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New research shows big improvement in survival after stroke
12-11-2006 · EurekAlert!A new research report by The George Institute for International Health, in collaboration with Auckland City Hospital and the University of Auckland, has revealed a 40 percent decline in the number of deaths after stroke in the total population of Auckland, New Zealand over the past 25 years.
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02-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
Drug therapy can extend survival and improve movement in a mouse model of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), new research shows. The study, carried out at the NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), suggests that similar drugs might one day be useful for treating human SMA.
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- Carnegie Mellon University research shows how sensory-deprived brain compensates
04-17-2007 · EurekAlert!
Whiskers provide a mouse with essential information. These stiff hairs relay sensory input to the brain, which shapes neuronal activity. In a first, studies of this system by Carnegie Mellon scientists show just how well a mouse brain can compensate when limited to sensing the world through one whisker. Published April 4 in the Journal of Neuroscience, the results should help shape future studies of sensory deprivation that results from stroke or traumatic brain injury.
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- Experience affects new neuron survival in adult brain; study sheds light on learning, memory
03-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
Experience in the early development of new neurons in specific brain regions affects their survival and activity in the adult brain, new research shows. How these new neurons store information about these experiences may explain how they can affect learning and memory in adults.
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- Study identifies women with breast cancer most likely to benefit from aromatase inhibitor
10-23-2006 · EurekAlert!
While some breast cancer survivors could benefit from adding aromatase inhibitors to the standard five years of tamoxifen, a new study shows the additional therapy should be weighed carefully for each individual. Tthe study's authors say potential improvement in cancer-free survival beyond five years with the added therapy may be less than two percent for most patients.
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- The 'Freakonomics of Food'
11-22-2006 · EurekAlert!
New research, in "Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think," shows that most holiday overeating, is due to the cues around us -- family and friends, packages and plates, shapes and smells, distractions and distances, cupboards and containers. Dubbed the "Freakonomics of Food," the studies in "Mindless Eating" also show how we can reverse these cues to eat less and enjoy it more.
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- Island monkeys do not recognize big cat calls
01-16-2008 · EurekAlert!
Monkeys living on an island without big cat predators do not show any particular alarm when recorded tiger growls are played to them, according to research by a UC Davis graduate student. The pig-tailed langurs do, however, flee in a hurry from the sound of human voices.
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- Calcium is spark of life, kiss of death for nerve cells
02-28-2007 · EurekAlert!
Oregon Health & Science University research shows how calcium regulates the recharging of high-frequency auditory nerve cells after they've fired a signal burst. The study indicates calcium ions play a greater role in keeping in check the brain's most powerful circuits, such as those used for processing sound signals, than previously thought. A better understanding of that role could someday help prevent the death of neurons behind such neurological disorders as stroke and multiple sclerosis.
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- Constraint-induced movement therapy is effective in rehabilitating stroke patients
10-31-2006 · EurekAlert!
Stroke patients who receive constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT)Сa rehabilitative technique that restrains the less-impaired arm, show significant improvement in arm and hand function, according to a seven-center national study.Known as the EXCITE trial, for Extremity Constraint-Induced Therapy Evaluation, the study involved restraining the less-impaired hand and/or arm with an immobilizing mitt during working hours in an effort to encourage use of the affected extremity.
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- Cetuximab increases survival in advanced colorectal cancer patients, study shows
04-16-2007 · EurekAlert!
Research presented today at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research confirmed that there is now an effective treatment option for colorectal cancer patients for whom all other treatment options have been exhausted -- cetuximab.
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- Survival of newborns with abdominal holes differs according to hospital, Hopkins research shows
10-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
A newborn's chance for surviving a low-risk version of a condition called gastroschisis varies greatly by hospital, according to a study by Johns Hopkins surgeons.
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