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Insomnia symptoms increase likelihood of stroke and heart disease
A positive dose-response relationship exists between the number of insomnia symptoms and the risk of cardiocerebral vascular disease, according to...
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Microbleeds After Brain Injury Predict Worse Disability
Researchers discover certain “dots” on the brain may be a biomarker for vascular injury and aid in predicting outcomes after injury.
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Celiac disease may underlie seizures
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A gluten-free diet may reduce seizure burden in children with celiac disease and intractable seizures, a retrospective chart...
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Certain diabetes drugs may thwart dementia
COPENHAGEN – Intriguing findings from a Danish national registry study.
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Eureka Challenge Winners Help Lighten the Load of Life With Alzheimer Disease
Three teams have won more than $350,000 for their technologic advances in ways to improve the quality of life of patients with Alzheimer disease...
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Retraining Working Memory to Reduce PTSD Symptoms
Using working memory allows for the daily function of learning, reasoning, and comprehension, but its role in managing anxiety...
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Forgetting the Stuff That Dreams Are Made On
Researchers find that there may be a specific hormone responsible for forgetting dreams.
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Urine Reveals Biomarker for Potential TBI
A professor of neuroscience and biomedical engineering find a faster method of checking for potential brain injury, which can lead to sooner...
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C-Path and NORD team up to speed development of treatments for rare disorders
ROCKVILLE - A new data analytics platform aims to accelerate therapies from bench to bedside for rare diseases.
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Sensory feedback may smooth walking with a prosthetic leg
Neural stimulation was associated with faster walking speeds, increased confidence, greater metabolic efficiency, and reduced phantom limb pain....