Jon Hamilton

1 week ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Jon Hamilton

Patients suffering from Parkinson's disease may soon benefit from a powerful treatment option: stem-cell transplants. In a pair of small studies designed primarily to test safety, two teams of researchers found that stem cells transplanted into the brains of Parkinson's patients began producing the chemical messenger dopamine and appeared to ease symptoms like tremor, researchers reported in the journal Nature.

3 weeks ago | m.kuow.org | Jon Hamilton

New tests of blood and spinal fluid could help doctors quickly identify patients who would most benefit from treatment. Getty Images When doctors suspect Alzheimer's, they can order a blood test to learn whether a patient's brain contains the sticky amyloid plaques that are a hallmark of the disease. But the results of that test won't tell the whole story, says Dr. Randall Bateman, a neurology professor at Washington University in St. Louis.

1 month ago | npr.org | Jon Hamilton

Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died three years after being diagnosed with glioblastoma, a brain cancer that is nearly always fatal.

1 month ago | kpbs.org | Jon Hamilton

Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, was diagnosed with glioblastoma in early 2022. She died in Utah on Sunday at age 49, her family reported on the social media site X. Love's death offers a reminder that doctors have made little progress in treating this form of brain cancer, which is diagnosed in more than 12,000 people each year in the United States. Most die within two years.

1 month ago | ctpublic.org | Jon Hamilton

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