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Creating electric fields in the brain buys glioblastoma patients extra months
Posted in Medicine on 19th Dec, 2017
by Alex Muller
Cancer treatment that creates electric fields in the brain via a cap-like device can buy more months of life for patients with glioblastoma.
Huntingtons breakthrough may stop disease
Posted in Science on 12th Dec, 2017
by Alex Muller
The defect that causes the neurodegenerative disease Huntington's has been corrected in patients for the first time, the BBC has learned.
A new drug treatment cuts migraine days in half
Posted in Medicine on 7th Dec, 2017
by Alex Muller
A drug called erenumab can cut the number of days with migraine symptoms for 50 per cent of patients.
Scientists Find That Smartphone Addiction Alters Your Brain Chemistry
Posted in Medicine on 2nd Dec, 2017
by Alex Muller
Tech addiction might cause a chemical imbalance in the brain.
Patients On Medical Cannabis More Likely To Quit Opioids, Study Finds
Posted in Medicine on 22nd Nov, 2017
by Alex Muller
Patients who can legally treat themselves with medical cannabis stop using prescription opioids or use fewer opiates to care for chronic pain.