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Why You Wake With A Jolt When You Nod Off (Forget What You've Heard)
Ever awaken with a start just as you're drifting off to sleep? Studies suggest that 60 percent to 70 percent of us experience these "hypnagogic jerks" from time to time. But what causes these...
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Oxygen deprivation counters deadly mitochondrial disease in animals
For most creatures, oxygen is life. But biology is complicated, and researchers hoping to treat diseases in which our cells' energy-providing machinery is faulty now suggest the opposite may also...
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Study Finds Only a Small Portion of Synapses May Be Active During Neurotransmission
Columbia University scientists have developed a new optical technique to study how information is transmitted in the brains of mice. Using this method, they found that only a small portion of...
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Less-Invasive Surgical Technique Puts 11-Year-Old with CP Back on the Court
Marina Pellicciari is a force to be reckoned with, both on and off the basketball court. At age 11, she is an all-around athlete whose hero is Kobe Bryant. She also has cerebral palsy, a...
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ACTION: Natalizumab Did Not Reduce Infarct Volume
Karen Furie, MD interviews Mitch Elkind, MD about the ACTION trial, which was presented at ISC 2016 in Los Angeles.
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Columbia Researchers Create New Model of ALS
Mutations in more than 20 genes are known to cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease, but much of what we know about the disease has been learned from mouse models with...
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Black History Month: Profiles in Service
As founder of Hip Hop Public Health, Dr. Olajide Williams creates and implements multimedia public health interventions that target...
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Adjusting Medication May Prolong Levine’s Tenure at the Met
Mr. Levine and Peter Gelb, the Met’s general manager, paid a visit last week to his neurologist for an update on his condition.
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Dance Returns The 'Joy Of Movement' To People With Parkinson's
If you pictured a dancer, you probably wouldn't imagine someone with Parkinson's disease. Worldwide, there are 10 million people with the progressive movement disorder, and they struggle with...
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This Is What The Perfect Sleep-Inducing Meal Looks Like
You probably already know that a bad night's sleep boosts hormones that promote hunger, meaning you're more likely to overeat the next day. But now a new study in the Journal of Clinical Sleep...
