Virtual Neurological Centre Medical News

Increasing neurogenesis might prevent drug addiction and relapse

Researchers at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center hope they have begun paving a new pathway in the fight against drug dependence. Their hypothesis – that increasing the normally occ

Greater purpose in life associated with reduced Alzheimer's risk

Researchers at Rush University Medical Center, US, found that people who report having greater purpose in their lives appear less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease. Their findings are published

Native lemongrass fights headaches like aspirin

Griffith University researchers have found native lemongrass, used by Indigenous Australians as traditional medicine, has the potential to relieve headaches and migraines.

Early cannabis users three times more likely to have psychotic symptoms

Researchers at University of Queensland's Queensland Brain Institute and School of Population Health have found young adults who use cannabis from an early age are three times more likely to suffer fr

Reducing disability in premature babies with serious brain haemorrhage

A pioneering technique, a world first in Bristol, has been shown to reduce disability in premature babies with serious brain haemorrhage by washing the brain to remove toxic fluid.

First signs of glaucoma injury occur in the brain, not the eyes

Researchers at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute are now a step closer to deciphering a leading cause of blindness in the United States – glaucoma. In a recent study, David Calkins, PhD, director of

Deaf children with cochlear implants report similar quality of life to that of normal-hearing kids

Profoundly deaf children with cochlear implants to help them to hear rate their quality of life equal to their normal-hearing peers, according to new research from University of Texas Southwestern Med

Long-time cannabis use associated with psychosis

Young adults who have used cannabis or marijuana for a longer period of time appear more likely to have hallucinations or delusions or to meet criteria for psychosis, according to a report posted onli

Stents as good as surgery for unclogging carotid arteries

Loyola University Medical Center is among the hospitals that enrolled patients in a landmark trial that compared traditional surgery with less-invasive stenting to clear dangerously clogged carotid ar

Good parenting triumphs over prenatal stress

A mother's nurture may provide powerful protection against risks her baby faces in the womb, according to a new article published online in the journal Biological Psychiatry. The re

Outpatient care for individuals with severe mental illnesses reduces crime

Researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health have determined that mandatory outpatient treatment for New Yorkers with severe mental illness leads to a drop in violent criminal behaviour. Th

Total fat, trans fat linked to higher incidence of ischaemic stroke

Post-menopausal women who reported consuming the most daily dietary fat had a 40 percent higher incidence of clot-caused strokes compared to women who ate the least amount, according to research prese

Intracranial stenting, injecting clot-busting drugs directly to brain better for urgent ischaemic strokes

Techniques that keep brain arteries open (intracranial stenting) or inject clot-busting drugs directly to the brain (intra-arterial tPA) may be more effective than other urgent ischaemic stroke treatm

High-fat ketogenic diet to control seizures is safe over long term

Current and former patients treated with the high-fat ketogenic diet to control multiple, daily and severe seizures can be reassured by the news that not only is the diet effective, but it also appear

New risk factor for early-onset dementia

Examining brain tissue from over 500 individuals in 11 countries, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and colleagues found a