NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The psychostimulant modafinil is no better than a placebo in improving fatigue, depression and cognitive function in patients with primary brain tumors (PBT),…
By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with unresectable primary spinal sarcoma may benefit from carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT), Japanese researchers say. Compared with proton…
Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD, Director, Neuroscience Imaging Center at UCSF Medical Center, explains how the immersive nature of video games can be used to benefit medical disorders as…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Duloxetine can be helpful in cancer patients who experience painful neuropathy as a sequela of treatment with neurotoxic antineoplastic agents, according to a…
Leonardo Pignataro, PhD, delves into the latest research on neuroscience and alcohol consumption. Pignataro’s research shows that even small quantities of alcohol affect gene expression through regulation of…
As a 24 year old journalist in NYC, Susannah Cahalan was used to dealing with tough situations, but nothing could have prepared her for the life or death battle she…
John Kenny, MD, Assistant Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, co-author of Psychiatry Test Preparation and Review Manual (Elsevier 2013), comments on whether it would be possible to prevent schizophrenia by…
As a 24 year old journalist in NYC, Susannah Cahalan was used to dealing with tough situations, but nothing could have prepared her for the life or death battle…
Pre-natal exposure to anti-epilepsy medications including the drug valproate has been associated with an increased risk for congenital malformations and delayed cognitive development in children. A new study…
John Kenny, MD, Assistant Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, co-author of Psychiatry Test Preparation and Review Manual (Elsevier 2013), delves into a new study (published in the American Journal of Psychiatry) that looks…