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Study examines positions of college football players for risk of injuries
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 5 (ANI): A new study examines the brains of college football players to determine the levels of traumatic brain injury (TBI) biomarkers by position. The study throws light on which positions are most sensitive to increases in brain damage indicators. Biomarkers are p
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Study highlights what connects human senses and thoughts
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 2 (ANI): The human brain's neocortex is responsible for our ability to think, determine, remember recent experiences, and so on. Neuroscientists have now discovered important portions of the mechanisms underlying these functions. Their discoveries may eventually aid
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Study reveals how whales shield themselves from brain damage while swimmin
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): According to a recent study, special blood arteries in whale brains may shield whales against harmful pulses in their blood created by swimming.
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Exploring mechanisms underlying consciousness problems
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Liege [Belgium], September 22 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Liege in Liege, Belgium, led a Human Brain Project (HBP) study that looked at novel methods that could enable patients with severe brain damage or who were in a coma discern between two different neurological disorders. Th
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Do you know woodpeckers' heads act more like stiff hammers than safety hel
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 21 (ANI): For years, researchers have questioned how woodpeckers can repeatedly strike tree trunks with their beaks without suffering brain damage. This gave rise to the hypothesis that their skulls must serve as shock-absorbing helmets. Researchers dispute this idea, c
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Use of anti-inflammatory drug in treating patients with severe COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Houston [US], July 21 (ANI): According to a new study from UTHealth Houston and other institutions, an anti-inflammatory drug may have the ability to treat systemic inflammation and brain damage in patients with severe COVID-19 and greatly lower their risk of dying.
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Brain damage in infants can be prevented by stabilizing blood sugar level:
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 3 (ANI): The treatment of low blood sugar in infancy can ward off long-term brain damage in infants, according to a recent clinical study.
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Stabilising low blood sugar in infancy prevents brain damage in long term
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], March 31 (ANI): A study has found that the treatment of low blood sugar in infancy can ward off long-term brain damage in infants.
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Here's how stress damages movement centers in brain
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bonn [Germany], March 9 (ANI): Stress seems to have a negative effect on the learning of movements, according to the conclusion of a recent study at the University of Bonn.
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Study says brain gets damaged with more alcohol consumption
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], March 5 (ANI): We are all familiar with weird WhatsApp forwards that describe the quantity of alcohol that benefit the heart, kidney etc., But a new study has thrown this belief under the bus and revealed that even light-to-moderate drinking is associated with harm to the
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Pune stroke and neurology care startup raises $100K in its first funding r
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI/The Media Troop): iCardin (Nuclius Health Pvt. Ltd.), a Pune based brain stroke and neurology healthcare company has raised $100k from Jitendra Patel, an UK based businessman. Jitendra Patel, operates the GRANDBYDALE LIMITED drugstore business in Liverpool
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Gut bacteria influences brain development in premature infants
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], September 11 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers reached the conclusion that bacteria in the gut of premature infants might play a significant role in the risk for brain damage in them.
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