Vitamin 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleAntioxidant Effects for Alzheimer's Disease on Cerebrospinal Fluid...
A randomized trial has found that an antioxidant combination of vitamin E, vitamin C and alpha-lipoic acid (E/C/ALA) was not associated with changes in some cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers related to...
View ArticleImmunotherapy And Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers In Alzheimer`s Disease...
Immunotherapy containing antibody bapineuzumab in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease lead to fall in a cerebrospinal fluid biomarker, which may indicate downstream effects on the...
View ArticleWidespread Internet Use by Caregivers of Children With Shunts Reported By...
Patients and caregivers now readily turn to the Internet for information and emotional support when faced with disease. This is particularly true in the case of caregivers of children with...
View ArticleDigital PCR Technology Detects Brain-tumor-associated Mutation in...
Digital versions of a standard molecular biology tool to detect a common tumor-associated mutation in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with brain tumors were used by Massachusetts General...
View ArticleLink Between Default Mode Network Integrity and Cerebrospinal Fluid...
Both Aa and tau pathology appear to be associated with default mode network integrity before clinical onset of Alzheimer disease (AD). This is according to a study by Liang Wang, M.D., and colleagues...
View ArticleCerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers Examined in Early Parkinson Disease
In a group of untreated patients compared with healthy patients, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of tau proteins, (and) #593;-synuclein, and (and) #946;-amyloid 1-42 ( (and) #913; (and) #946;1-42)...
View ArticleChronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI) is Not Associated With...
There appears to be no link between chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency and multiple sclerosis (MS), in the findings of a new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)....
View ArticleNew Guidelines for the Treatment of Pediatric Hydrocephalus
New guidelines of the current treatments for pediatric hydrocephalus as well as up-to-date evidence-based recommendations have been published in the Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group....
View ArticleMany Britishers Shun 'Unrealistic' Alcohol Guidelines: University of Sheffield
A new study has claimed that the current British alcohol guidelines are unrealistic and largely ignored because they have little relevance to people's drinking habits. Presenting the guidelines in...
View Article40 % of Women Shun Talking to General Physician's About Gynecological-Related...
Women fear that they will be labelled sexually promiscuous, therefore stigma prevent them over talking about their gynecological problems to the General Physician(GP).1 in 5 middle-aged women develop...
View ArticleNeurosurgeons Challenged to Eliminate All Infant Deaths from Hydrocephalus...
Hydrocephalus is the excess accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid, which circulates throughout the brain and spinal column and can cause significant damage and even death. It mostly affects children,...
View ArticleIdiopathic Scoliosis Linked to Disruptions in Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow
Idiopathic scoliosis refers to an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine. It has no known cause and affects roughly three out of every 100 adolescents. A new study in zebrafish suggests that...
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