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New research findings published online in The FASEB Journal provide more evidence that if we get smart about what we eat, our intelligence can improve. As per MIT scientists, dietary nutrients found in a wide range of foods from infant formula to eggs increase brain synapses and improve cognitive abilities........

Intuition, or tacit knowledge, is difficult to measure, so it is often denigrated. A new dissertation in education research from Linkoping University in Sweden shows that there is a neurobiological explanation for how experience-based knowledge is created. "Can't 'splain sump'n to somebody who doesn't understand it"; "my legs think faster than I do" (Swedish alpine skiing champion Ingemar Stenmark). "Skate where the puck´s going, not where it´s been" (Wayne Gretsky).

Dr. Douglas Anderson was among the earliest neurosurgeons in the nation to treat Parkinson's disease with a treatment called deep brain stimulation. Dr. Anderson has treated approximately 50 Parkinson's patients with the therapy, known as DBS. His first patient was a middle-aged woman who used a wheelchair due to her Parkinson's. Dr. Anderson implanted an electrode that delivered mild electrical signals deep in her brain.

Researchers from the University of Adelaide, Australia, have launched the largest study of its kind in the world in a bid to better understand the possible genetic causes of cerebral palsy. The study requiring cheek swabs of mothers and their children aims to gather genetic samples from 10,000 people right across Australia.

New research findings published online in The FASEB Journal provide more evidence that if we get smart about what we eat, our intelligence can improve. According to MIT scientists, dietary nutrients found in a wide range of foods from infant formula to eggs increase brain synapses and improve cognitive abilities.

Interventional Spine, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Company's investigational device exemption (IDE) application for its PercuDyn System for the treatment of degenerative disc disease (DDD). This approval is conditional upon the Company providing some additional information to the FDA. Walter A. Cuevas, Interventional Spine's CEO, observed, "We are pleased by FDA's action.

IRVINE, Calif. -- The likelihood of women developing dementia as they age into their 90s is significantly greater than it is for men, according to researchers here.

computer games offer an exciting and engaging way of helping older people with dementia keep their brain active and learn new skills.