Forever Damaged From An Untested 8-in-1 Vaccine, Help Needed As Jodie ’s Legal Battle Continues
Conclusion
We don’t know how many other children were given this experimental vaccine, but Jodie Marchant is the only one known to have survived this and her family is the only family in the world to hold the records proving this vaccine corruption has gone on.
In recent times, due to immense pressure regarding informed consent not being provided often enough to parents by doctors, the Supreme Court Montgomery ruling was passed.
This ruling will help change the way doctors provide informed consent and should help families receive compensation for their child’s vaccine injury. This ruling might also help the Marchants w...
Source: vactruth.com - October 28, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Augustina Ursino Tags: Augustina Ursino Case Reports on Vaccine Injury Human Top Stories truth about vaccines Source Type: blogs
Electrically Stimulating a Specific Brain Region using Ultrafine Wires Enhances Memory
Neuroscientists at UCLA have found that electrically stimulating a specific area of the brain using ultrafine wires enhances memory in epilepsy patients. If the technique can enhance memory in other patients, it might help with conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease.
Our memory naturally declines with age, and in conditions such as Alzheimer’s, people can suffer devastating memory impairments. In a recent study appearing in journal eLife, neuroscientists have developed a technique that might help to improve memory.
The research team conducted a memory study in epilepsy patients, who already had ultrafine electrodes imp...
Source: Medgadget - October 26, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Neurology Psychiatry Rehab Source Type: blogs
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Source: Cardiophile MD - October 20, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Improved Brain Organoids for Zika Virus Research
Researchers at UCLA have developed a method to produce improved brain organoids, or “mini brains,” that they claim mimic the structure of the human brain more closely than previous attempts. The investigators used the organoids to study how the Zika virus infects and destroys brain tissue, and identify potential treatments, but the mini brains could also be useful in studying neurological/neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism, epilepsy, and schizophrenia.
Brain organoids have been covered by Medgadget previously. However, what sets the new organoids apart is the researchers’ claims that they more closely mimic...
Source: Medgadget - October 13, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Genetics Neurology Source Type: blogs
FDA Gives First Clearance to Siemens High-Field 7 Tesla MRI Scanner
Siemens Healthineers won FDA clearance to introduce its 7 Tesla MRI scanner, the MAGNETOM Terra. The device won European regulatory approval in August, kicking off an age of high-field MRI scanning that produces imaging details previously unavailable in a clinical setting. Previously, only scanners with a field strength of 3 Tesla were the most powerful MRIs cleared by the regulatory agencies for clinical use.
Of note, 7 Tesla and more powerful scanners have been around in research institutions for years now. The MAGNETOM Terra can still be applicable in research, as it includes the ability to quickly switch it from commo...
Source: Medgadget - October 12, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Critical Care Emergency Medicine ENT Neurology Neurosurgery Radiology Source Type: blogs
Ada Lovelace Day: Nature Research editors celebrate leaders in their fields – Part 2
You can read part 1 of this blog series here and read more about Ada Lovelace’s legacy here.
Mary Elizabeth Sutherland, Associate Editor, Nature Communications
Brenda Milner was 89 years old when I started my PhD at McGill University, and now, ten years later, she is still actively contributing to our understanding of how the human brain shapes cognition.
This field, neuropsychology, became widely recognized mainly because of Brenda’s work with a patient known as HM. Due temporal lobe surgery (to cure his epilepsy), HM had lost the ability to convert short-term memories into long-term memories.
Through her ex...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - October 12, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Davy Falkner Tags: Publishing Ada Lovelace Day Source Type: blogs
LivaNova ’s New SenTiva Neurostimulator for Epilepsy FDA Approved
LivaNova, a UK firm, won FDA approvals for its newest vagus nerve stimulation system for treating epilepsy in patients as young as four years old. The system, which includes the SenTiva implantable neurostimulator and the VNS Therapy Programming system, monitors brain activity and delivers therapy when it believes a seizure may be imminent. During therapy it continues its monitoring routine, increasing its stimulation if it detects its initial attempts failed to prevent a seizure.
The SenTiva device is now the world’s smallest available responsive stimulator for epilepsy, which makes it compatible with pretty small ...
Source: Medgadget - October 9, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Neurology Neurosurgery Radiology Source Type: blogs
Why you can ’t get a song out of your head and what to do about it
Conclusion
In most cases, earworms are neutral to pleasant, not serious, and may even be part of your brain’s creative process. In a few cases, especially when they continue for more than 24 hours, earworms may indicate something more serious. In those cases, seeing your primary care physician may help you metaphorically take the needle off the stuck record so that you can regain your peace of mind.
