http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- Karen Butler has a British-sounding accent, but she's never been to Europe. She woke up from dental surgery one day talking funny. A year and a half later her "foreign" accent remains, and her story has traveled around the world. http://phys.org/news226548921.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:15:34 EST news226548921 (PhysOrg.com) -- A Stanford research team uses glowing nanopillars to give biologists, neurologists and other researchers a deeper, more precise look into living cells. http://phys.org/news221376738.html Nanotechnology Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:33:43 EST news221376738 Age alters memory. But in what ways, and why? These questions comprise a vast puzzle for neurologists and psychologists. A new study looked at one puzzle piece: how older and younger adults encode and recall distracting, or irrelevant, information. The results, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association of Psychological Science, can help scientists better understand memory and aging. http://phys.org/news217789469.html Medicine & Health Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:04:41 EST news217789469 A new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers indicates that physicians who give second opinions may be influenced by the first opinion and other external factors. http://phys.org/news215345882.html Medicine & Health Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:30:01 EST news215345882 As the population ages, neurologists will be challenged by a growing population of patients with stroke, dementia, Parkinson's disease and epilepsy. http://phys.org/news215087484.html Medicine & Health Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:00:01 EST news215087484 The capacity to remember that a zebra has stripes, or that a giraffe is a four-legged mammal, is known as semantic memory. It allows us to assign meaning to words and to recall general knowledge and concepts that we have learned. The deterioration of these capacities is a defining feature of semantic dementia and can also occur in Alzheimer's disease. http://phys.org/news212063815.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:37:07 EST news212063815 People with no health insurance are less likely than the privately insured to receive proper treatment for their migraines, according to a study published in the April 13, 2010, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://phys.org/news190308851.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:00:01 EST news190308851 Innovative smart sensing devices promise to boost mobility and quality of life for the elderly, reduce healthcare costs and even give sports people an edge through more effective training. http://phys.org/news180853754.html Medicine & Health Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:09:32 EST news180853754 Irregular arm swings while walking could be an early sign of Parkinson's disease, according to neurologists who believe early detection may help physicians apply treatments to slow further brain cell damage until strategies to slow disease progression are available. http://phys.org/news179665409.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:30:01 EST news179665409 (PhysOrg.com) -- Neurologists at the University at Buffalo are beginning a research study that could overturn the prevailing wisdom on the cause of multiple sclerosis (MS). The researchers will test the possibility that the symptoms of MS result from narrowing of the primary veins outside the skull, a condition called "chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency," or CCSVI. http://phys.org/news174760709.html Medicine & Health Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:39:06 EST news174760709 Patients with early Parkinson disease appear to have similar overall levels of disability and quality of life six years after beginning treatment with either levodopa or a dopamine agonist, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the May print issue of Archives of Neurology. However, persistent differences are seen in some effects of these medications, including motor symptoms, fluid build-up and sleepiness. http://phys.org/news155842969.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:43:29 EST news155842969 Patients with advanced Parkinson disease (PD) who received deep brain stimulation treatment had more improvement in movement skills and quality of life after six months than patients who received other medical therapy, but also had a higher risk of a serious adverse events, according to a study in the January 7 issue of JAMA. http://phys.org/news150483770.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:02:50 EST news150483770