Our family legacy is
diagnosed brain disorders, often referred to as mental illness.
The most commonly
diagnosed brain disorder is attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), affecting nearly 7 percent of children.
Not exact matches
Late last week, the Food and Drug Administration gave its stamp of approval to the marketing of the world's first device designed to help
diagnose ADHD — a
disorder that plagues some 6.4 million children — by scanning a child's
brain waves.
They also found that some of the athletes, none of whom suffered
diagnosed concussions, didn't do as well as predicted on tests of learning and memory at the end of the season, although the study did not find «large - scale, systemic differences» in the
brain scan measures, which the authors found «somewhat reassuring» and consistent with the fact that millions of athletes play contact sports for many years without developing progressive neurodegenerative
disorders.
In the new study, the scientists expressed surprise that the early abnormal growth of
brain cells they observed in the fish embryo specifically affected male hormones, potentially indicating why more boys than girls are
diagnosed with certain neurodevelopmental
disorders such as autism.
Our research is unlocking the secrets of the developing
brain and changing the way we
diagnose and treat mental health and learning
disorders.
He had been on medical leave from the chamber since early this year after he was
diagnosed with Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease, a rare, degenerative and fatal
brain disorder.
Previous studies have shown that people
diagnosed with emotional instability
disorders exhibit a decrease in the volume of certain
brain areas.
These results are the first implication that Lef1 functions in the hypothalamus to mediate behavior, knowledge that could prove useful for
diagnosing and treating human
brain disorders.
It is one of the most common
disorders of the
brain and has been
diagnosed in 5.1 million people in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
High - stakes lawsuits, including ones filed by former players against the NFL, have added to the pressure to come up with methods for
diagnosing and tracking the
disorder in living people, but such efforts have just crossed the starting line, researchers said last week at a traumatic
brain injury conference in Washington, D.C. Only in the past month or so have they arrived at a consensus about what CTE looks like in postmortem
brain tissue, findings presented this week in Washington, D.C., at the American Academy of Neurology meeting.
A new study led by the University of Utah School of Medicine and Chung - Ang University provides evidence that several regions of the
brain are hyperconnected in adolescent boys
diagnosed with Internet gaming
disorder (lines between colored areas, colored areas represent specific
brain networks).
Using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) from nuclear medicine, it is possible to quantify receptors, transporters and enzymes, in order to
diagnose neurochemical differences in
brain disorders but also to make a detailed analysis of the effects a drug has on the
brain.
The great New York Yankees first baseman was
diagnosed with ALS in 1939 and died two years later from the progressive neuromuscular
disorder, which attacks nerve cells that lead from the
brain and the spinal cord to muscles throughout the body.
They used high - resolution 3 - D images of the
brain, questionnaires evaluating temperament and personality traits of individuals
diagnosed with bipolar
disorder and their non-bipolar relatives, and an extensive battery of cognitive tests assessing long - term memory, attention, inhibitory control and other neurocognitive abilities.
Autism Spectrum
Disorder is usually diagnosed in early childhood, but genetic detection of this brain disorder could mean more timely interventions that improve life for the patient and their
Disorder is usually
diagnosed in early childhood, but genetic detection of this
brain disorder could mean more timely interventions that improve life for the patient and their
disorder could mean more timely interventions that improve life for the patient and their carers.
By simulating electrical
brain activity and relating the behavior of single neurons to
brain waves, the researchers aim to bridge this gap, opening the way to better tools for
diagnosing mental
disorders, and on a deeper level, offering a better understanding of ourselves.
Aditi Shankardass is a renowned pediatric neurologist who uses real - time
brain recordings to accurately
diagnose children with developmental
disorders and the underlying neurological causes of dyslexia.
Furthermore, her research has also influenced the development of tests to assess,
diagnose and treat people with
brain disorders resulting from traumatic injury and degenerative diseases, as well as from psychiatric illness.
Such knowledge would be invaluable for developing important clinical innovations to help
diagnose and treat
brain disorders as wide ranging as depression, stroke and paralysis.
