Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks: Link to Traumatic Brain Injury and Dementia?
The hypothesis suggests the necessity for further research into the identification and treatment of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks (CSF) in medlinktraumatic brain injury/medlink patients, aiming to...
View ArticleCerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics Linked to Nervous Disorders
In rodents, the cerebrospinal fluid that envelops the brain flows to areas necessary for normal brain development and function. In young rats with hydrocephalus (accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid...
View ArticleCerebrospinal Fluid Offers Clues to Post- COVID-19 Brain Fog
Some patients who develop new cognitive symptoms after a mild bout of COVID-19 have abnormalities in their cerebrospinal fluid similar to those found in people with other infectious diseases. In a...
View Article'Neo Normal' Indians Shun COVID Fears As Food Orders Surge, Reveals Report
The COVID-19 fear is now over as the population scrambles to start living their weekend lives the way they used to be in the pre-COVID era. Plus, top fine-dining restaurants and five-star hotels --...
View ArticleApp to Help People Shun Suffering in Silence Developed
An iOS app to help teenagers and adults overcome mental health issues has been created by Kanishka Chaudhry, a high-school student from Gujarat. Apple has announced 350 winners of its annual WWDC...
View ArticleChinese People Seek Modern Treatment, Shun Ancient Medicine: Study
In China, activists are protesting the use of ancient and traditional medicine, which hospitals are obliged to offer to patients on an equal footing with modern medical care. Over a number of years,...
View ArticleBabies With Hydrocephalus Caused by Toxoplasmosis Have Good Outcomes With...
Faster a baby with congenital toxoplasmosis given a fluid-draining shunt to treat their hydrocephalus - the better their cognitive outcome, stated new study led by University of Chicago Medicine...
View ArticleCerebrospinal Fluid Differences to be the Key to Drugs in MS patients
Potential mechanisms that could lead to the development of therapies which effectively manage progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), were identified by the researchers at the Advanced Science Research...
View ArticleExceptional Surgical Intervention Offers Hope to a 2-Year Old Kid with...
Thanks to a remarkable surgical intervention supported by state-of-the-art technologies as it helped a two-year-old girl with an extreme form of hydrocephalus. The two-year-old girl could someday lead...
View ArticleLink Between Cerebrospinal Fluid Levels and Alzheimer's Disease Risk
A recent study says that changes in cerebrospinal fluid levels can help predict risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). They found that cerebrospinal fluid levels of AB42 appear to be decreased at least...
View ArticleForecasting Risk of Alzheimer's Viable With Changes in Cerebrospinal Fluid...
Changes noticed in cerebrospinal fluid levels can aid in identifying people at high threat of future Alzheimer Disease (AD). The detection is possible at a minimum of five to 10 years prior to...
View ArticlePeople With HIV Dementia Harbor Distinct AIDS Viruses in Cerebrospinal Fluid
Research has shown that when the HIV infects the central nervous system, it can lead to the development of a severe neurological disease called HIV-associated dementia (HAD). The advent of highly...
View ArticleUnclear Links Between Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency and Multiple Sclerosis
Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) appears to be more common in people with multiple sclerosis than in people without the condition, states a review of published studies in CMAJ...
View ArticleScientists Discover Clue to Cause of Childhood Hydrocephalus
Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have come closer to finding the cause of congenital hydrocephalus, one of the most common neurological disorders of childhood that produces mental...
View ArticleFarm Animals in Uganda Might Cause Infant Hydrocephalus
An international team of researchers from Uganda and the United States say that hydrocephalus in Ugandan children and other developing countries is seasonal, linked to farm animals and in part, caused...
View ArticleCertain Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid Antibodies Could Prevent Alzheimer's
Certain antibodies in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of healthy people, which Stanford University Medical Centre scientists have identified, may help prevent Alzheimer's disease. They say that the...
View ArticleVitamin Supplementation During Pregnancy Could Prevent Hydrocephalus
Vitamin supplementation during pregnancy could prevent hydrocephalus, a common birth brain defect. Tests on rats showed a combination of folates dramatically reduced the rates of hydrocephalus - in...
View ArticleBrain Aging Diagnosed by the Flow of Cerebrospinal Fluid
The flow of the cerebrospinal fluid that is present between the scalp and the skull helps in the diagnoses of neurodegenerative and age-related diseases. This is a non-invasive method, which is also...
View ArticleInfection-Caused Hydrocephalus Can Be Treated in Two Approaches
Reducing the pressure in the brain through endoscopy or implanting a shunt to reduce fluid production are equally effective in treating infants with hydrocephalus caused by brain infections. But...
View ArticleMigraines Linked to High Sodium Concentrations in the Cerebrospinal Fluid
h2Highlights:/h2 ul class="group-list punch-points"liHigher concentrations of sodium in cerebrospinal fluid can help diagnose a migraine/liliCerebral sodium MRI can be used as a technique help in the...
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