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Monday, April 8, 2013
Dementia Cases, Cost of Care Expected to Skyrocket
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has reported that the cost of caring for Americans with dementia is at least as high as treatments from heart disease or cancer, and is likely even more costly. It also is noted that dementia’ …
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Monday, April 8, 2013
President Obama Launches Ambitious Brain Research Initiative
Friday, April 5, 2013
A Link Between Cold Sores and Cognitive Decline?
There is said to be a link between the virus that causes cold sores and viruses like it and cognitive problems. A study published in the Medical Journal of the American Academy of Neurology found that those who had been exposed to pathogens like herpes …
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Friday, April 5, 2013
Tumor or Damaged Tissue? Doctor Uses Brain Chemicals to Identify Growth
Doctors are seeking a way to determine whether a brain tumor is growing again after removal surgery. After a patient developed a mass after having a tumor removed, Robert L. Kagan, MD, used MR spectroscopy to determine whether the mass was cancerous …
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
Rush University Begins Trial for Promising Brain Tumor Drug
Neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago are evaluating a promising new brain tumor treatment. The drug, taken orally with minimal side effects, is focuses on malignant atsrocytomas, which include glioblastomas, and is said …
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
Global Research Using Stem Cells to Understand Alzheimer’s Causes, Possible Cures
An international team of researchers is working to gain a better understanding of Alzheimer’s disease by reprograming skin cells into brain cells. By way of stem cell technology, the team will monitor adult Alzheimer’s brain cells, seeking its causes …
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Study: Personalized Drugs for Pediatric Brain Tumors Could Be On the Way
A new study from pediatric researchers offers insight to how gene-sequencing data could customize treatments based on specific mutations of a child’s brain tumor. After discovering major differences in how a gene mutates, researchers at The Children …
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Vital Stoke Therapy Is Used More Frequently at Certified Primary Stroke Centers
Certified Primary Stroke Centers are three times more likely to administer clot-busting therapies than non-certified centers. A study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association sampled U.S. hospitals, and sheds light on how to increase …
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Cognitive Impairment at Parkinson’s Diagnosis Linked to Higher Risk of Early Dementia
Mild cognitive damage at the time that a patient is diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease appears to be linked with an increased risk of early dementia. Researchers in Norway are seeking to examine the course of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and its …
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Researchers Explore Sudden Epilepsy Deaths
Dravet syndrome (DS) is a treatment-resistant form of epilepsy from which patients have a significantly increased risk of dying from sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP). A team at the University of Washington has explored SUDEP in a mouse …
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