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The Brain Computer InterfaceIt's not exactly mind control that has been depicted on science fiction films and television shows. But scientists at the Wadsworth Center have developed a device that will permit a person to operate a computer simply using the power of the brain.
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New Studies Shows Human Brain Reaches Full Growth Around Age 12A new research shows that the human brain is pretty much developed by the age of 12. It also showed that the region responsible for moral judgment does not develop until the early 20's.
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Scientists Use Song Birds to Get Insight Into Brain DisordersA song bird known as a Gambel's white-crowned sparrows may hold the key to developing treatments for many age related degenerative brain diseases like Parkinson's and dementia, for instance.
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Transplantation of Fetal Stem Cells to Improve Brain MemoryTransplantation of Foetal Stem Cells to Improve Brain Memory
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How Exercise Affects the BrainThe brain is much more like the command center of the body to breath, cough, or how to react to a certain stimulus. How then can exercise affect the brain?
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Diagnostic Blood Test (S-100B) Screens for Brain Injury or DamageHead injuries cause skull fractures and bleeding in or around the brain. The S-100B blood test detects brain injuries and skull fractures safer than a computer tomography scan.
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Brain Age for the Nintendo DSIf you don't use it, you lose it. Don't let this happen to your brain. Give it a workout with Brain Age for the Nintendo DS.
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The Human Brain and Its AfflictionsThe human brain and some of its diseases are described. Orthomolecular treatments are recommended.
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Amino Acid Hypothesis for Mental DiseasesThere is strong evidence that mental diseases are errors of amino acid metabolism that poison the brain. The treatment may be a diet very low in protein. Too many amino acids flood the brain cells.
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Ten Super Foods to Fuel and Protect the BrainTen great foods that naturally fuel and protect the brain with bioflavonoids, polyphenols, antioxidants, fiber, and vitamins. -
Brain Donation: Giving Your Brain to Neurological ResearchMedical schools and research institutes are in constant need of brain tissue for studies on neurological disorders like autism, dementia, and narcolepsy, so they make the process of brain donation free and easy to coordinate. -
Pig Cells May Help Treat Diabetes and Other Chronic DiseasesA New Zealand-based company is making headlines by transplanting pig cells into patients suffering from diabetes. The company has plans for treating other diseases with pig cells as well.
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Healthy Brain Foods that Can Boost Your Brain PowerMore and more studies are showing that brain power can be affected by what you eat. Here are the healthy brain foods that can give your thinking and memory a boost. -
Shining a Light on the Brain - Surprising or Unsurprising New Findings?A new study confirms that excessive light results in brain growth and reduced immune system activity within the brain. This in turn suggests that light therapy should be studied in greater detail in psychiatric and neurologic disease.
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How Diabetes Harms the BrainThe brain needs more cholesterol than any other organ in the body. Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston show for the first time that insulin and diabetes can change cholesterol metabolism in the brain. -
Laughing Disease, Growing like a Tree and Other Weird Diseases and ConditionsYou may think laughter is good for the soul, but it's no laughing matter if you're inflicted with this condition. Find out other weird conditions and diseases that may eventually kill you.
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How the Brain Brings Bad DecisionsThose with problem-solving and social limitations may have a smaller region in the brain called amygdala that impacts their abilities. Scientists have discovered this correlation as a way to understand and intervene in teaching social skills.
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How the Brain is Literally Recovered in RecoveryThe tree model of the brain is used to explain how the brain is literally recovered with new connections or leaves in recovery from active dependency.
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Why Brain Tissue Donation is so Important and How You Can Be a Vital Part in ResearchThis article provides information you may not know about brain tissue donation and it's role in finding cures for neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, Stroke and others.
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New Brain Death Guidelines Released in June 2010New brain death guidelines were published in the June 8 issue of Neurology to provide doctors with step-by-step instructions to guide clinical decision making. This is the first update in fifteen years.
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Understanding Maternal-Child Separation Using the Tree Model of the BrainThis article describes how a recent study further confirms the importance of dendritic spines in brain disorders.
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The Beneficial Re-naming of the Brain Changes in Psychiatric Disease - Dendritis and HippocampitisBrain changes in psychiatric diseases were described as degenerative and irreversible but now neuroscience has discovered that they are inflammatory and reversible.
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Mysteries of the Brain: The Different Types of DementiaThe different types of dementia and how they occur.
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Localizing Schizophrenia in the BrainMany attempts have been made to localize schizophrenia in the brain. Pathology has been seen in the diencephalon, the septum, the frontal lobes, etc.
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Biochemical Aberrations in Mental DiseasesThere are errors in glucose metabolism, which is slow, and errors in amino acid metabolism in the various mental diseases. A diet is recommended.
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Brain Awareness WeekBrain Awareness week is from March 10th through the 16th. Read more to learn about your brain, advances in the field and spread the truth regarding how much of our brain we really use. -
Give Your Brain a Work-OutNew advances in medicine offer individuals vast opportunities to increase or stave off the effects of neurological aging. However, many of these medicines could confer unwanted side effects, so what's the Safe way to give your brain a workout? -
Phytochemicals to Fight DiseasesPhytochemicals are found in plants. Certain benficial substances from plants can fight various diseases including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, stroke, and possibly mental diseases.
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Brain Exercises Keep the Doctors AwayVarious brain exercises are free and important in preventing many mental health issues. Kids and adults benefit from maintaining a healthy brain.
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The Human BrainThe brain, what is it? The brain is a portion of the central nervous system that is contained within the skull. The brain controls movement, sleep, hunger, thirst and virtually every other vital activity that is necessary for survival
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Revitalize Your Brain with Ayurvedic Brain TonicBRAIN TONIC is finally on the market here in the United States. The wonder elixir is supposed to improve your mental, physical, and spiritual life, especially the memory. As an Ayurvedic medicne, it has gained no support from the mainstream medical field.
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Scientists Study Diabetes of the Brain and Its Possible Links to Alzheimer's DiseaseScientists are studying how nitrosamines may lead to Alzheimer's disease which may be linked to a condition known as "diabetes of the brain."
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Regulatory T Cells (TREGS) and Brain DiseaseTREG enhancement or depletion may be important in brain disease treatment in the future.
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Computer Brain Implants: How They'll Evolve Our BrainsCould it be that the microchip and the human brain will evolve into one entity in the coming decade? With incredible new brain implants and gaming tools, our brains may evolve into something that ethicists are very concerned about in our continual evolution. -
Brain Cancer Vaccine to Be Tested in SwitzerlandThe world's first therapeutic vaccine for brain cancer has been made commercially available to patients in Switzerland. -
Growing a Better BrainThere's now strong evidence that humans, like other species, grow new brain cells throughout their lives, a finding that could lead to improved treatments for brain injuries and disease -
Don't Let Auto-Immune Diseases Ruin Your LifeDescribed are twelve helpful steps and strategies for helping you cope and live life to the fullest when you have auto-immune diseases.
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The Brain-Mind ConnectionThe "Brain-Mind Connection" is an article written about the distinction between diseases of the brain and mind.
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7 Interesting Facts You Didn't Know About Your BrainHuman brain still remains a secret to researchers, neurologists and physicians worldwide. We use only a part of our brain, but nobody knows yet exactly how much and what happens to the rest. What possible behavior or feelings hide that unknown areas?
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Popular TV Shows Misrepresent Various DiseasesDon't rely on the medical shows to learn how to treat diseases. They get it wrong a lot of the time.
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