Rheumatoid arthritis drugs appear to work better when delivered into the central nervous system

Rheumatoid arthritis drugs work better, at least in arthritic rats, when delivered into the central nervous system, Gary Firestein and colleagues (University of California San Diego) now report in the international open-access medical journal PLoS Medicine.

4 Sep 2006

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Rivastigmine improves memory loss for traumatic brain injury patients

Synthetic low-density lipoprotein-like nanoparticles target brain tumors

Pregnant women with fatty, high-caloric diets increase fetal risk for liver disease, obesity, diabetes

Brain scans show unconscious woman played tennis in her head

New device may reduce complications during heart surgery

SemBioSys Genetics granted immunoglobulin related patent

Drug can quickly mobilize angiogenic cells to repair injury

Thyroid cancer among women in the U.S. has increased

New radiotherapy/chemotherapy strategy improves outcomes for children with medulloblastoma

Sex differences in general mental ability

Teenagers hardly use the area of the brain that is involved in thinking about other people's emotions

Targeted nanoparticles to improve Boron-Neutron capture therapy

Licensing arrangement reached for antiepileptic drug developed at Hebrew University

Identifying international differences in outcomes among patients with atherothrombotic disease may enhance strategies for risk reduction and prevention

Tuning the brain for music

Anticipation plays a powerful role in human memory

Wild vegetables key to life-prolonging Mediterranean diet

New rapid diagnostic tests for Neisseria meningitidis

Children of men age 40 and older have a significantly increased risk of having autism

Rheumatoid arthritis drugs appear to work better when delivered into the central nervous system

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