The post Why you can’t get a song out of your head and what to do about it appeared first on Harvard Health Blog. (Source: Harvard Health Blog)
Source: Harvard Health Blog - October 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Srini Pillay, MD Tags: Behavioral Health Brain and cognitive health Mental Health Source Type: blogs
My Husband Outlived His Brain Tumor Prognosis by 12 Years: How His Experience Could Help John McCain and Others
In conclusion, I would never advise John McCain and his family, or any other GBM patient, as to which of these treatments—or which combination of treatments—they should use. I hope they will learn about all of them, and decide on their own which one or ones they would like to try. I would also encourage them to do their own research, or to hire a researcher with experience in finding sensible, science-based, cutting-edge treatments.
I am very worried that they will not know about these treatments, and others like them, and will just use the standard of care. That would be a shame. It might also be a death sentence. (S...
Source: HONEST MEDICINE: My Dream for the Future - September 22, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: JuliaS1573 at aol.com (Julia Schopick) Source Type: blogs
The First Ultra-High-Field MRI Scanner to Receive CE Approval
Siemens Healthineers ’ Magnetom Terra has just received CE approval, and can now be used in clinical practice within the European Union. This ultra-high-field MRI operates on a magnetic field of 7 tesla, and produces more finite images, stronger signal-to-noise ratio, and better spatial resolution than its predecessor , 3 tesla. The Healthineers have big hopes for the Magnetom Terra. According to a press release, the improved resolution can be used to perform more precise and in-depth analyses of neurological and musculoskeletal exams. The Magnetom Terra can clearly differentiate between white and gray matter, proving i...
Source: radRounds - September 15, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Like ECog? Like New York City? Cool new positions with Adeen Flinker at NYUMC
NYU School of Medicine is looking for candidates for two post-doctoral positions in Human Electrocortigoraphy (ECoG) research. Both positions will be under the supervision of Dr. Adeen Flinker, investigating speech processing and cortical network dynamics.The research will be conducted at NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center working with a population of surgical patients undergoing treatment for refractory epilepsy. Research paradigms will be conducted in close collaboration with the clinical neurology team. The candidate will conduct neurophysiological research in patients implanted with intracranial electrodes (su...
Source: Talking Brains - September 14, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: David Poeppel Source Type: blogs
My youngest son
age 33. A lifetime of grand mal seizures that could not be controlled by medications. He had a major seizure, crashed on concrete, split his skull wide open. He was probably dead at the scene, but they kept him alive, put him on life support and he succumbed last night.I am still simply numb. Can't think. Can't process it. Can't function. Completely unexpected. But it wasn't. I have known since the day he was diagnosed with this disorder that he would most likely die from a seizure caused accident. Still - you are never prepared.I have another son who is 38 and when I told ...
Source: Wife of a Diabetic - September 9, 2017 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: blogs
The Best Positioned Tech Giant in Healthcare Today? The Answer May Surprise You.
By DAVID SHAYWITZ, MD
When you think about tech giants playing in healthcare, you think of Google and the work Verily is doing; you think of Apple and their HealthKit and ResearchKit applications, as well as their rumored plans to organize all your medical data on your iPhone; you may even think of Amazon and their potential entry into the pharmacy market.
But the name you may hear about least–Facebook–may actually be the company influencing healthcare the most, and may also be the best positioned to support the patient-centered future that so many imagine and that Eric Topol described in The Patient Will ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Tech Uncategorized Facebook Health IT Organ Donor Zuckerberg Source Type: blogs
Neuropace Epileptic Seizure Control System: Interview with Dr. Martha Morrell, CMO of NeuroPace
People with certain types of epilepsy may have the option to use a therapy that doesn’t include drugs. The RNS system from Neuropace, a company out of Mountain View, California, monitors the brain for signs of an oncoming seizure and stimulates it to disrupt the process. It has been approved in the U.S. for about four years now, and we wanted to find more about how it works and how it’s being used. We had a chance to speak with Dr. Martha Morrell, Chief Medical Officer of NeuroPace, who was kind enough to answer our questions.
Medgadget: The NeuroPace RNS system has shown to be effective at reducing seizures i...
Source: Medgadget - August 31, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Exclusive Neurology Neurosurgery Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
