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View Post: No evidence yet that cell phones cause brain tumors, Brain ...
3 Dec 2009 by Kathleen Blanchard RN  
Brain & Nervous System. Researchers from Copenhagen say there is no increased risk of brain tumors from using cell phones. The scientists explored the incidence of brain tumors between 1974 and 2003, saying they found no connection ...
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View Post: Going to my head ...: Brain tumour ... symptom control ...
30 Nov 2009 by lesly  
Its site of action is the central nervous system (CNS) although the mechanism by which it produces its antidepressant effect, as with all tricyclic antidepressants, is unknown. Dothiepin has also been found to be useful in some types of ...
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View Post: Gene that spurs deadly brain cancer identified
4 Dec 2009 by Ani  
In cells where Atoh1 is active, it seems to be switched on only during foetal development, when cells proliferate rapidly to fill out the various parts of the nervous system. ... November 23rd, 2009 LONDON - A mutated gene, called IDH1, could be the key to the development of some types of glioma brain tumour. The latest study, by US firm Agios Pharmaceuticals, has revealed that the mutation leads to hugely increased levels of a chemical in the brain, which seems to feed ...
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View Post: Technology News: Med Tech: New Study Calms Cellphone Cancer Fears ...
4 Dec 2009 by Richard Adhikari  
Meningiomas are the most common primary tumors affecting the central nervous system. Most of them grow slowly and are benign. Meningiomas grow from the central layer of the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. ...
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View Post: la vida dulce: Nikki's Surgery
7 hours ago by Summeranne  
This means that benign tumors grow in her body, mostly on/around the central nervous system. She has had brain surgery once before a few years back to have some removed and in October we found out she had two new tumors. ...
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View Post: Eneurology » Blog Archive » Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration ...
4 hours ago by Administrator  
An association between paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration and occult gynecologic cancers (breast or ovarian) was first identified in 1938, and the syndrome was described fully by Brain in 1951.2 Posner found that patients with paraneoplastic ..... Voltz RD, Posner JB, Dalmau J, Graus F. Paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis: an update of the effects of the anti- Hu immune response on the nervous system and tumour. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. Aug 1997;63(2):133-6. ...
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View Post: Today in Mice Articles
Shrinking Brain Tumors with Drugs and ...
22 Aug 2008 by Matt Palmquist   ...
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View Post: Health Watch Center: Chemotherapy Treatment For Brain Tumors Shown ...
3 Dec 2009 by expedient  
Primary central nervous system lymphoma is a form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which affects the brain. This type of brain tumor is difficult to treat, but it can be cured or it can drive into long remission. ...
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View Post: Childhood Brain Tumors have long lasting mark on Survivors
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2 Nov 2009 by Assam News   ...
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