has to travel to the University of Florida in March to receive proton beam radiation therapy for her brain tumour because the treatment isn't available in Canada yet. Although OHIP is paying for ...

By embedding threads containing electrodes within the human brain, the company’s device ... the development of medical devices providing treatment or diagnosis for life-threatening conditions.

Historically this has required regular manual adjustments in a clinical setting. After several years of Irish patients having to travel abroad – mostly to the UK – for the procedure, the treatment is ...

“Even low-level exposure that people think is safe enough for public health is doing something at the brain level,” says Megan Herting, a neuroscientist at the University of Southern ...

Here’s how it works. A new therapy for the most aggressive type of brain cancer can extend patients' survival while cutting the length of treatment. The cancer, glioblastoma, is fast-moving and ...

Methods 67 patients with their first anterior AMI (median age, 64 years; male, 76%) underwent prospective evaluation of plasma concentrations of the molecular forms of A-type and B-type natriuretic ...

Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Testing for natriuretic peptide markers, such as B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) or N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP), has ...

Center for Biopharmaceuticals and Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Jagtvej 160, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark ...

A thorough and timely intervention is important for ensuring the effective treatment of myocarditis ... levels of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), Troponin I (TnI), and ...

The discovery of a new type of stem cell in the brain could usher in better treatments for the deadliest brain tumor. UCSF scientists have discovered a stem cell in the young brain that's capable ...

Improving the effectiveness of treatments for glioblastoma is imperative. The average lifespan of someone diagnosed with the brain tumor is just 12 to 15 months, and only about 5% of people ...

This is the fascinating world of deep brain reorienting (DBR), an emerging ... 52 percent of patients no longer met the criteria for PTSD. DBR treatment can even be administered virtually, as ...