By Alex Villarreal Washington, DC 01 February 2008 Medical researchers in Canada say a brain stimulation procedure used to treat people with Parkinson's and other diseases could help restore the memory of dementia patients. The researchers stumbled u...
By Melinda Smith Washington 07 August 2007 Deep Brain Stimulation has been used successfully on patients in advanced stages of Parkinson's disease and other neurological movement disorders such as tremors. The remarkable success of this experimental...
By David McAlary Washington 19 December 2006 As we get older, most of us will have more difficulty remembering things, like phone numbers, grocery lists, and most importantly, when to take medications. But a new study shows that mental training for...
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 19 September 2006 watch New Parkinson's Treatment There is new hope for many patients suffering from the progressive neurological disorder called Parkinson's disease. A recent study by a team of German doctors reports...
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 05 July 2006 watch report Brain Regeneration Terry Wallis He has been called a 'medical miracle.' A 42-year-old man from the southern state of Arkansas has regained some ability to speak and move after 19 years of bei...
Magnetism and the Brain 2 Not a new idea Using EP-MRSI to treat mental illness is a completely different approach only because of the way the magnetism is applied to the brain. The notion that the bra...
Magnetism and the Brain By Craig Wilson 2004 USA TODAY International. Distributed by Tribune Media Services International The power of a magnet may offer hope for those suffering from mental illness 1...
Little Brains Big Research 2 The roots of empathy One Meltzoff experiment, with 18-montholds, demonstrated how babies understand other people’s intentions. The babies watched adults try to pull apar...
Little Brains Big Research By Paula Bock / 2005, The Seattle Times , Knight Ridder Newspapers. Distributed by Tribune Media Services International. Research reveals more of what happens inside an infa...
