High blood pressure damages the brain in early middle age
Uncontrolled high blood pressure damages the brain's structure and function as early as young middle-age, and even the brains of middle-aged people who clinically would not be considered to have hypertension have evidence ...
Neuroscience
Oct 31, 2012 |
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Quick, cheap retina scan can predict brain damage caused by multiple sclerosis
An inexpensive, five-minute eye scan can accurately assess the amount of brain damage in people with the debilitating autoimmune disorder multiple sclerosis (MS), and offer clues about how quickly the disease is progressing, ...
Neuroscience
Oct 17, 2012 |
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World's first successful clinical trial to protect the brain from damage caused by stroke
A team of Canadian scientists and clinicians, led by Dr. Michael Hill of the Calgary Stroke Program at Foothills Medical Centre and University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI), have demonstrated that a neuroprotectant ...
Neuroscience
Oct 09, 2012 |
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Ginkgo biloba extract does not prevent Alzheimer's dementia
Ginkgo biloba extract does not significantly reduce the likelihood of diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in older people, according to the results of the largest ever Alzheimer's prevention study in Europe, published in Lancet Ne ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Sep 05, 2012 |
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One in three children who survive meningitis will suffer after-effects
(Medical Xpress)—New research published online first in The Lancet Neurology highlights the long-term, often hidden, after-effects of meningitis in children. The study, led by Professor Russell Viner at the ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 24, 2012 |
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Various metabolic risk factors could be linked to diabetes-related pain with major implications for treatment
Around 1 in 50 people in the general population and 1 in 6 of those aged over 40 years experience neuropathy (damage to the nerves of the peripheral nervous system), which can cause numbness, tingling, pain, or weakness. ...
Neuroscience
May 17, 2012 |
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Researchers say step closer to meningitis B vaccine
Researchers said Monday they were a step closer to developing a vaccine against the type of meningitis that mostly affects Europe and North America and kills hundreds every year.
Medications
May 07, 2012 |
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Mobile stroke unit roughly halves time to diagnosis and treatment of patients with suspected stroke
Using a specialised ambulance or mobile stroke unit (MSU) to assess and treat patients who have had a suspected stroke at the site of the emergency roughly halves the time from the initial call for help to treatment decision, ...
Cardiology
Apr 10, 2012 |
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Parkinson's treatment shows positive results in clinical testing
Researchers from the University of Florida and 14 additional medical centers reported results today in the online version of The Lancet Neurology journal indicating that deep brain stimulation — also known as DBS &# ...
Neuroscience
Jan 11, 2012 |
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'Brain tsunamis' are clue to helping victims of major head injuries
Treating "brain tsunamis” or "killer waves” could stop many victims of major head injury from suffering additional brain damage, a study published in Lancet Neurology has found.
Neuroscience
Dec 07, 2011 |
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New drug seems well-tolerated and merits further investigation in patients with Huntington's disease
A novel drug (pridopidine) that stabilises dopamine signalling in areas of the brain that control movement and coordination, appears well tolerated and warrants further study in patients with Huntington's disease (HD), a ...
Neuroscience
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Blood sugar control beyond standard target doesn't improve cognitive decline for diabetics
Intensive control of blood sugar levels beyond standard targets provides no additional protection against cognitive decline in older people with diabetes than standard treatment, according to a national study coordinated ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Window of opportunity to treat some stroke patients may be longer than originally suspected
Stroke victims may have a longer window of opportunity to receive treatment to save their brain cells, demonstrates a literature review published by University of Alberta medical researchers in Lancet Neurology.
Neuroscience
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Adjunctive antiepileptic drug treatment can lower risk of dying from a sudden unexpected death
New research published Online First in The Lancet Neurology, has found that epilepsy patients who receive additional treatment with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have about a seven times lower risk of dying from a sudden unexpe ...
Neuroscience
Sep 18, 2011 |
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Study finds genetic variation that protects against Parkinson's disease
An international team of researchers led by neuroscientists at Mayo Clinic in Florida has found a genetic variation they say protects against Parkinson's disease. The gene variants cut the risk of developing the disease by ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Aug 31, 2011 |
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