Tag: Brain

While there has been a dramatic growth in cases of Alzheimer’s predicted in rapidly aging population, the hope has emerged in lifestyle interventions, and deeper knowledge of causes and risk factors...………..

The powerful new drug for Parkinson’s is available both as injections and infusion pumps, is manufactured by Britannia Pharmaceuticals of the UK and will initially be distributed in India by Vikram Hospital, Bengaluru, and made available in select centers across the country...........

Collaboration brings together Schrödinger’s in silico discovery capabilities with SPARC’s novel insights into CNS pathways to speed drug development..................

Stroke attack occurred when she was in school and the teacher immediately called her father. Though she was conscious, her father did not waste time in taking the child to the hospital................

It is the most common form of grade IV brain cancer and considered to be one of the most ‘immune-cold’ tumors relative to other cancers, which limits the effectiveness of immunotherapies................

The brain consumes 20 per cent of the body’s energy even when we are doing nothing. When it is given a difficult cognitive task to do the increase in energy used is minute.......

The 13-year-old son of plantation workers, leading an isolated life, underwent 11-hour surgery at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences that involved reconstruction of a part of the skull, repositioning of the eye sockets, and re-modelling of the nose..............

The results from the study done on 499 Indian patients revealed that lying flat or sitting up at an angle of 30 degrees after a stroke made no difference to the recovery.........

The compound has been found to be non-toxic and more effective than commonly used anti-depressant, fluoxetine. It enhanced social interaction in animal tests..........

Under the agreement, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories will market and distribute DuraGen Plus and Suturable DuraGen Dural Regeneration Matrices for use in patients in India.......