Tag Archive | neurology
LabBook April 5, 2013
Scouring the English Channel for microbes, bird mummies and more in this week’s LabBook.
LabBook December 7, 2012
Welcome to LabBook, our weekly roundup of University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences research news from around campus and the world wide web. Each Friday, LabBook will recap the week on the blog, link to news stories about our faculty and studies, and briefly summarize a handful of recent publications by our researchers. THIS […]
Chicago Ideas Week at the Forefront of Neuroscience
Last Friday we hosted our first Chicago Ideas Week event, one of the first opportunities for the public to take a look at the new Center for Care and Discovery. Held in the beautiful seventh floor Sky Lobby of our new hospital, the event provided a glimpse into the future of neurological medicine and advanced […]
A Stem Cell Trojan Horse Against Brain Tumors
The medical playbook against tumors is typically a three-pronged approach: cut as much of the tumor out as possible, then attack it with radiation and chemotherapy drugs. But some tumors don’t make it easy. Brain tumors, for example, are difficult to extract without causing serious and permanent damage to surrounding healthy tissue. Whole brain radiation […]
A Dress Rehearsal For Brain Death
In the movies, death in the hospital is usually portrayed as a clear-cut event. A steadily beeping heart monitor changes to a high-pitched drone, the doctor sadly removes his mask, and the family begins to mourn. But in reality, judging when life has truly ended is often a complex and nuanced task. With ventilators, heart […]
Drugs & Exercise: A 1-2 Punch for Parkinson’s?
Exercise is increasingly an important component of treating Parkinson’s disease. To supplement the effects of medication or surgery, Parkinson’s patients may undergo physical therapy or programs such as Tai Chi to improve motor symptoms including balance, gait, and tremor. Generally, the idea behind these exercises is to strengthen the body’s muscles to compensate for the […]
Bringing Focus to a Blurry Diagnosis
Diseases, unfortunately, don’t come with an easy-to-read label. Physicians spend much of their time decoding their patient’s list of symptoms and a variety of examination and test results into a proper diagnosis, in order to determine the best possible treatment. The degree of difficulty is even higher for neurological diseases, where the intricacy of the […]
