When Yadong Wang, a chemist by training, first ventured into nerve regeneration two years ago, he didn't know that his peers would have considered him crazy. His idea was simple: Because neural circuits use electrical signals often conduct...

Stereotaxis, Inc. (Nasdaq: STXS) today announced 510(k) FDA clearance of the Niobe(R) magnetic navigation system for use in neurovascular and peripheral applications with the Company's family of Cronus(R) magnetically enabled .014" vascula...

A study released today by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Heath (CAMH) provides a thorough explanation of how the "chemical imbalance" occurs in major depression, a disease that impacts approximately 5 percent of people globally. F...

The only drugs currently available for Alzheimer's patients are those that alleviate symptoms, but a team of scientists led by Paul Aisen, MD, director of the Memory Disorders program at Georgetown University Medical Center, is testing a n...

The group of Dr. Michel Cayouette, researcher at Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal (IRCM), and Dr. Jonah Chan, collaborator at the University of Southern California, will publish in the next issue of the prestigious scientific j...

Thirty-nine outstanding scientists in Latin America and Canada have been named Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) international research scholars. Each will receive a five-year award totaling nearly $500,000. The competitive awards rec...

A breakthrough finding on the mechanism of myelin formation by Jonah Chan, assistant professor of cell and neurobiology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, could have a major impact on the treatment of...

A pediatric oncologist at Brenner Children's Hospital is evaluating whether a drug typically used to treat Alzheimer's patients will help brain cancer survivors avoid the learning and memory problems that are common after radiation therapy...

A team of Senior British Doctors from Association of British Hujjaj (pilgrims) UK have issued a strong warning to British Hajj pilgrims that they must get 'quadrivalent' meningococcal vaccine (ACWY vac) to protect themselves and their fami...

A stroke victim arrives in the emergency room and, within minutes, the doctor must make a decision: Should drugs be administered to open up the blocked blood vessel and prevent further brain damage? Or is this patient at high risk for suff...