«Deep brain stimulation with electrical pulses may offer hope for patients trapped in a minimally conscious state.»

«Symptoms of mental retardation and autism have been reversed for the first time in laboratory mice.»

«In vitro and animal model data demonstrate that valproic acid (VPA) can ameliorate HIV-associated neurotoxicity. The authors conducted a pilot 10-week placebo-controlled study of VPA 250 mg twice daily in 22 HIV-infected individuals with (n = 16) and without (n = 6) cognitive impairment. VPA was safe and well tolerated, with trends toward improved neuropsychological performance and brain metabolism in the impaired subjects.»

«Kolmoishermosäryn ominaiset piirteet ovat kohtauksellisuus, toistuvat sähköiskua muistuttavat erittäin kovat tuikkauskivut, toispuoleinen esiintyminen kasvojen alueella sekä kivun laukaisevat kosketusärsykkeet.»

«Everything you thought you knew about migraine headaches — except that they are among the worst nonfatal afflictions of humankind — may be wrong. At least that’s what headache researchers now maintain. From long-maligned dietary triggers to the underlying cause of the headaches themselves, longstanding beliefs have been brought into question by recent studies. ~ [...]»

«Huntington’s disease may be about to meet its match with the development of a therapy designed to knock out production of the defective protein that causes the condition. ~ Huntington’s is an untreatable inherited disease in which repetitive sequences of DNA lead to the production of a faulty version of a protein called huntingtin, giving it multiple copies of the amino acid glutamine. As adults, its victims lose their cognitive abilities, suffer involuntary movements and, after a decade or more, die. ~ [...]»

«An ingredient in chocolate may actually be a more effective cough medicine than traditional remedies, a new study suggests. ~ And not only that, the UK-based research showed that the cocoa-derived compound had none of the side effects associated with standard drug treatments for persistent coughs.»

«Herpes zoster (commonly referred to as "shingles") and postherpetic neuralgia result from reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus acquired during the primary varicella infection, or chickenpox. Whereas varicella is generally a disease of childhood, herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia become more common with increasing age. Factors that decrease immune function, such as human immunodeficiency virus infection, chemotherapy, malignancies and chronic corticosteroid use, may also increase the risk of developing herpes zoster. Reactivation of latent varicella-zoster virus from dorsal root ganglia is responsible for the classic dermatomal rash and pain that occur with herpes zoster. Burning pain typically precedes the rash by several days and can persist for several months after the rash resolves. [...]»

«People with viral diseases such as herpes simplex can benefit enormously from a diet that is high in lysine and low in arginine. In the chart, the foods at the top of the list have higher lysine to arginine ratios. ~ Use the chart as a guide or a reference only.»