Oncology & Cancer
Antiviral drug may extend brain cancer survival, researchers say
(HealthDay)—A drug used against a common virus may lengthen the lives of people with a deadly form of brain cancer, a preliminary study suggests.
Sep 5, 2013
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Page 24 - News tagged with brain infection
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Risk of dementia doubles for elderly patients hospitalized with infections, study finds
Elderly patients who were hospitalized with infections, such as pneumonia, were more than twice as likely to develop dementia than those who did not have an infection, according to a University of Pittsburgh study, which ...
Sep 2, 2013
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Medications
FDA investigating PML in patient taking MS drug
(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating the possible association between a rare brain infection and the multiple sclerosis (MS) drug Gilenya (fingolimod), according to a drug safety alert issued ...
Aug 31, 2013
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Neuroscience
Study identifies new culprit that may make aging brains susceptible to neurodegenerative diseases
The steady accumulation of a protein in healthy, aging brains may explain seniors' vulnerability to neurodegenerative disorders, a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine reports.
Aug 13, 2013
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Neuroscience
Material in dissolvable sutures could treat brain infections, reducing hospital stays
A plastic material already used in absorbable surgical sutures and other medical devices shows promise for continuous administration of antibiotics to patients with brain infections, scientists are reporting in a new study. ...
Aug 7, 2013
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Medical research
Methamphetamine increases susceptibility to deadly fungal infection
Methamphetamine use can make a person more susceptible to the lung infection cryptococcosis, according to a study published in mBio, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.
Jul 30, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Experimental vaccine shows promise against TB meningitis
A team of Johns Hopkins researchers working with animals has developed a vaccine that prevents the virulent TB bacterium from invading the brain and causing the highly lethal condition TB meningitis, a disease that disproportionately ...
Jun 11, 2013
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Medical research
Brain parasite has potential to unlock neurobiology secrets
(Medical Xpress)—Dr. Anita Koshy sees a common and typically harmless brain parasite as a potential key to unlocking secrets of neurobiology that can be used to intervene in diseases such as Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis.
Jun 11, 2013
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Medical research
Researchers reveal malaria's deadly grip
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, the University of Oxford, NIMR Tanzania and Retrogenix LTD, have identified how malaria parasites growing inside red ...
Jun 5, 2013
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Medications
Study finds new pneumococcal vaccine appears to be as safe as previously used vaccine
The new 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) appears to be as safe as the previous version used prior to 2010, the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7), according to a Kaiser Permanente study published ...
May 22, 2013
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