LOS ANGELES: Visits to emergency departments by children with sports-related head injuries have sky-rocketed in the past decade, and new research finds that many patients undergo unnecessary computed tomography or CT scans that expose them to radiation and increase the cost of treatment.

Fifty-three percent of Read More »

PHILADELPHIA: Climbing a tree and balancing on a beam can dramatically improve cognitive skills, according to a study recently conducted by researchers in the Department of Psychology at the University of North Florida.

The study, led by Drs. Ross Alloway, a research associate, and Tracy Read More »

HOUSTON: Doctors and nurses in Swindon are at the centre of a medical breakthrough which has discovered not one, but two drugs which may delay dementia.

A team at the Kingshill Research Centre, which is one of the nation’s leading academic centres in dementia research, Read More »

DALLAS: Researchers have found that a natural protein fragment produced in the brain can inhibit of a key enzyme implicated in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. The finding could lead to the development of new medications to treat the disease.

The investigators found that the Read More »