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Monday, July 13, 2015
Neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s Disease Lessened by Potential New Drug Class
According to a study recently published in The Journal of Biological Chemistry, researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham found a potential new class of drugs to treat Parkinson’s disease after experiments in the brains of rats showed …
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Friday, July 10, 2015
Geographical Location Has Huge Impact on Stroke Treatment
A new study on the usage of cutting-edge clot-removing drugs in stroke treatment revealed that the drugs are only being utilized in particular regions of the U.S., leading to a survival rate often tied to local geography of the patient. Researchers from …
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Friday, July 10, 2015
Alzheimer’s Disease Progression Different in Patients With Down Syndrome
A study recently conducted by researchers from the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging revealed differences in the way brain inflammation — a key contributing factor to Alzheimer’s disease — is expressed in different subsets …
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Thursday, July 9, 2015
Study Suggests Which Glioblastoma Patients May Benefit From Drug Treatment
New trials of a drug known as dasatinib, previously approved to treat several blood cancers, tested the substance against glioblastomas to determine if the treatment was applicable. According to researchers from Mayo Clinic, in a study published in the …
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Thursday, July 9, 2015
Study Highlights Important Safety Issue with Widely Used MRI Contrast Agents
In a study recently published in the journal Investigative Radiology, a major safety concern was highlighted regarding a class of MRI contrast agents used in millions of patients each year. The study adds to concerns that repeated use of specific “ …
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Molecular Classification May Improve Method Physicians Use to Diagnose and Treat Gliomas
Analysis of the molecular structure of brain tumors into new categories with unique features and outcomes may drastically improve current treatment methods by targeting ideal techniques. A team of researchers from the Mayo Clinic and the University of …
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Research Shows Verbal Working Memory Can Aid Childhood Deception
According to a study recently published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, researchers from the University of North Florida and the University of Sheffield, U.K., found that the working memory helps children tell better lies. The higher …
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Research Finds Males and Females Process Chronic Pain Differently
New findings indicate that the pain mechanisms of male and female mammals differ enough to cause disparity in research, leading to proposals that test subjects be divided by gender to accurately gauge average effects. Researchers with the University …
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Overall Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Rate Remains Stable
According to a study recently published in the journal JAMA, between 1993 and 2012, the incidence rate of acute traumatic spinal cord injury remained relatively stable in the U.S., although there was an increase among older adults due to falls. Despite …
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Monday, July 6, 2015
First Publicly Funded Spinal Cord Stimulation Study Results Revealed
Results from the first publicly funded randomized controlled trial of spinal cord stimulation, presented at the 12th World Congress of the International Neuromodulation Society, found that a fully powered clinical trial is feasible in refractory chronic …
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