A technology that uses magnetism to regulate neural activity shows a small benefit in patients with mild forms of the disease. On the heels of one failed drug trial after another, a recent study suggests people with early Alzheimer’s disease could reap modest benefits from a device that uses magnetic fields to produce small electric currents in the brain. Alzheimer’s is a degenerative brain disorder that afflicts more than 46 million people worldwide. At present there are no

Kaizen Brain Center in La Jolla is using magnetic stimulation to fight brain disease in former athletes and veterans. For the National Football League, concussions are a real problem. The league knows it. The league is just not happy talking about it. A 2016 congressional report concluded the NFL tried to improperly influence the National Institutes of Health when the NIH was conducting a study about the connection between Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), commonly known as a con

On Saturday, 13 May 2017 current South African Apprentice Log leader, Lyle Hewitson took a bad fall from the Renate du Plessis-trained Gitano Giant in race 3 at Fairview. He sustained a broken collar bone and mild concussion. Fellow sportsman, cruiserweight boxer, Kevin Lerena recommended Dr Harry Papapgapiou in Johannesburg and Lyle managed to get an early flight out of Port Elizabeth on Sunday morning for a consultation. Kevin was on hand to personally introduce Lyle to Dr