Category: Neuroscience

A new study from University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland is finding that Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is helpful for people with Tourette Syndrome, reducing the frequency and severity of tics. Tourette Syndrome, an inherited neurological disorder, is characterized by the presence of multiple physical tics and at least one vocal tic. The uncontrollable…

A new study from University La Sapienza in Rome shows children with Aspberger Syndrome have more sleep problems than average children. Dr. Oliviero Bruni, who authored the paper, found that children with Asperger have a high incidence of certain sleep disorders and other problems involving sleep initiation and restlessness, as well as morning problems and…

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the nervous system. It causes a range of different symptoms that include visual problems, weakness and numbness. The cause of MS is unknown. What scientists and doctors do know is that it is an inflammatory process that attacks a certain substance in our nervous systems called “myelin”. Myelin…

Many people use antibacterial soaps every day, thinking that they will help to kill germs like those that cause MRSA and keep them healthier. However, a University of Michigan public health professor thinks that they might not work any better over regular soaps. On top of this, the may actually make some antibiotics less effective.…

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Motor Neurone Disease, Lou Gehrig’s Disease, or Maladie de Charcot affects from one to five out of every 100,000 people. It is a fatal, progressive neurodegenerative disease caused by the degeneration of motor neurons in the central nervous system which control voluntary muscle movement. Researchers at the University…

Sleep is vital in maintaining normal bodily functions. The amount of sleep needed by a person usually depends on his or her age and health status. Hence, the length of slumber needed by a child differ from the sleep requirement of an adult. Disorders that affect the sleeping pattern can easily take its toll on…

Whats in a word? The word “menopause” is something we normally relate to a female’s passage through the reproductive years and into the “better years”, years free of the monthly torment associated with the menstrual cycle. Women experience “the change” between age 45 and 55. The aging process brings about changes not only in women…

In our modern world, many people suffer from migraine headaches, and sadly, too many people think all migraines are alike, but they are not. There are many different types of migraine headaches but ocular migraines is one that often gets forgotten about because it makes up on 15% of all sufferers. In fact, if you…

Some people suffer from weather headaches. Although for the longest time this was not an understood phenomenon it seems to now be a well-recognized headache trigger. They are commonly referred to as barometric pressure headaches. Although it has not yet been proven whether these headaches are caused by the constriction or swelling of the blood…