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Tests to Predict Heart Problems and Stroke May Be More Useful Predictor of Memory Loss Than Dementia Tests
April 1, 2013 — Risk prediction tools that estimate future risk of heart disease and stroke may be more useful predictors of future decline in cognitive abilities, or memory and thinking, than a dementia risk ... > full story -
Eating More Fiber May Lower Risk of First-Time Stroke
March 28, 2013 — Eating more fiber may decrease your risk of first-time stroke, according to new ... > full story -
Certified Stroke Centers More Likely to Give Clot-Busting Drugs
March 26, 2013 — Stroke patients are three times more likely to receive clot-busting medication if they're treated at a hospital certified as a primary stroke center. There is a limited window of opportunity for ... > full story -
Carmustine Decreases Amyloid Beta Plaques
March 25, 2013 — Long term treatment by carmustine, a chemical relative of mustard gas and already used to treat some types of brain cancer, can decrease the amount of amyloid ² and number of amyloid plaques in ... > full story -
Robot-Delivered Speech and Physical Therapy a Success
March 20, 2013 — In one of the earliest experiments using a humanoid robot to deliver speech and physical therapy to a stroke patient, researchers saw notable speech and physical therapy gains and significant ... > full story -
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Genetic Evidence That New Therapies Targeting Parkinson's Disease May Cause Harm
March 20, 2013 — Researchers have completed a small study that shows genetic and clinical evidence that therapies targeting the expression of alpha-synuclein -- a gene whose function is involved in the development ... > full story -
Spine Patients Who Quit Smoking Report Diminished Pain
March 19, 2013 — Smoking is a known risk factor for back pain and disc disease. In a new study, researchers reviewed smoking cessation rates and related pain in 6,779 patients undergoing treatment for spinal ... > full story -
Pneumonia Patients Nearly Twice as Likely to Suffer from Depression, Impairments
March 18, 2013 — Long-term cognitive and functional impairments that follow pneumonia hospitalization are comparable to the negative health effects of heart ... > full story -
Astrocyte Signaling Sheds Light on Stroke Research
March 18, 2013 — New research suggests that modifying signals sent by astrocytes, our star-shaped brain cells, may help to limit the spread of damage after an ischemic brain stroke. The study in mice determined that ... > full story -
Tau Transmission Model Opens Doors for New Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Therapies
March 15, 2013 — Injecting synthetic tau fibrils into animal models induces Alzheimer's-like tau tangles and imitates the spread of tau pathology, according to new ... > full story
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