neurology

Today marks the start of international Brain Awareness Week, a unique partnership of more than 1,700 organizations in 57 countries. In Canada , ThinkFirst Canada is teaching children to use their brains to protect their bodies by presenting the ThinkFirst Brain Day program in schools this spring. The effort to draw attention to the serious issue of brain injury is supported by leading neurosurgeons across Canada .  

Potentially ground-breaking software that aids speech and language therapy in stroke sufferers is being piloted in Kingston. The borough's hospitals, stroke clubs and the acquired brain injury team at the Crescent Resource Centre, New Malden, have been chosen to pilot the technology. The software will be unveiled at an event at 1.30pm on Tuesday, March 16, in the New Malden centre.  

A longitudinal study has disproved previous research showing access to motor vehicle accident compensation affects recovery outcomes after injury. Conducted by Dr Meaghan O'Donnell, from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne, and her co-authors, the study included 391 randomly selected patients with moderate-to-severe injuries. The study is published in the latest Medical Journal of Australia.  

The Social Security Administration has added early-onset (younger-onset) Alzheimer's disease to its Compassionate Allowances Initiative, which will allow people under age 65, diagnosed with Alzheimer's, to apply for and receive benefits. The initiative identifies debilitating diseases and medical conditions that meet the standards for Social Security Disability Income or Supplemental Security Income. Inclusion in the initiative allows for faster payment of Social Security benefits to people with Alzheimer  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Alzheimer's Association says 120,000 persons have the disease in Tennessee and the figure is projected to be 140,000 by 2025. Marcia Massengill, CEO of the Alzheimer's Association Mid South chapter, said it's a major threat for Tennesseans and the nation. According to a news release from the chapter, family members provide care at home for about 70 percent of those with the disease.  

Johns Hopkins University's newly formed Brain Science Institute's NeuroTranslational Program has entered into a licensing agreement with pharmaceutical company Eisai Inc. to discover and develop small molecule glutamate carboxypeptidase II (GCPII) inhibitors. The NeuroTranslational Program was launched in 2009 staffed with seasoned drug-discovery scientists to work side by side with Johns Hopkins faculty to help translate basic science discoveries into small molecule therapeutics. Under the terms of t  

Agriculture Minister Tony Burke's commitment to protect Australia from mad cow disease is one step closer to becoming law. The federal government lifted the 10-year ban on imports from countries affected by bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, earlier this month. But community outrage at the scrapping of the import risk analysis prompted Mr Burke to reinstate the safety measure.

We have put down in paper form what the minister has said in an audible form the other day   -Barnaby Joyce

 

Red Sox players friendly with stricken prospect Ryan Westmoreland said the 19-year-old outfielder learned of his rare brain condition after experiencing a series of headaches and other symptoms while working out at the minor league camp late last month. The team announced Saturday night that Westmoreland has a "cavernous malformation" of weak blood vessels in his brain and will have surgery tomorrow in Phoenix. ESPN reported that the malformation is located in Westmoreland's brain stem, which could co

He just wasn’t feeling real good   -Terry Francona

 

Adrenalin junkie Paul Scott enjoys rock-climbing, running and snowboarding ... despite suffering regular blackouts caused by epilepsy. He even has to take a map when he goes running in case he has a small seizure and gets confused about where he is. And the part-time youth worker is keen to prove being diagnosed with the often debilitating condition should not hold you back from achieving your goals.

I sustained a massive head injury when my mate's surfboard slammed into my head when I was 16.   -Paul Scott