brain damage

Blood test can detect brain damage in boxers

harminka — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:56:24 -0500

A blood test can now be used to detect brain damage in amateur boxers. Deterioration of nerve cells seems to occur even after a two-month break from boxing. This is shown in a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Breath holding elevates brain damage marker

harminka — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:35:47 -0500

Divers who held their breath for several minutes had elevated levels of a protein that can signal brain damage, according to a new study from the Journal of Applied Physiology. However, the appearance of the protein, S100B, was transient and leaves open the question of whether lengthy apnea (breath-holding) can damage the brain over the long term.

New Treatment May Stop Newborns Hypoxic-ischemic Brain Injury

harminka — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:43:28 -0500

Inhibiting an enzyme in the brains of newborns suffering from oxygen and blood flow deprivation stops a type of brain damage that is a leading cause of cerebral palsy, mental retardation and death, according to researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

Link Between Smoking and Brain Damage Discovered

harminka — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:28:42 -0500

New research which suggests a direct link between smoking and brain damage will be published in the July issue of the Journal of Neurochemistry. Researchers, led by Debapriya Ghosh and Dr Anirban Basu from the Indian National Brain Research Center (NBRC), have found that a compound in tobacco provokes white blood cells in the central nervous system to attack healthy cells, leading to severe neurological damage.

Brain damage found in people with Alzheimer's marker

harminka — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:12:59 -0500

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have linked a potential indicator of Alzheimer's disease to brain damage in humans with no signs of mental impairment.

New Evidence Could Mean Life Or Death For Football Players

Alberto — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:39:01 -0600

New evidence indicates that a correlation may exist between brain damage and concussion; a fact which may be considerably important to the nations athletes especially in light of the upcoming Super Bowl.

New cell type that limits stroke damage

harminka — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:52:10 -0600

A research team including Serge Rivest of University Laval's Faculty of Medicine has demonstrated the existence of a type of cells that limits brain damage after a stroke. The study was recently published in the online version of Nature Medicine.

Severe protein restrictions is a way to avoid brain damage

harminka — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:45:14 -0600

Imagine being forced to say no to a child crying for more food at supper. Sadly, Margie Fischer doesn't have to imagine it; that was normal life at her family's dinner table for years. Her daughter Maggie, now 20, suffers from phenylketonuria (PKU), a genetic disease that means her body can't tolerate anything more than a low-protein diet.

With no visual awareness, man navigates obstacle course flawlessly

harminka — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:04:54 -0600

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that people can successfully navigate an obstacle course even after brain damage has left them with no awareness of the ability to see and no activity in the visual cortex, a region of the brain's cortex that is primarily responsible for processing visual inputs.

Fruit fly discovery generates buzz about brain-damaging disorder in children

harminka — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:18:21 -0600

Johns Hopkins researchers have used fruit flies to gain new insights into a brain-damaging disorder afflicting children. Their work suggests a possible therapy for the disease, for which there is currently no treatment.

Memory function varies after damage to key area of brain

harminka — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:09:57 -0500

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered dramatic differences in the memory performance of patients with damage to the hippocampus, an area of the human brain key to memory.

Are mass media to be blamed?

harminka — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:30:35 -0500

In 1990, Theresa Schiavo, an American citizen, had a cardiac arrest that caused irreversible brain damage which led to a persistent vegetative state diagnosis. A few years later, this diagnosis became a source of conflict over the interruption of artificial nutrition.