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Research: Children with severe form of epilepsy should receive flu vaccine
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Children with a severe form of epilepsy should be vaccinated against the flu due to the high risk of seizures being triggered by an influenza infection, according to a new study.
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Supernova in distant space allows us to understand the origin of elements
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
A supernova is a stellar explosion, which occurs when the lives of some really massive stars come to an end. In this violent epilogue, the star expels the material from its outer layers by means of a shock wave, allowing us to see the various elements it was composed of.
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Researchers suggest gene therapy to treat neurological disorders
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Excessive activity of a limited number of brain cells causes several brain illnesses, including epilepsy. These diseases frequently do not react well to drug treatment, owing to the fact that drug influence the entire brain. A recent study revealed gene therapy to for neurological disorder.
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Fatima Sana Shaikh spreads awareness about epilepsy disorder; check out he
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Marking the Epilepsy awareness challenge 2022, 'Dangal' actor Fatima Sana Shaikh shared her thoughts on the Epilepsy, a brain disorder that causes recurring, unprovoked seizures due to disturbed nerve cell activity living in the brain.
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Study finds how words, face recognition can be supported with a single bra
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
A recent study revealed the functional capacity of a single brain hemisphere and brain's ability and limitations of face or words recognition.
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Study looks inside brain during sleep to find out how memory is stored
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
A study has looked deep inside the human brain to find out how memory is stored. Researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago Epilepsy Center collaborated to examine the electrical activity in the brains of five patients at the centre in response to sounds that were
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Researchers discovered protein could be used to produce life-saving antifu
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 1 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a protein that is responsible for controlling cell growth in yeasts. Since humans and yeasts have remarkably similar cellular mechanisms, teasing out the differences presents drug developers with new targets for treatments.
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Researchers reveal how fasting affects neurons in brain
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Boston [US], September 9 (ANI): Calorie restriction has long been linked to fewer seizures in people with epilepsy. Novel research from Boston Children's Hospital helps to explain how fasting affects neurons in the brain and may pave the door for new treatments that do not require fasting or
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Deep brain stimulation shows promise against binge eating disorder
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 30 (ANI): A small device that detects food craving-related brain activity in a key brain region, and responds by electrically stimulating that region, has shown promise in a pilot clinical trial in two patients with loss-of-control binge eating disorder (BED), accordi
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Medtronic launches SenSight directional lead system for deep brain stimula
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 25 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Medtronic Private Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Medtronic plc, today announced the launch of SenSight™ directional lead system for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) therapy as treatment of symptoms associated with mov
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AI algorithm that recognizes anomalies in brain may help treat epilepsy
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], August 12 (ANI): An multinational research team led by UCL has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) programme that can identify minute brain anomalies that lead to epileptic seizures.
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Do you know your brain's neurons function even in sleep?
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], July 13 (ANI): A new study has found that your brain is tasked with hearing sound functions even when you are sound asleep.
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