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Hand-held device brings speech to impaired
• Neurology • Feb 24 06
A middle-aged woman makes plans over the telephone to get together with a friend, even though she cannot talk after suffering a stroke.
She…
Surgery, exercise may offer Parkinson’s hope
• Neurology • Feb 24 06
Dr. David Heydrick does not tremble anymore. His pain is gone and he even threw a fast pitch to his son the other day.
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Alzheimer’s decline faster in more educated people
• Neurology • Feb 22 06
The rate of mental decline seen with in patients with Alzheimer’s disease is directly related to the educational level of the affected individual, according…
Diagnostic Indicator for Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Identified
• Neurology • Feb 22 06
Claire Collier went to see her doctor shortly after she started experiencing cramping and other symptoms. This started a series of referrals and seemingly…
Alzheimer’s Disease Progresses More Rapidly in Highly Educated People
• Neurology • Feb 16 06
High levels of education may help ward off Alzheimer’s disease, but they also speed up its progression once developed, reveals research in the Journal…
Risk Takers May Have Lower Rates of Parkinson’s Disease
• Neurology • Feb 16 06
Risk takers may have lower rates of Parkinson’s disease, suggests research in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative…
Testosterone ups quality of life in men with AD
• Neurology • Feb 15 06
A testosterone patch can improve the quality of life for men with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but it seems to have little effect on cognition,…
Risk of Alzheimer’s 80% genetic
• Neurology • Feb 14 06
In the largest twin study to date, researchers in the U.S. looked at the Swedish Twin Registry to see which factors lead to Alzheimer’s…
Alzheimer’s disease appears to be highly heritable
• Neurology • Feb 10 06
In a large study of twins, Alzheimer’s disease appears to be highly heritable and genetic factors may also influence timing of the disease, according…
Virtual reality device aids people with MS
• Neurology • Feb 10 06
Virtual reality visual feedback cues can help people with multiple sclerosis (MS) to walk more quickly and lengthen their stride, Israeli researchers report.
Gait…
Levitra effective for ED due to spinal cord injury
• Neurology • Feb 07 06
The impotence drug Levitra is helpful for men who have erectile dysfunction (ED) caused by spinal cord injury, according to a report in the…
Alzheimer disease has a genetic cause in up to 80 percent of cases
• Neurology • Feb 07 06
Alzheimer disease has a genetic cause in up to 80 percent of cases, according to a University of Southern California- led study of nearly…
Alzheimer’s highly inherited, twins study finds
• Neurology • Feb 07 06
The largest study to date of twins and Alzheimer’s disease indicates that inheritance may play a role in nearly 80 percent of cases, researchers…
New research has implications for treating muscular dystrophy
• Neurology • Jan 27 06
In a surprising discovery with implications for treating muscular dystrophy, researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine and other…
Aspirin may be safe after bleeding in the brain
• Neurology • Jan 23 06
Aspirin is typically prescribed for people at risk of having an ischemic stroke to prevent blood clots. Because aspirin may cause bleeding, it is…
Gene therapy to turn off Parkinson’s
• Neurology • Jan 23 06
A group of Northwestern University researchers is developing a novel gene therapy aimed at selectively turning off one of the genes…
Gene that increases risk for Alzheimer’s disease
• Neurology • Jan 11 06
An international team of researchers, led by investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, are zeroing in on a gene that…
Researchers Uncover Role of Gene Linked to Parkinson’s Disease
• Neurology • Dec 29 05
Researchers at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center’s School of Medicine have uncovered how a gene linked to Parkinson’s disease…
Didgeridoo Playing Improves Your Sleep
• Neurology • Dec 23 05
Regular didgeridoo playing reduces snoring and daytime sleepiness, finds a study published online by the BMJ today.
Snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome are…
Low brain estrogen linked to Alzheimer’s in women
• Neurology • Dec 23 05
Post-mortem studies of the brains of women with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) show a much lower estrogen content than similar women without the disorder, researchers…
New techniques are able to detect and monitor Alzheimer’s disease
• Neurology • Dec 22 05
The search for new measures, or “biomarkers,” to detect Alzheimer’s disease (AD) before signs of memory loss appear has advanced an important step in…
Brain stimulation boosts hand function after stroke
• Neurology • Dec 19 05
Results of a study suggest that a type of magnetic stimulation of the brain - repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation or rTMS - performed on…
Eating fish helps keep older people’s brains sharp
• Neurology • Dec 13 05
Eating fish appears to knock a few years off your mental age - in a good way.
Elderly people who ate fish at least…
Eye Cell Implants Improve Motor Symptoms for Parkinson Patients
• Neurology • Dec 12 05
A preliminary study suggests that implants of cells from the human retina improved motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson disease, and they appear to…
Alzheimer Patients Treated With Testosterone Show Improved Quality of Life
• Neurology • Dec 12 05
The first study of the effects of testosterone on mood, behavior and psychological health in men with mild Alzheimer disease finds significant improvements in…