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Thursday, March 20, 2014
Blood Pressure Medications Given Right After Stroke Not Beneficial
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that giving stroke patients medications to lower their blood pressure during the first 48 hours after a stroke does not reduce the likelihood of death or major disability …
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Thursday, March 20, 2014
Antidepressant Holds Promise in Treating Alzheimer’s Agitation
A recent study led by Johns Hopkins University, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found the antidepressant drug citalopram (brand names Celexa and Cipramil) significantly relieved agitation in a group of patients with Alzheimer …
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Novel Brain-training Research Helps Baseball Players
Results from a study published in the journal Current Biology showed how the University of California, Riverside’s (UCR) baseball team improved their stats after participating in brain-training research. Before the start of the 2013 baseball season …
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Alzheimer’s Disease May Show up Decades Early on Brain Scans
People who are dementia free, but have two parents with Alzheimer’s disease, may show signs of the disease on brain scans decades before symptoms appear, according to a recent study published in the journal Neurology. During the study, 52 people free …
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014
HIV More Prevalent in Mental Health Patients, Study Shows
According to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health, researchers from Penn Medicine and other institutions found that people receiving mental health care are up to four times more likely to be infected with HIV than the general population …
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014
New Depression Treatments Reported
According to an evidence-based report in the journal Current Psychiatry, new treatments for depression will include new medications, electrical and magnetic stimulation of the brain, and long-term cognitive behavioral therapy for stress management. Commonly …
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Monday, March 17, 2014
Vitamin C May Reduce Stroke Risk
According to a study published by the American Academy of Neurology, eating foods that contain vitamin C may reduce the risk of the most common type of hemorrhagic stroke. Hemorrhagic stroke, although less common than ischemic stroke, is often more deadly …
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Monday, March 17, 2014
Undiagnosed Sleep Problems May Increase MS Patients’ Fatigue
A study conducted by the University of Michigan found that a large proportion of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients may have an undiagnosed sleeping disorder, increasing the fatigue often associated with the condition. Fifty-six percent of the 195 patients …
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Friday, March 14, 2014
Researchers Hijack Cancer Migration to Move Brain Tumors
Research published in the journal Nature Materials reported a new technique that researchers are using to move tumors from inoperable locations to more accessible ones. In order to lure tumors to new locations, the researchers created nanofibers made …
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Friday, March 14, 2014
Study Affirms Efficacy of Bracing for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
The results from a recent study conducted by the Scoliosis Research Society show that bracing of adolescents with moderate scoliosis is an effective treatment for the reduction of the number of patients who advance to the need for surgery. The study, …
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