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Health Connections #KSMQ Brain Aneurysms with Mayo Clinic by Jamie C. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 14 Oct 2010 7:30am Brain Aneurysms are an incredibly scary affliction. They can strike with limited warning and the general public is not well educated about aneurysms. With me on this episode of Health Connections, Dr Robert Brown, Chair of Mayo Clinic Neurology, to discuss brain aneurysms. Read on »

Study Finds Oral Contraceptives and Hormone Replacement Therapy May Protect Women against Brain Aneurysms by Ed H. Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted Mon 02 Aug 2010 5:58pm of brain aneurysms in women. The findings from this first-of-its-kind study by a neurointerventional expert from Rush University Medical Center were presented at the Society... was initiated due to the observation that in the two largest brain aneurysm trials to date, cerebral aneurysms occurred most frequently in post-menopausal women. The two trials Read on »

Healthy Moms Dictionary - Aneurysm by Cascia T. Posted Mon 26 Jan 2009 3:51pm Aneurysms are more common than most people think. Today the Healthy Moms Dictionary will explore all the different types of aneurysms with a major focus on brain aneurysms... the circular artery at the base of the brain. This type of aneurysm usually bleeds. Brain aneurysm - An aneurysm of a blood vessel in the brain, usually due to a defect in the vessel Read on »

Learn the Facts Behind Aneurysms [Digg] by Cascia T. Posted Mon 02 Feb 2009 10:54pm Aneurysms are more common than most people think. This article explores all the different types of aneurysms with a major focus on brain aneurysms. An aneurysm is a localized widening of a vein, artery or the heart. There is usually a bulge at the point of the aneurysm. Read on »

New press release: Mindfulness meditation training changes brain structure in 8 weeks by Stephanie Allen Posted Fri 21 Jan 2011 12:00am mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress. In a study that will appear in the January... meditation-produced changes over time in the brain's grey matter. "Although the practice of meditation is associated with a sense of peacefulness and physical relaxation Read on »

Remediation changes brain structures by JohnL Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Fri 11 Dec 2009 12:00am of improved reading performance. Whereas previous studies, many of which I’ve mentioned in these posts, have shown changes in the blood flow in children’s brains as a consequence of reading instruction, the findings from Keller and Marcel showed that there are changes in the physical tissue in the brain following remedial reading instruction. Read on »

Brain Structure Changes Found in Irritable Bowel Patients by Medline Plus Posted Tue 27 Jul 2010 9:00am TUESDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) -- Women with irritable bowel syndrome have increases and decreases in gray matter density in areas of the brain that play a role in attention, emotion regulation, pain inhibition and the processing of information from the gut, new research suggests. Similar brain structural changes have been noted in patients with pain Read on »

Meditation Modifies Brain Structure to Yield Psychological Improvements by WorldHealth.net Posted Mon 07 Feb 2011 12:55am Posted on 2011-02-04 06:00:00 in Alternative Medicine | Brain... Massachusetts General Hospital (Massachusetts, USA), and colleagues studied the role of a mindfulness meditation program on brain structure, and resultant psychological changes. Sixteen Read on »

Brain structure invests us with sense of personal space by Leslie M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Mon 31 Aug 2009 10:55pm "Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) Neuro scientists have pinpointed the brain structure regulating our sense of personal space, possibly opening the way to a better understanding of autism and other disorders. The structure, the amygdala - a pair of almond-shaped regions located in the brain - was previously known to process strong negative emotions Read on »

Normothermia Attenuates Cerebral Metabolic Distress In Patients With Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage And Refractory Fever by David Smith, MD Posted Fri 04 Dec 2009 6:48am greater than 38.3 deg C despite antipyretics) on the lactate/pyruvate ratio (LPR) of microdialisate samples obtained from brain tissue of patients who had acute subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). An increase in the LPR is considered a marker for increased anaerobic glycolysis, a sign of metabolic stress in brain. The authors defined an episode of metabolic Read on »