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☆ At-home brain stimulation relieves symptoms of depression, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —A headset worn at home that zaps the brain with the energy of a 9-volt battery could help relieve symptoms of depression, a new study shows. Rebalancing brain activity in depressionThe device is available in the UK, Norway, Hong Kong and countries in the EU. Studies show that people with depression tend to have less brain activity than normal in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and more brain activity than normal in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex. A ‘spicy’ sensation with brain benefitsLeana De Hoyos, a 34-year-old mother of two who lives in Houston, was one of the study participants. Helping people use brain stimulation at homeFu says that when her team started looking at transcranial direct current stimulation for depression, they first reviewed the medical literature.

Persons: ”, Rodrigo Machado, Vieira, Machado, It’s, it’s overactive, Daniel Mansson, Cynthia Fu, Fu, Leana De Hoyos, De Hoyos, didn’t, ” De Hoyos, I’m, you’ve, “, ’, ” Fu, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, “ We’re, Mansson, hasn’t Organizations: CNN, Nature Medicine, Therapeutics, US Food and Drug Administration, Neuroscience, King’s College London, CNN Health, “ Locations: UTHealth, Norway, Hong Kong, Swedish, United States, Houston, Europe

☆ Jessica Warner-Judd: Runner provisionally diagnosed with epilepsy after collapsing at European Athletics Championships
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —British distance runner Jessica Warner-Judd says that she has provisionally been diagnosed with a form of epilepsy after collapsing mid-race at the European Athletics Championships. Warner-Judd was competing in the final of the women’s 10,000 meters in Rome when she had a seizure with about 600 meters left until the finish. “From getting the bus to the warm up track, I can’t explain it – something felt off,” Warner-Judd wrote in the post. “It has been an incredibly tough couple of months and has culminated in me being provisionally diagnosed with focal epilepsy,” she added. The 29-year-old, who placed eighth at last year’s world championships, thanked British Athletics and her friends and family for their support over the past few months.

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☆ My son had seizures every day, and we worried about his future. A brain implant changed his life.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Teddy was the youngest person in the country to get a brain implant to help. Teddy didn't smile at us or reach for objects, but at first, his doctors weren't concerned that he wasn't meeting milestones. Teddy has seen a reduction in his seizures since receiving the brain implant. Courtesy Children's NebraskaI knew if we didn't do something, I worried Teddy would dieI knew the doctor was right. Yet the treatment we were considering, a brain implant called responsive neurostimulation (RNS), was only approved for adults.

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☆ 'Incredibly compelling': The pros love small-cap stocks right now. Here are their top picks
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Matt Orton, chief market strategist at Raymond James Investment Management, was the latest to urge investors to "strategically add" to small-cap stocks right now. Tom Ognar, senior portfolio manager at Allspring Global Investments, said small- and mid-cap stocks look the "most incrementally interesting" among growth stocks. "We're very attuned to the valuation discounts currently being afforded to small- and mid-cap stocks after protracted periods of underperformance relative to large-cap stocks," he said. It screened for the best small-cap stocks to play an economic recovery. RBC Capital Markets also released, in a September note, an updated list of what it called "high conviction" U.S. small-cap growth recommendations.

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☆ Mitch McConnell might be freezing up in public because he's having small seizures, doctors suggest
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Mitch McConnell froze once again during a press conference on Wednesday. Doctors have speculated that the Senate Minority Leader may be experiencing seizures. Last month, McConnell had a similarly awkward moment when he abruptly stopped speaking during a press conference at the Capitol. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe supposed seizures could be connected to a series of falls and a concussion in March experienced by McConnell, Thaler told WCVB-TV. Vossel said that age is a major risk factor for these types of seizures, more so than experiencing a fall, per DailyMail.com.

Persons: Mitch McConnell, Doctors, McConnell, David Thaler, Thaler, WCVB, Keith Vossel, DailyMail.com, Vossel, Jonathan Reiner Organizations: Wednesday, Service, CNN, Capitol, Tufts Medical Center, WCVB, University of California, Johns Hopkins Medicine, George Washington University Locations: Wall, Silicon, Los Angeles

☆ Meet the British composer living with a rare type of epilepsy that is triggered by music
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Determined to carry on with their love of music, Bec found a way to overcome their condition. Liza Bec, a professional composer, discovered in 2008 that music — the very thing they had devoted their life to — was causing their epilepsy. "It was complete horror," Bec told Insider: "I just thought: 'I'm going to die. A condition that affects one in 10 million peopleLiza Bec, playing their roborecorder. Doctors told Bec they should go on medication and avoid playing music to avoid damaging their brain further.

☆ Hong Kong is criminalizing CBD as a ‘dangerous drug’ alongside heroin
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Hong Kong CNN —Two years ago, cannabidiol was booming in Hong Kong. CBD cookies at the Found cafe in Hong Kong on August 11, 2022. And while CBD products could avoid this trace amount by using a pure form of CBD, most manufacturers mix other compounds for higher potency. From 2019 to early 2022, Hong Kong authorities launched nearly 120 “operations” seizing and testing CBD products from restaurants and shops to warehouses, Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung said last year. Now “there’s less choice for consumers in Hong Kong.

☆ Ученые описали повреждения мозга, связанные с COVID-19
▼ + stars: | 2020-09-28 | by ( ) point.md time to read: +1 min

Американские ученые обобщили данные более 80 исследований и описали общую картину изменений в головном мозге при COVID-19. "Мы обнаружили более 600 таких пациентов, — приводятся в пресс-релизе Медицинского колледжа Бейлора слова одного из авторов статьи Зульфи Ханифа (Zulfi Haneef), доцента кафедры неврологии и нейрофизиологии. — Раньше, когда мы видели единичные случаи, мы думали, что это просто совпадения, но теперь мы можем с уверенностью сказать, что они связаны с COVID-19". Наиболее частыми отклонениями по результатам ЭЭГ были: торможение или аномальный электрический разряд, в основном в лобной доле. Ученые обнаружили, что около трети больных имели аномальные нейровизуализации, также локализованные в лобной доле мозга.

Persons: Зульфи Ханифа (Zulfi Haneef) Organizations: of Epilepsy, Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy, Медицинский колледж, Университет Питтсбурга Locations: Бейлор

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