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Soccer Ball "Heading" Associated With Brain Injury & Memory Loss

Date: Jun-11-2013
Advanced scans show that soccer players who head the ball frequently have changes in the white matter of their brain that mirror those seen in traumatic head injuries. Additionally, the study published in the journal Radiology revealed that these athletes face a higher risk of developing memory and thinking problems. The current study follows a previous one conducted by the same researchers that found that frequently heading the ball during soccer games can lead to brain injury. They noted that all five areas of the brain were affected. Michael L. Lipton, M.D., Ph.D...

MERS Not Spreading Widely In Saudi Arabia, Experts Believe

Date: Jun-11-2013
The MERS coronavirus does not appear to be spreading widely in Saudi Arabia, says an international team of experts who formed a Joint Mission of the World Health Organization and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that has just concluded a 6-day study. The experts met in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, to determine what the situation is regarding MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). They explained that MERS-CoV is a new emerging virus that is related to the SARS coronavirus (SARS CoV). The first reported and confirmed case of MERS-CoV occurred in early 2012 in Jordan...

Outsourcing In Clinical Trials Nordics, 11-12 September 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark

Date: Jun-11-2013
Arena International are proud to present their newest event in their world-renowned outsourcing series; Outsourcing in Clinical Trials Nordics, convening in Copenhagen on the 11th and 12th September 2013. This exciting event will provide an in-depth overview for companies of all sizes in the Nordic region to develop strategies within clinical outsourcing; from vendor selection to relationship management and budget and deadline adherence. This conference will include case-study based presentations from both big and small companies on their novel strategies for vendor sourcing and selection...

Breast Cancer Screening Does Not Reduce Deaths Says Study Of 40 Years Of Mammograms

Date: Jun-11-2013
A new UK study suggests screening for breast cancer does not reduce deaths from the disease. The study, which looked at nearly 40 years of breast screening, adds to the controversy surrounding whether it is screening or improvement in treatment that accounts for the fall in rates of death from breast cancer. The researchers from the Department of Public Health at the University of Oxford, report their findings online in the June issue of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine...

New Method For Comparing Genes Across Species

Date: Jun-11-2013
A team of researchers has developed a new targeted gene capture method to isolate and compare protein-coding genes across highly divergent vertebrate species in a single next-generation sequencing experiment. This new approach should allow biologists to more rapidly understand how organisms acquire new traits, such as disease predisposition or environmental adaptation, during evolution...

Obesity Linked To Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior Via Brain Circuit

Date: Jun-11-2013
An investigation of the brain circuits behind compulsive behavior has surprisingly revealed they may be intimately linked to circuits that control obesity. The US researchers say the discovery offers new insights into the development and treatment of both compulsive behavior and eating disorders. Study leaders and neuro-psychiatrists Michael Lutter and Andrew Pieper of the University of Iowa (UI), and colleagues, write about their work in this week's online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) ...

Many Parkinson's Patients Also Affected By Depression Or Dementia

Date: Jun-11-2013
"More than a third of Parkinson's patients suffer from dementia," Prof Dr Heinz Reichmann told more than 3,000 experts gathered at the 23rd Meeting of the European Neurological Society (ENS) in Barcelona to discuss the latest developments in the field. Prof Reichmann (University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden Technical University), Past President of the ENS, based his figures on a study involving 1,331 German Parkinson's disease patients. 15% of Parkinson's patients suffer collaterally from dementia, 11% from both dementia and depression, and 9% from dementia and psychosis...

Epilepsy, Periodic Paralyses And Strokes Most Common Neurological Comorbidities Of Migraine Headaches In Children

Date: Jun-11-2013
Migraines in children and adolescents occur jointly with other neurological, psychiatric or somatic diseases with above-average frequency. Epilepsy, various disorders caused by cellular ion channels malfunction (channelopathies) and multiple sclerosis deserve special mention in this regard in the field of neurology. In addition, strokes occur in children with migraines twice as often as in conjunction with smoking, adiposity, use of oral contraceptives or other risk factors...

Glycotope Reported Promising First-in-Man Data At ASCO 2013 For Its Glycooptimized Anti-EGFR Antibody CetuGEXTM To Treat Solid Tumors

Date: Jun-11-2013
Glycotope GmbH, a global leader in optimizing the sugar chains (glycosylation) of biopharmaceuticals, announced full details of first-in-man Phase I trial data for CetuGEXTM, an anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal antibody (mAb) with optimized and fully human glycosylation for a greatly enhanced anti-tumor activity and reduced side-effects. The data was presented last Monday at ASCO 2013 in the Developmental Therapeutics and Immunotherapy Session...

Scientists Discover Simple Method For Testing Coma Patients

Date: Jun-11-2013
Even experts can have a hard time determining the degree of consciousness that patients have following severe cranio-cerebral injuries. A team of researchers at the University of Liège in Belgium have discovered a new method for determining gradual degrees of consciousness. The major advantage of this method is that it is suitable for everyday use. Nursing staff and families can utilise it. Prof Steven Laureys, one of the leading coma researchers and head of the Coma Science Group, presented the new approach in Barcelona at the 23rd Meeting of the European Neurological Society (ENS)...