Injury can cause vessels to bleed, compressing the brain Injuries to the head can leave victims susceptible to early death even years later through impaired judgement, a major analysis of survivors shows. Those with a history of psychiatric disorders before the injury are most at risk of dying prematurely. The study, in JAMA Psychiatry, of

Scientists at the Neuroimaging Laboratory at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have learned that brain regions sync their activity levels to enable attention. Pictured (from left) are first author Amy Daitch, co-senior author Maurizio Corbetta, postdoctoral researcher Alicia Callejas and McDonnell Scholar Lenny Ramsey. (Credit: Robert J. Boston) Jan. 16, 2014 —

Researchers from the Universit de Montral have found the first evidence that athletes who were concussed during their earlier sporting life show a decline in their mental and physical processes more than 30 years later, according a study published in Brain. Louis De Beaumont, a graduate student at the Universit de Montral’s Department of Psychology

ST. PAUL, Minn. A new study shows a gene variant may increase the severity of multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms. The research will be published in the August 3, 2010, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. For the study, researchers screened the oligoadenylate synthetase (OAS1) gene in 401 people with

Neil wanted to write a letter to his infant son Oscar Architect Neil Platt was just 33 with a baby on the way when he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND). The condition, which leaves sufferers unable to move, to swallow and eventually to breathe, had already claimed the lives of his father and

Older people may not be getting enough vitamin B12, and that could affect their thinking and the size of their brain, according to a new study.For the research published in the journal Neurology, scientists led by Christine Tangney, an associate professor of clinical nutrition at Rush University Medical Center, followed a group of 121 people

World’s tiniest preemies growing up and doing fine By LOYOLA UNIVERISTY HEALTH SYSTEM 16/12/2011 US’s smallest and second smallest surviving babies, both born at Loyola University Medical Center, have normal motor and language development. MAYWOOD, Il. — In 1989, Madeline Mann became the world’s smallest surviving baby after she was born at Loyola University Medical

The retina sits at the back of the eye and houses the cells that provide us with vision A simple eye test may offer a fast and easy way to monitor patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), medical experts say in the journal Neurology. Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a scan that measures the thickness of

‘Strokes occur in children too’ By Philippa Roxby Health reporter, BBC News Peter still needs help with some daily activities but despite his stroke, he’s a happy seven-year-old Peter Wolffsohn was two years old when he had a stroke. His parents thought he was having a tantrum but over the following day they realised something

Laughter decreases stress hormones and increases immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies, improving your resistance to disease. Maybe you’re worried about financial problems, parental issues, succeeding at work, aging parents, a scheduled medical test for you or a loved one, finding a soul mate, or any personal reason that may trigger intense anxiety. Worry is a

National Institute of Mental Health abandoning the DSM In a potentially seismic move, the National Institute of Mental Health – the world’s biggest mental health research funder, has announced only two weeks before the launch of the DSM-5 diagnostic manual that it will be “re-orienting its research away from DSM categories”. In the announcement, NIMH

Mae Ryan for TIME The new arrivals at the drug rehab center in Chichevo, a tiny village that is a two hours’ drive east of Moscow, are usually given two weeks without chores to recover from the nausea, pain and sleeplessness of withdrawal. After that, between Bible study and prayer (the center is run by