Brain wiring gave humans edge over chimps
August 23rd, 2012 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 23 (IANS) It wasn't a bigger brain but a more sophisticated wiring that gave humans the edge to evolve beyond their closest cousins, the chimps, says a new ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
KSCSTE wants new advanced Raman Spectroscopy centre
August 10th, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 10 (IANS) The state-owned Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) Friday said it wants to set up a collaborative advanced research facility for co-ordinating interdisciplinary ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Schizophrenic brain tries to heal itself
August 6th, 2012 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 6 (IANS) Brains of people who suffer from schizophrenia may attempt to repair damage caused by the disease, suggesting an adult brain's capacity to change and grow.Professor Cyndi ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Potent new vaccine found effective against Alzheimer’s
June 8th, 2012 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, June 8 (IANS) People ravaged by Alzheimer's can now look forward to a potent new vaccine that can help them overcome the severely debilitating and complex conditions of the ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Four more kids die of suspected encephalitis in Bihar
June 5th, 2012 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 5 (IANS) Four more children have succumbed to suspected encephalitis in Bihar's Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts since Monday taking the death toll to 23 in nine days, ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Encephalitis toll rises to 18
June 4th, 2012 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 4 (IANS) Suspected encephalitis has killed three more children in Bihar's Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts, taking the death toll in eight days to 18, officials said Monday.Nearly a ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Encephalitis kills 15 kids in Bihar
June 2nd, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 2 (IANS) Suspected encephalitis has killed 15 children in Bihar's Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts in the last week, officials said Saturday.The mosquito-borne disease, which claimed nearly 150 lives ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Why meditation makes our brain smarter?
March 23rd, 2012 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 23 (IANS) Meditation does make the brain smarter, allowing it to process information faster and improve decision making, according to the latest study.Eileen Luders, assistant professor at the ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Cheese, milk diet vital for smarter brain
March 6th, 2012 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 6 (IANS) Dairy products such as cheese and milk may be a strict no-no for their alleged links with heart disease and obesity but new research suggests that ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Eating cheese, milk could make you brainier
March 6th, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 6 (IANS) Dairy food could be essential for a healthy brain, a new study suggests.The study, by US and Australian researchers, involving 1,000 adults, found those who regularly ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Mole-rats’ secret can help brain survive in oxygen scarcity
February 27th, 2012 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 27 (IANS) Does the buck-toothed, finger-sized naked mole-rat harbour a secret that could be a life-saver for heart attack and stroke victims?University of Illinois, Chicago, biologist Thomas Park ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Head patch can monitor strokes better
February 2nd, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) A head patch worn on the brow has been found promising in non-invasively monitoring blood oxygen among stroke patients.
This device, known as frontal near-infrared spectroscopy ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Cold wave in Bihar ends encephalitis epidemic
December 27th, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Dec 27 (IANS) The cold wave sweeping across Bihar has proved to be a blessing in disguise for the authorities trying to control an epidemic of Japanese encephalitis in ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Gene behind fatal brain disorder isolated
December 27th, 2011 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 27 (IANS) A blood test could help diagnose a devastating brain disorder that is often misdiagnosed and ends in fatality.
