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For the first time, computer science researchers have developed an open-source software that allows anyone with basic coding experience to create their own low-cost, DIY sleep-tracking device. Sleep is as essential to survival as food and water. Yet, despite spending a third of our lives in slumber, it largely remains a scientific mystery. Sleep analysis, [...]
Researchers at Utrecht University in the Netherlands have identified a new way in which the toxic protein aggregates associated with Huntington’s disease may damage nerve cells and cause them to die. The study suggests that the aggregates can poke holes in the membrane that separates the nucleus from the rest of the cell, damaging the [...]
Consultant Connect has reported that its health technology has cut the neurology waiting list at Kettering General Hospital by more than half in fewer than two months. With more than 230,000 patients on neurology waiting lists across England and an average wait time of 17 weeks, there is an increasing need for solutions that can [...]
UK charity Cauda Equina Champions has announced the launch of its unique new service to support family members, carers and friends of people affected by Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES). Family members and carers are impacted in a tremendous way after a loved one or friend develops disabilities and mental health problems, following a CES diagnosis. [...]
NR Times recently spoke to Dr Tamara Werner-Kiechle, Therapeutic Area Lead for Neuroscience, PH and CVM in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Tamara leads Johnson & Johnson’s medical affairs strategies and operational plans in EMEA. In this interview, Tamara sheds light on why innovation is urgently needed to address the rising rates of psychiatric [...]
Northern Ireland-based Western Health and Social Care Trust is to pay compensation of nearly £21 million to the family of a baby that suffered brain damage during an emergency caesarean. The young girl, who now has to spend her life in a wheelchair, was left with cerebral palsy and brain damage from an emergency C-section. [...]
Law firm Irwin Mitchell, which has a prominent presence in the serious injury law field, has seen its turnover pass £300 million for the first time. Irwin Mitchell has reported that its growth trajectory has passed £300 million revenue, significantly growing profit before tax in the most recent financial year. The firm has stated that [...]
New findings on how classical music positively impacts on the brain could help to shape clinical practice, researchers say. Their goal is to find more effective ways to use music to activate the brain in those who otherwise don’t respond, such as people with treatment-resistant depression. “Our research integrates the fields of neuroscience, psychiatry, and [...]
Biotech company Coya Therapeutics has provided an update on its pioneering work to slow the progression of neurodegenerative diseases. Coya Therapeutics has provided an update on a number of recent developments including its presentation on updated biomarker data in late April 2024 at the 2nd Annual Johnson Center Symposium. The data revealed that 4-HNE levels [...]
A new study has revealed that patients with a common heart arrhythmia called Atrial Fibrillation have a deficiency in the PITX2 gene which leads to less efficient mitochondria in heart cells. Published in Cardiovascular Research Journal, the study has found a gene deficiency that could lead to reduced energy production in heart cells. Deficiencies in [...]
