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Vitamin B6 may cut risk of Parkinson’s disease
• Neurology • Aug 01 06
A higher dietary intake of vitamin B6 may decrease the risk of Parkinson’s disease, a study suggests.
Among more than 5,000 people, Dutch researchers…
How much and what the eye tells the brain
• Neurology • Jul 27 06
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine estimate that the human retina can transmit visual input at about the same rate as…
Head injury may increase risk of Parkinson’s: study
• Neurology • Jul 26 06
A new study supports the hypothesis that head injury increases the risk of Parkinson’s disease (PD). In the study, which included twin pairs in…
Men with Multiple Sclerosis Pass Disease to Offspring More Often than Women
• Neurology • Jul 24 06
According to a new study, men transmit multiple sclerosis (MS) to their children 2.2 times more often than women in families where the father…
High estrogen levels in men tied to mental decline
• Neurology • Jul 24 06
Higher levels of estrogen are associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease in older men, according to a report from…
Guideline Helps Predict Outcome in Comatose Survivors after CPR
• Neurology • Jul 24 06
Certain tests can predict with great accuracy whether a person in a coma after CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) will have a poor outcome, according to…
IVIG Antibodies Provide Lasting Benefits to Alzheimer’s Patients
• Neurology • Jul 18 06
A purified mixture of human antibodies called intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) provides lasting benefits to patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), according to researchers at the…
Growing spinal cord nerves after injury
• Neurology • Jul 18 06
In tests on rats, researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Michigan have developed a treatment that helps spinal cord nerves regrow after…
Executive function and Alzheimer’s disease
• Neurology • Jul 18 06
A new Mayo Clinic study finds that after memory begins to decline, executive function is the next brain function to deteriorate in the progression…
New hope for patients with aggressive multiple sclerosis
• Neurology • Jul 18 06
A new combination treatment regime, for patients with aggressive forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), is offering new hope to a group of patients who…
Improving Outcomes for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
• Neurology • Jul 11 06
Patients with Parkinson’s disease who are undergoing a treatment known as deep brain stimulation may benefit from the direct involvement of a neurologist with…
First trial to investigate effects of cannabinoids on progression of multiple sclerosis
• Neurology • Jul 11 06
Clinicians from across the UK have now embarked on the world’s first trial to investigate whether cannabis derivatives could play a role in slowing…
Smoking Increase Risk of age-related macular degeneration
• Neurology • Jul 11 06
Researchers in Boston studied elderly male twins and found that those who smoke or have a history of smoking had an increased risk of…
Researchers Get Closer to Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease
• Neurology • Jul 06 06
A recent study directed by Mount Sinai School of Medicine identifies a faulty molecule in the brain found in cases of mild cognitive impairment…
Link established between Parkinson’s and pesticides
• Neurology • Jun 27 06
Researchers in the U.S. say they have found evidence that exposure to pesticides may be linked to the development of Parkinson’s disease (PD).
In…
Study shows how ADHD drugs Adderall, Ritalin and Dexedrine work in brain
• Neurology • Jun 27 06
Although millions depend on medications such as Ritalin to quell symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), scientists have struggled to pinpoint how the…
Alzheimer’s Pathology Related to Episodic Memory in Those without Dementia
• Neurology • Jun 26 06
Alzheimer’s pathology can appear in the brains of older men and women without dementia or mild cognitive impairment. The pathology is related to loss…
Pesticide Use Increases Risk of Parkinson’s in Men
• Neurology • Jun 15 06
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that using pesticides for farming or other purposes increases the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease for men. Pesticide exposure…
Calorie Restriction May Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease
• Neurology • Jun 14 06
A recent study directed by Mount Sinai School of Medicine suggests that experimental dietary regimens might calm or even reverse symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease…
Vaccine to treat Alzheimer’s effective and safe
• Neurology • Jun 14 06
According to researchers in Japan they have developed a DNA vaccine that reduces the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in mice without causing side-effects.
Alzheimer’s…
A Sweet Solution for Alzheimer’s Disease?
• Neurology • Jun 13 06
Certain variants of a simple sugar ameliorate Alzheimer’s-like disease in mice, according to a new study by Canadian researchers. Although the new studies are…
Gene Mutation May Influence Age at Onset of Parkinson’s Disease
• Neurology • Jun 12 06
The number of mutations in a gene previously found to be associated with early-onset Parkinson’s disease may influence the age at which the condition…
Gene therapy used to accelerate muscle regeneration
• Neurology • Jun 06 06
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers have successfully used gene therapy to accelerate muscle regeneration in experimental animals with muscle damage, suggesting this…
Coma Misrepresented in Movies
• Neurology • May 09 06
Coma is often misrepresented in movies, which could skew public perception of coma and impact real-life decisions, according to a new study published in…
Epstein-Barr Virus Might Kick-Start Multiple Sclerosis
• Neurology • May 02 06
Researchers have found that patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) carry a population of immune cells that overreact to Epstein-Barr virus. The virus, which causes…