People who inherit the abnormal gene CSF1R always ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Encephalitis kills 3 kids in Bihar, toll at 92
December 8th, 2011 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Dec 8 (IANS) Suspected Japanese encephalitis, which causes irritation and swelling of the brain, has claimed three more lives since Wednesday, taking the toll to 92 children in Bihar's ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Two more kids die of encephalitis in Bihar, toll 85
November 17th, 2011 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 17 (IANS) Suspected encephalitis, which causes irritation and swelling of the brain, has claimed the lives of 85 children in Bihar's Gaya district in the last two-and-a-half months, ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Adolescence sex comes with health risks later
November 16th, 2011 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 16 (IANS) Sex during adolescence saddles one with health risks as adults because the nervous system is still under formation.These findings from a lab animal study, conducted by ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Pakistan hit by haemorrhagic strokes
October 31st, 2011 - 10:52 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 31 (IANS) Haemorrhagic stroke is posing a serious challenge to Pakistani people's health and is one of the leading causes of death in the country, an expert has ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Number of Facebook friends linked to grey matter
October 19th, 2011 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 19 (IANS) The number of Facebook friends a person has seems to be linked to the grey matter in his or her brain. Research also shows people ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Japanese encephalitis kills 68 kids in Gaya
October 17th, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Oct 17 (IANS) With six more deaths, Japanese encephalitis, a brain infection, has killed 68 children in Bihar's Gaya district in the last 50 days, an official said Monday.Six ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Encephalitis kills 8 more kids in Bihar
October 13th, 2011 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Oct 13 (IANS) Japanese encephalitis (JE) has claimed the lives of eight more children in the last five days in Bihar's Gaya district, taking the death toll in the ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Molecular evidence sheds light on women’s depression
September 18th, 2011 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 18 (IANS) Molecular changes have been detected in the brains of highly depressed women, which will help in a better understanding of mental illnesses, researchers said.Although women ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Surgeon removes wrong part of patient’s brain
August 23rd, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 23 (IANS) A surgeon in Britain removed the wrong part of his patient's brain during a botched operation which was not even needed, a media report said Tuesday.John ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Neuroscientists track how brain cells process information
July 13th, 2011 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 13 (IANS) Although machine logic follows human logic, the way a computer processor works cannot be compared with how brains process information.
Doctoral student Mark Shein and supervisors ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Clot busting drug could improve stroke treatment
May 29th, 2011 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 29 (IANS) A new clot busting drug seems to improve the prospect of recovery for stroke victims.The new treatment combines minimally invasive surgery, a brain imaging technique and ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
‘Survival protein’ can help treat neuro-disorders
May 24th, 2011 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 24 (IANS) A newly discovered "survival protein" protects the brain against the effects of stroke by interfering with a particular kind of brain cell death that is often ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Cholesterol-lowering drugs may improve blood flow after stroke
April 27th, 2011 - 6:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 27 (ANI): Taking cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins may help may help restore blood flow after a stroke, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.The ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Brain bypass regenerates lost brain tissue
April 25th, 2011 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, April 25 (IANS) Neurosurgeons have successfully regenerated lost brain tissue through brain bypass surgery in patients whose blood flow to the organ was impaired by strokes.
This loss of ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Computerised brain map to revolutionise medical treatment
April 17th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 17 (IANS) The world's first computerised brain map is expected to make breakthroughs possible in a range of medical conditions after its unveiling.Researchers said the map could ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Death rates ‘higher in persons having both autism and epilepsy’
April 17th, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 17 (ANI): A new study found that people with both autism and epilepsy have a much higher death rate than those with autism alone.It found that 39 percent of the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Study suggests another avenue for detecting Alzheimer’s
April 2nd, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 02 (ANI): A well-known chemical process called acetylation has a previously unrecognized association with one of the biological processes associated with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, researchers at the University ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Neurons play distinct roles at different stages of epileptic seizures
March 28th, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 28 (ANI): A new study has found that epileptic seizures begin with extremely diverse neuronal activity - contrary to the classic view that they are characterized by massively synchronized activity. ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New biomarker for fatal brain disease identified
March 10th, 2011 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 10 (ANI): Scientists have identified the first disease-specific biomarker for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD), a universally fatal, degenerative brain disease for which there is no cure.sCJD is one of the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists block multiple sclerosis in mouse model
March 8th, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 8 (ANI): Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine have managed to block the development of multiple sclerosis-like symptoms using a mouse model of the disease.When scientists gave mice ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
In the blind, brain parts used for vision can help understand languages
March 1st, 2011 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 1 (ANI): A new study claims that in blind people, the parts of brain that are used for processing vision, are recruited for language processing.The find by MIT neuroscientists shows ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |