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Sleep loss linked to increase in Alzheimer's plaques
By Michael Purdy -- Chronic sleep deprivation in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease makes Alzheimer's brain plaques appear earlier and more often, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report online this week in Science Express.
Alzheimer's art creates lasting memories
Paintings by dementia patients on display at UCI MIND ...Can an Over-the-Counter Vitamin-Like Substance Slow the Progression of Parkinson's Disease?
Rush University Medical Center is participating in a large-scale, multi-center clinical trial in the U.S. and Canada to determine whether a vitamin-like substance, in high doses, can slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that affects about one million people in the United States....Preparing Army Medics on How to Handle Combat Injuries and Combat Stress Disorders
Rush University Medical Center trains Illinois National Guardsmen ...New treatment for the chronically depressed
A University of Adelaide study has found that mild and repeated doses of magnetic brain stimulation can be an effective treatment for chronic depression....Historic Gene Therapy Trial to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease Underway at Georgetown
Washington, DC -- Researchers in the Memory Disorders Program at Georgetown University Medical Center are now recruiting volunteers for a national gene therapy trial – the first study of its kind for the treatment of patients with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease. ...Pivotal Data Demonstrating Efficacy of Darusentan in Treating Resistant Hypertension Published in The Lancet
Important Findings From First of Two Phase III Studies of Darusentan for Resistant Hypertension ...MRC scientist puts brain training to the test
Medical Research Council (MRC) Scientist Dr Adrian Owen is helping the BBC investigate whether brain training games actually improve brain performance in tonight’s episode of the Bang Goes The Theory. ...Alzheimer’s Society research finds link between infection and memory loss
People with Alzheimer’s disease who develop an infection need to be treated as soon as possible to prevent it worsening their dementia, according to research conducted by Alzheimer’s Society ...Cigarettes, Not Swedish Snuff Linked to Increased Risk of MS
ST. PAUL, Minn. – While smoking cigarettes appears to significantly increase a person’s risk of developing multiple sclerosis, using Swedish snuff does not, according to a study published in the September 1, 2009, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. ...Log in
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- Postpartum Baby Blues Impact Majority of New Moms
- Could standard treatment for traumatic brain injury be wrong?
- Site for alcohol's action in the brain discovered
- Study reveals major genetic differences between blood and tissue cells
- McGill/JGH researchers successfully reverse multiple sclerosis in animals
- Vitamin D, curcumin may help clear amyloid plaques found in Alzheimer's
- An HIV-Blocking Gel for Women
- Evidence of direct link between mutated gene and autism, York U study finds
- Study reveals major genetic differences between blood and tissue cells
- Breast Cancer Survivors Who Receive Lymphedema Education Are More Likely to Have Fewer Symptoms
- Vitamin D deficiency is widespread and on the increase
- The Scripps Research Institute and IAVI Host Symposium to Launch Research Center Dedicated to Solving the Neutralizing Antibody Problem
- Human sperm created from embryonic stem cells
Gerc
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07 September, 2009 06:56:27
Very, very interesting
Prof. dr. V. Gerc
Gerc
on
07 September, 2009 06:54:54
Very, very ineteresting.
Prof. dr. V. Gerc
Carole Martz
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26 August, 2009 01:23:24
Congratulations Nurse Fu and Dr Axelrod on publishing this important study. Thank you for validating what I always knew. Preoperative nursing education regarding lymphedema risk ...
Gary McCallister
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24 August, 2009 12:38:24
This doesn't change much of anything about how we treat patients and alleviate symptoms. All it dos is describe the parasite at a different ...
Doris Coward
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23 August, 2009 05:53:08
Where can I find the full report of this study?
Thank you.