Her mother had been
diagnosed with Huntington's disease, the rare, inherited
disorder that slowly destroys people's
brains, cripples their bodies, eventually killing them.
These research priorities that will lead to the development of new therapies became particularly striking when I was
diagnosed five years ago with glaucoma — a degenerative
disorder where the retinal nerve cells that carry visual information to the
brain slowly die.
Dr. Danish discusses the new Leksell Gamma Knife Icon, the most precise stereotactic radiosurgery system (SRS) currently available to patients
diagnosed with primary and secondary
brain tumors, vascular
disorders, refractory pain, and movement
disorders.
Since 1991, when he was
diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (a degenerative
brain disorder that affects movement), actor Michael J. Fox has been a vocal proponent for stem cell research.
Diagnose a patient's sleep
disorder using
brain wave, eye movement, and breathing data collected during a sleep study.
Validate new digital health technologies to
diagnose and treat mental
disorders, as well as monitor variations in psychological and
brain functioning that are associated with health and disease.
Debilitating
brain disorders are on the rise - from children
diagnosed with autism and ADHD to adults developing dementia at younger ages than ever before.
After battling tears through a series of straightforward health and lifestyle - related questions and a brief physical examination, the doctor gave me information on a nearby lab and instructed me to make appointments for a Polysomnogram and Multiple Sleep Latency Test or MSLT, the most effective methods for
diagnosing narcolepsy while simultaneously ruling out other more common
disorders like insomnia and sleep apnea.While I slept, what seemed like tons of tiny electrodes monitored my
brain waves, eye movement, heart rate and muscle activity.
Limited to students with special needs, those
diagnosed with autism spectrum
disorder; cerebral palsy; Down syndrome; an intellectual disability; muscular dystrophy; Phelan - McDermid syndrome; Prader - Willi syndrome; spina - bifida; Williams syndrome; identified as deaf, visually impaired, or having a traumatic
brain injury defined by the State Board of Education; those who are hospitalized or homebound with a medically
diagnosed physical or psychiatric condition for more than six months; or students age 3, 4, or 5 who are considered «high - risk» due to developmental delays
Our mission is to provide Companion Support Dogs (CSD) for veterans and / or families of veterans who have been
diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD) or other Traumatic
Brain Injuries (TBI).
Pets with seizure
disorders, tumors of the spine and
brain, intervertebral disc disease, inflammatory
brain diseases, Wobbler's syndrome, neuromuscular diseases, and other conditions involving the nervous system can be
diagnosed and treated by a veterinary neurologist.
CT Scans are used to
diagnose some conditions with the
brain (seizure
disorders,
brain tumors), spinal problems, and more...
Dogs
diagnosed with canine compulsive
disorder exhibited changes in the macroscopic structure of their
brain, changes analogous to those seen in
Meadow has been
diagnosed with a
brain disorder called cerebellar ataxia.
It does not necessarily follow that because Dr. Malcolm is permitted by statute to test, assess, or
diagnose behavioural, emotional, or mental
disorder that he must therefore be permitted to give in evidence his opinion that the cause of any of these conditions stems from an injury to the tissues or structures of the
brain.
These findings now associate changes in
brain development as key influence in determining whether or not a person is likely to grow up and end up
diagnosed as teens with conduct
disorder.
Morphologic studies offered some preliminary support for
brain - related differences between children with and without the
disorder, but additional studies with control groups of children with other psychiatric and developmental
disorders and larger sample sizes will be necessary before
brain morphology becomes useful in
diagnosing ADHD.
Perhaps shaped by harmful childhood experiences or
brain dysfunctions, people
diagnosed with borderline personality
disorder live in a world of inner and outer turmoil.
In - patient rehabilitation focuses on immediate medical and functional issues, with a range of health professionals involved, like physiotherapists, speech pathologists, neuropsychologists (psychologists who specialise in assessing,
diagnosing and treating
disorders of the
brain) and occupational therapists.
Eight years ago, Solway was
diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, a degenerative
brain disorder affecting about 100,000 Canadians.