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To Prevent Death Or Disability Seek Immediate Care When Stroke Symptoms Occur
• Neurology • • Stroke • Jan 15 09
Recognizing the symptoms of stroke and seeking immediate treatment could save your life. What’s immediate? Ideally, treatment for ischemic stroke - the most common…
Compression devices calm restless legs: study
• Neurology • Jan 15 09
The results of a study suggest that compression devices can produce significant improvements in patients with restless legs syndrome, a movement disorder that causes…
Carpal tunnel syndrome incidence rising
• Neurology • Jan 14 09
A report in the January 6th issue of Neurology suggests that the incidence of medically diagnosed carpal tunnel syndrome has increased dramatically during the…
Common Mechanism May Underlie Many Neurodegenerative Diseases
• Neurology • Jan 12 09
Discovery in a Rare Brain Disorder Suggests a Common Mechanism May Underlie Many Neurodegenerative Diseases
A Mayo Clinic-led international consortium has found a mechanism…
Workers Exposed to Lead Show More Cognitive Problems Later in Life
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 12 09
Both the developing brain and the aging brain can suffer from lead exposure. For older people, a buildup of lead from earlier exposure may…
Alzheimer’s risk upped in senior smokers
• Brain • • Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 09 09
Older adults who smoke may face an elevated risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests.
In an analysis of two dozen previous…
Study Yields Clues About the Evolution of Epilepsy
• Epilepsy • • Neurology • Jan 06 09
Two children have a seizure. One child never has another seizure. Twenty years later, the other child has a series of seizures and is…
Study Examines Impact of Managed Care on Stroke Prevention Surgery
• Neurology • • Stroke • • Surgery • Dec 29 08
Policymakers and economists often promote managed-care plans based on the assumption that they prevent the overuse of unnecessary surgical procedures or help steer patients…
Large waist size a good predictor of stroke risk
• Neurology • • Stroke • Dec 25 08
A large waist circumference, which is known to raise the risk of cardiovascular disease, may also raise the risk of stroke or mini-stroke, researchers…
Two Biomarkers Improve Prediction of Stroke Risk
• Neurology • • Stroke • Dec 19 08
Two common biomarkers have now been shown to improve the ability to predict who will suffer from a stroke. Results from new research conducted…
Alzheimer’s Disease: Women Affected More Often than Men
• Brain • • Gender: Female • • Neurology • Dec 19 08
Nearly 4.5 million people suffer from Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in our country, and more than half of them are women, according to the…
Happiness is contagious: study
• Neurology • • Public Health • Dec 05 08
Happiness is contagious, researchers reported on Thursday.
The same team that demonstrated obesity and smoking spread in networks has shown that the more happy…
Multiple sclerosis seen associated with headache
• Headaches • • Neurology • Dec 04 08
Patients with multiple sclerosis are more apt to suffer from headaches than the general population, results of a study hint.
Multiple sclerosis, or…
Exercise helps prevent age-related brain changes in older adults
• Brain • • Neurology • Dec 01 08
Older adults who exercise regularly show increased cerebral blood flow and a greater number of small blood vessels in the brain, according to findings…
Do You Know You’re Having a Stroke?
• Neurology • • Stroke • Nov 26 08
A Mayo Clinic study shows a majority of stroke patients don’t think they’re having a stroke - and as a result - delay seeking…
Experts Available to Discuss Alzheimer’s Disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Nov 21 08
An estimated five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s, a disease that affects parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and language and…
New Compounds Aimed at Muscular Dystrophy
• Neurology • Nov 19 08
Scientists have identified a promising set of new compounds in the fight against muscular dystrophy.
Using a drug-discovery technique in which molecules compete against…
Scientists are High on Idea that Marijuna Reduces Memory Impairment
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 19 08
The more research they do, the more evidence Ohio State University scientists find that specific elements of marijuana can be good for the aging…
Expectations Drive Patient Preferences for Treatment of Spine Problems
• Neurology • Nov 17 08
For patients with low back pain caused by a herniated disk, expectations of good results without surgery are the main factor affecting the preference…
In child care, relationships with caregivers key to children’s stress levels
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Nov 14 08
How children are affected by out-of-home care depends not only on the qualities of their teacher and the classroom, but also on the nature…
Alzheimer’s Gene Slows Export of Toxic Protein
• Genetics • • Neurology • Nov 14 08
The only known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease slows down the brain’s ability to export a toxic protein known as amyloid-beta that is…
Estrogen, Testosterone May Affect Atherosclerosis
• Brain • • Endocrinology • • Neurology • Nov 12 08
Naturally produced sex hormones may influence the risk and progression of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, Johns Hopkins researchers report in a recent…
Hormone Shows Promise in Reversing Alzheimer’s and Stroke
• Endocrinology • • Neurology • • Stroke • Nov 12 08
Saint Louis University researchers have identified a novel way of getting a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease and stroke into the brain where it…
Stress affects older adults more than young adults
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Oct 28 08
Life can be stressful, whether you’re an individual watching the stock market crash or a commuter stuck in traffic. A new study, forthcoming in…
A high-fat diet could promote the development of Alzheimer’s
• Dieting • • Neurology • Oct 28 08
A team of Université Laval researchers has shown that the main neurological markers for Alzheimer’s disease are exacerbated in the brains of mice fed…