Fibromyalgia and the Brain
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Dr. Bruce F.
I have treated many many patients with fibromyalgia and it is quite a challenge. The symptoms range from mild occasional pain to ...
Brain Factoid
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Dr. Brian M.
"The average adult brain weight of a human is 1300-1400 g; an adult gorilla's brain weighs only 500 g."- From Dan Brat's introdu ...
Brain Food
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Dr. Brian M.
A reader from Springfield, IL recently sent me this picture of a market that once stood on Chouteau Avenue in St. Louis. " ...
Brain Spam
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christine w.
What spam is in your brain? At a recent conference on Cognitive Therapy the presenter said that on average people have 60,000 ...
brain 101
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Karen ..
this is sort of a user's manual for your brain, written by a self-proclaimed 'grumpy' scientist who is scrupulous about his rese ...
Altruism and the Brain
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Linda MacDonald Glenn
"Are you a giver? Brain scan tells the truth." Or so the headline of a recent MSNBC.com article on altruism and the brain declar ...
Brain Fade
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Marc V.
Happy Friday everyone! There are some really interesting posts on Art Devany's site in regards to "Brain Fade". What ...
Chemo Brain
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Laurie P.
Its hard to take finals when you have chemo brain. Its difficult to start a new job when you have chemo brain. Here's Mayo Clini ...
Foggy Brain
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Julia O.
Image by blatjeBrain fog. I've posted about it before. As a matter of fact, it was a key description in one of myearliest posts: ...
On the brain of a scientist: Albert Einstein. The results of the analysis suggest that in left area 39, the neuronal: glial ratio for the Einstein brain is significantly smaller than the mean for the ...
The brain of LB1, Homo floresiensis. The brain of Homo floresiensis was assessed by comparing a virtual endocast from the type specimen (LB1) with endocasts from great apes, Homo erectus, ...
Delirium Delirium is a condition of severe confusion and rapid changes in brain function ... Delirium may be caused by diseases of body systems other than the brain, ...
Schizophrenia - A Little Look Inside the Brain Jul 23, 2008 ... One of the key strategies in the search for some biological basis for schizophrenia is to locate abnormalities in the structure of the ...
Genetic clue to glioma brain cancer growth Scientists have pinpointed a mutated gene as key to the development of some types of glioma brain tumour. The mutation leads to hugely increased levels of a ...
eBay removes Mussolini brain, blood samples The asking price was $22000 for samples of the brain and blood of Italy's World War II fascist dictator, who was executed by anti-fascist partisans in 1945 ...
NFL to Shift in Its Handling of Concussions As scientific studies and anecdotal evidence have found a heightened risk for brain damage, dementia and cognitive decline in retired players, ...