According to US scientists, Gene therapy, which is likely to restore hearing in mice, may prove helpful in humans too.

The scientists found that gene transfer developed functioning hair cells that are considered essential for the inner ear to interpret sounds.

People who have normal hearing their cochlear hair cells can turn sound into electrical signals that are transmitted to the brain. If the cells are lost or damaged once, they

Once the cells are lost or damaged, they cannot be replaced naturally.

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According to Finnish researchers, risk of dementia as well as of stroke considerably decrease by eating tuna and other fatty fish.

The lead author of the study, Jyrki Virtanen of the University of Kuopio in Finland told that ‘silent’ brain lesions that often become the cause of memory loss and dementia occurred less in those people who ate baked or broiled fish high in omega-3 fatty acids.

“The results of some previous studies have shown that fish and fish oil is helpful to avoid stroke, but this is the first study of its kind that examines the effects of fish on brain lesions in older people,” Virtanen further added.

Fish like salmon, mackerel sardines, herring and other foods like walnuts are rich with omega-3 fatty acids. These foods have also shown an anti-inflammatory effect and related to a lower risk of cardiovascular disease.

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Green tea is considered the most widely consumed drink in the world following water. In many Asian families Green tea serves a staple in the diets while it’s reckoned as a part of Chinese and Japanese cultures. In China green tea is the most popular drink and a large number of Green tea’s varieties are found there. The reasons behind Green tea’s popularity are its subtle taste and rich aroma. Usually, Japanese Green tea is steam-dried while Chinese Green tea is oven dried and that is the basic difference between these two. In China, the areas near the border of the Zhejiang and Fujian provinces are quite popular for their green tea production. While in Japan the best green tea is produced in Uji region. …Click here to read more

According to Australian scientists’ report, women who given estrogen (sex hormone) are less likely to suffer hallucination or delusion.

The report published in the Archives of General Psychiatry Journal on Monday and it showed that sex hormone might boost blood flow to the brain.

A UK mental health charity stated that they needed funds for bigger studies in this connection.

Some amount of estrogen is found in men’s bodies while in women it produces in much greater amount and besides other functions it helps to regulate the menstrual cycle.

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According to a pilot study, Intravenous treatment to greatly lower the blood pressure of people who’ve just undergone hemorrhage in the brain may improve their prognosis.

Bleeding in skull often causes a quick climb in blood pressure, which may give further bleeding and the growth of the hematoma (a region of inner bleeding). The background information in the study suggests that it can cause the patient’s condition to get worse and enhance the risk of disability or loss of life.

To lower very high blood pressure as soon as possible in patients, with intracranial hemorrhage, is recommended but there is little support on when to start treatment or how much to lower blood pressure. This takes to wide dissimilarity in managing of high blood pressure in these patients.
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