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Cancer More Common in People With Sleep Apnea
The recent findings of significantly increased risk for cancer incidence and mortality in people with sleep apnea echo previous in vitro and animal studies that found...
Medical Food, Supplement Appear Helpful for Dementias
Medical foods and supplements designed to support neural health and function may soon expand treatment options for common forms of dementia based on the results of two...
Experimental Drug Improves Cognition, Memory in Alzheimer’s
An investigational drug has shown promise in improving memory and cognition in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease in a 6-month, randomized,...
Sleep Problems May Increase Risk for Dementia
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Disordered sleep in mid- to late life is associated with an increased risk for future cognitive impairment and may alter the dynamics of the...
Panel Discusses Direction of Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Neurologists Dr. Richard Caselli and Dr. Marwan Sabbagh discuss the direction of Alzheimer’s disease research and some of the hot topics at the 2012 Alzheimer’s...
Sleep Problems May Increase Risk for Dementia
Disordered sleep in mid- to late life is associated with an increased risk for future cognitive impairment and may alter the dynamics of the Alzheimer’s...
Treating Childhood Sleep Apnea Improved Cognitive Function
Treating childhood sleep apnea normalized levels of neuronal metabolites in the brain and improved attention at other measures of cognitive function, explains Dr. Ann...
Duloxetine Eases Pain of Chemo-Induced Neuropathy
The antidepressant duloxetine reduces chronic pain from chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy with fewer side effects than with current therapies, according to...
Federal Funds Launch First Alzheimer’s Prevention Study
The first-ever primary prevention trial for Alzheimer’s disease will investigate whether immunotherapy can delay – or even stop – the disease in a group of subjects who...
Treat Comorbid Depression in Breast Cancer Patients
Cancer patients deserve to receive aggressive treatment for comorbid depression. Dr. David Spiegel and his team of researchers at Stanford University found that...
Genetic Discoveries May Help Kids With ADHD, Expert Says
Recent discoveries in epigenetics could soon make a clinical difference for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, and other...
Adjuvant PCV Chemo Hikes Oligodendroglioma Survival
Patients with newly diagnosed anaplastic oligodendroglial tumors with chromosome 1p and 19q deletions live dramatically longer lives if PCV chemotherapy is added before...
Clot-Busters Safely Treated Wake-Up Stroke Patients
A review of a stroke registry shows that it may be safe to give clot-busting therapy to "wake-up" stroke patients who have the same clinical and imaging features as...
Anemia Triples Post-Stroke Mortality Risk
Patients with a very low or a very high hematocrit are at higher risk for death after a stroke, and anemic patients are at greatest risk, according to a study presented...
Memory Declines Years Before Stroke Strikes
Memory is already impaired years before a stroke occurs, declining most rapidly in people destined to suffer a fatal stroke, according to a population-based study of...
Progesterone Quells Some Intractable Catamenial Seizures
Cyclical natural progesterone appears to reduce the frequency of catamenial seizures in some women, a placebo-controlled study has found. Women with a large number of...
Gamma Knife Surgery Cuts Seizures in Tumor Patients
Gamma Knife surgery significantly reduced the number of seizures in a subset of patients with rare congenital tumors, based on data from a prospective trial of 64...
Despite Potential Gains, Patients Balk at Epilepsy Surgery
Despite the very real chance of living a seizure-free life, many epilepsy patients with an excellent surgical prognosis continue to walk away from the procedures....
Gamma Knife Surgery Cuts Seizures in Tumor Patients
Gamma Knife surgery significantly reduced the number of seizures in a subset of patients with rare congenital tumors, based on data from a prospective trial of 64...