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Stroke in children costs at least $42 million annually in the United States, researchers report in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association .

People who have superior language skills early in life may be less likely to develop Alzheimera s disease decades later, despite having the hallmark signs of the disease, according to research published in the July 9, 2009, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

A neurologist is a doctor that specializes in the nervous system. It is hard to find a good doctor, but even harder to find good neurologists.

The London News.Net Tuesday 7th July, 2009 London, July 7 : A new piece of research suggests that when it comes to learning new behaviours, autistic kids rely more on their own internal sense of body position rather than external cues, typically used by developing children.

New Control System Of The Body Discovered - Important Modulator Of Immune Cell Entry Into The Brain - Perhaps New Target For The Therapy Main Category: Neurology / Neuroscience Also Included In: Multiple Sclerosis ; Immune System / Vaccines Article Date: 29 Jun 2009 - 2:00 PDT Researchers in Berlin, Germany have ameliorated inflammation of the ...

Deep brain stimulation improves movement skills and quality of life in some patients with a subtype of cerebral palsy *, and could be an effective treatment option for these patients, finds an Article published Online first and in the July edition of The Lancet Neurology.

The American Academy of Neurology Professional Association has sent a letter to Congress offering a solution to fix the way physicians are reimbursed under Medicare for treating patients with severe or disabling chronic conditions, such as dementia, Parkinsona s disease, ALS, epilepsy and stroke.

Dr. Marcy Yonker, a pediatric neurologist at Phoenix Children's Hospital, explains some of the common causes of kids' headaches to azfamily.com's Tess Rafols.

It has been known for a long time that T cells can attack the body's own structures and, if they infiltrate the CNS, cause diseases such as multiple sclerosis .

Main Category: Stem Cell Research Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience ; Alzheimer's / Dementia ; Parkinson's Disease Article Date: 01 Jul 2009 - 5:00 PDT Neural stem cells represent the cellular backup of our brain.

Fulton County, Pa., community leaders broke ground Tuesday for a new Fulton County Medical Center facility they say will create jobs and help the county's distressed economy.

From the Department of Neurological Sciences , Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell'Universit, Rome, Italy; ASP-Lazio , Public Health Agency of Lazio Region, Rome, Italy; the Department of Neurology , Veterans Affair Medical Center, San Diego, and the Department of Neurosciences , University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San ...

From the Departments of Neurosciences and Family and Preventive Medicine , University of California-San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, Calif; the Department Neurology , Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Diego, Calif; and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke , Bethesda, Md.

Main Category: Neurology / Neuroscience Also Included In: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Water - Air Quality / Agriculture A UCLA study has discovered that chronic exposure during pregnancy to miniscule levels of carbon monoxide damages the cells of the fetal brain, resulting in permanent impairment.

Clearly, the most important takeaway from ABC'sA low-rated A White HouseA forum on health care A was President Barack Obama's admission that he would go outside the constraints of a nationalized system to get the "very best care" if necessary for his own family.

One question at last night's prime time health care event on ABC got personal when a neurologist from New York asked for a promise.

DiaGenic ASA today announced that it has signed an option agreement with Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH, an innovative developer of drugs for treatment of illnesses in neurology and psychiatry, to gain access to biomarkers for Mild Cognitive Impairment , increasingly considered a transitional stage to Alzheimer's disease.

Main Category: Headache / Migraine Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Neurology / Neuroscience Women who have migraines with aura may be more likely to have a stroke or heart attack than women who don't have the condition, and the association varies by migraine frequency, according to research published in the June 24, 2009, online issue ...

President Obama struggled to explain today whether his health care reform proposals would force normal Americans to make sacrifices that wealthier, more powerful people -- like the president himself -- wouldn't face.

Women with migraines accompanied by a visual disturbance called an aura are more likely to incur subtle, microscopic brain damage than are women without migraines, researchers report in the June 24 Journal of the American Medical Association .