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Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Can Herbs Curb Alzheimer’s?
According to an animal model study at St. Louis University, extracts from the antioxidants in spearmint and rosemary can improve learning and memory. Researchers are assessing the role that herbs can play in potentially warding off Alzheimer's disease …
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Study: Gastric Bypass Reduces Stroke Risk by 42 Percent
Those who undergo gastric bypass reduce their stroke risk by 42 percent. The finding from research at the Cleveland Clinic also shows that these patients also reduce their risk of experiencing a heart attack by 40 percent. "This study emphasizes that …
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
High Blood Pressure Linked to Alzheimer’s Biomarker Found in Spinal Fluid
According to research published in a recent issue of Neurology, middle-aged people with a high blood pressure measure called pulse pressure are more likely to have biomarkers of Alzhiemer's disease in their spinal fluid than those who have lower pulse …
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Ted Talk: What We’re Learning from 5,000 Brains
Mice, bugs and hamsters are no longer the only way to study the brain. Functional MRI (fMRI) allows scientists to map brain activity in living, breathing, decision-making human beings. Read Montague gives an overview of how this technology is helping …
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Monday, November 18, 2013
Hospital with Neurology Residence Programs More Likely to Administer Life-Saving Stroke Drugs
Research from Johns Hopkins suggests that stroke patients treated at hospitals that house neurology residence programs are much more likely to get life-saving drugs than those treated at other teaching and non-teaching hospitals. The benefit comes from …
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Friday, November 15, 2013
Fasting Twice a Week to Curb Alzheimer’s Onset
Bloomberg reports that researchers are planning to assess the effects fasting from meals has on warding off the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Promising results of mouse-model studies from the U.S. National Institute of Aging indicate that intermittent …
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Friday, November 15, 2013
Predicting Alzheimer’s Progression Based on One Patient Visit
After following two sets of Alzheimer's patients for 10 years, a research team at the Columbia University Medical Center has validated a new means of predicting the trajectory of Alzheimer's disease progression, predicting the time from a single patient …
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
Study Highlights the Need to Treat Freezing Episodes in Parkinson’s Disease
A researcher at the Washington University at St. Louis has found that Parkinson's disease sufferers who undergo freezing episodes (temporary moments in which they experience an inability to move) are more likely to have impaired balance than those who …
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
3-D Video Game May Help Stroke Survivors Regain Lost Motor Skills
A team at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center has developed a therapeutic video game for stroke patients who experience hemiparesis, motor weakness that affects 80 percent of stroke survivors. Hemiparesis is defined as the inability to move …
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