180 Results From "neurological diseases"

researchers claim in a study published last month in Cells Report Physical Sciences that they've developed a way to charge the implants solely through breathing movements — potentially making them completely self-sufficient.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Build Brain Implant Powered Completely by User’s Breathing

A massive study on alcohol consumption found that those who drank to the point of passing out developed dementia at over twice the normal rate.
Neuroscience and Brain

Research Links Blackout Drinking to Doubled Dementia Risk

This Rhode Island man's story of his terrifying and rare brain mold condition reminds us that disease truly is everywhere.
Neuroscience and Brain

Man Alarmed When Doctors Discover Black Mold Growing on His Brain

A new study found that a small amount of light can impact your cardiovascular function while you sleep and increase insulin resistance when you wake up.
Sleep

If There’s Any Light in Your Room When You Sleep, This Research Might Worry You

Scientists have discovered a molecular signal that can help them create a pill that replicates the effects of exercise without the actual exercise.
Developments

Researchers Say Newly-Discovered Particle Could Help Create “Exercise in a Pill”

Scientists discovered that a protein called sonic hedgehog seems to play a huge role in Parkinson's, potentially revealing new treatment opportunities.
Brain

Brain Protein Named After Sonic the Hedgehog May Be Key to Treating Parkinson’s

As part of a Huntington's trial, researchers found that high doses of ketamine were capable of switching on and off the brain activity in sheep.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Gave Ketamine to Sheep and Were Baffled by the Result

A massive study identified a long list of medical conditions that appear to be linked to cases of adult ADHD, and experts say it may help reshape treatment.
Studies

Adult ADHD Is Linked to a Ton of Serious Diseases

Roughly one in three coronavirus patients are diagnosed with some sort of neurological or psychological condition within six months, according to a study.
Brain

A Third of COVID Patients Are Diagnosed With “Brain Disease”

After a casualty on Sunday, officials in India are now scrambling to nip a new outbreak of the extremely-deadly Nipah virus in the bud.
Developments

Extremely Deadly Virus Spreading in India

There's a growing body of evidence that the chemical TCE, banned in several countries but common in the US, is causing a huge wave of Parkinson's Disease.
Developments

A Common Chemical Is Causing a Huge Wave of Parkinson’s Disease, Doctor Warns

Scientists built a nanobot swarm that can read and transmit your brain activity, allowing them to wirelessly diagnose disease or analyze neural signals.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Create Injectable Swarm of Brain Reading Nanosensors

IBM developed an algorithm that can predict who might develop Alzheimer's disease by spotting changes in their writing style.
Developments

IBM Algorithm Can Tell Who’s Going to Get Alzheimer’s by Reading Their Writing

Synchron CEO and founder Thomas Oxley explains how his neural implant startup beat Neuralink in the race to achieve FDA approval.
Neuroscience and Brain

How a Small Neurotech Startup Beat Elon Musk’s Neuralink to Human Studies

A gruesome study found that one kind of brain cell actually gets more active and starts to grow for hours after people die.
Neuroscience and Brain

After You Die, Some Cells in Your Brain Become More Active

A new approach to brain-computer interface takes away implants and replaces them with millions of nanoparticles that can read neural activity.
Neuroscience and Brain

DARPA Is Funding Nanoparticles That Permeate Brain to Read Neural Signals

Elon Musk recently claimed that Neuralink tech would be able to "cure" autism, along with schizophrenia. But autism isn't a brain disease that needs a cure.
Neuroscience and Brain

Elon Musk Claims Neuralink Can “Solve” Autism, Schizophrenia

An Australian soccer player with an injury that left him with quadriplegia is learning to walk again with the help of a robotic exoskeleton.
Health & Medicine

Paralyzed Soccer Player Walks Again Using Exoskeleton Suit

Doctors studying the cadavers of people who died from COVID-19 identified traces of the coronavirus in half of their brains.
Viruses

Doctors Find Coronavirus in Brains of Cadavers

There's a growing body of evidence, the New York Times reports, that COVID adversely affects the memory and concentration of some patients.
Neuroscience and Brain

Doctors Say Many COVID Survivors Have Memory Loss, Brain Fog