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Welsh Health Board to develop app for brain injury patients

mobile-apps-collage-ss-150x150WASHINGTON, D.C.: The app is aimed at providing cookery instructions to those with significant brain damage as part of the Welsh Government and UK Innovation funded Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI).

Dr Rudi Coetzer, Consultant Neuropsychologist with the North Wales Brain Injury Service and Project Sponsor Read More »

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Old drug may offer new answers in the fight against Alzheimer’s

safe-drug-disposal-150x150BOSTON: Researchers say that methylene blue, a chemical commonly used by aquarium hobbyists, may offer a promising new way to treat memory disorders like Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Their findings, published earlier this week, show that small oral doses of the drug improved memory and brain Read More »

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Studying human brain is very important part of medical science

brainstudy150LOS ANGELES: The human brain comprises nearly 100 billion cells called neurones that are linked to one another by neural pathways with an estimated 100 trillion connections.

It is the most complex organ in the body, controlling every bodily function.

Although all human brains have the Read More »

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Tracking brain atrophy in MS could become routine

trackingBOSTON: The loss of brain tissue, called brain atrophy, is a normal part of aging, but multiple sclerosis (MS) accelerates the process. Such atrophy is a critical indicator of physical and cognitive decline in MS, yet because measuring brain atrophy is expensive and complicated, it’s Read More »

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