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Top NEWS Post 2-03-2009

Posted February 3rd, 2009 by RedScrubs.com

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Top NEWS Post 1-12-2009

Posted January 12th, 2009 by RedScrubs.com

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  • Antipsychotics Lower Long Term Survival In Alzheimer ’s Disease
  • For patients with Alzheimer’s disease, antipsychotic medications substantially increase one-year mortality risk, researchers found. Patients continued on their antipsychotic medications were 42% more likely to die over a one year period than those switched to a placebo. This is a significant finding. Researchers recommend replacing the antipsychotic therapy with psychological management and, for some symptoms, the addition of memory enhancing drugs such as Namenda or antidepressants such as Celexa.


Top NEWS Post 12-22-2008

Posted December 22nd, 2008 by RedScrubs.com

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  • Not All Dementia Is Called Alzheimers
  • A common form of dementia often mistaken for Alzheimer’s can be prevented with good health habits, a new report says.

    Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI), the second most common cause of dementia, occurs in up to 4 percent of Americans over age 65 and up to 20 percent of those with some form of dementia. Brain damage from multiple small strokes, which can occur from narrowing or blocked arteries in the brain, are often the cause of VCI.


Top NEWS Post 12-8-2008

Posted December 8th, 2008 by RedScrubs.com

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  • New Guidelines For Neuropathy/li>The guidelines recommend that doctors obtain certain blood tests for all patients with numb, painful feet. “People with suspected nerve problems should talk to their doctors about screening tests, especially blood glucose, vitamin B12 level and serum protein levels, since these tests can often point to common causes of neuropathy,” said England, the author of the guidelines. The guidelines,furthermore, recommend tailored genetic testing for accurately diagnosing certain neuropathies that run in families.

Top NEWS Post 12-3-2008

Posted December 2nd, 2008 by RedScrubs.com

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Top NEWS Post 11-19-2008

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Top NEWS Post 11-12-2008

Posted November 12th, 2008 by RedScrubs.com

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  • Newborn Neurons In The Adult Brain Can Settle In The Wrong Neighborhood
  • In a study that could have significant consequences for neural tissue transplantation strategies, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies report that inactivating a specific gene in adult neural stem cells makes nerve cells emerging from those precursors form connections in the wrong part of the adult brain. The nice part of this story is that it emerged from a systems genetics approach, and it continues efforts to apply genetic analysis to find chromosomal regions harboring genes that may play a critical role in neurogenesis.


Top NEWS Post 11-6-2008

Posted November 6th, 2008 by RedScrubs.com

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  • Insomnia Linked to a Neurochemical Abnormality in the Brain
  • Scientists at the American Academy of Sleep Medicine have linked insomnia to a neurochemical abnormality in the brain. The study, which is the first one to link a specific neurochemical abnormality with insomnia, found that gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), the most common inhibitory transmitter in the brain, is reduced by nearly 30% in people who have been suffering from primary insomnia for more than six months. The study limitation included few participants, but the participants ranged in age from 25-55 and consisted of both male and female subjects. A matched control group was included and subjects were adjusted for age, body mass index and gender. According to the study summary, many of the drugs used to treat sleep disorders act as benzodiazepine receptor antagonists, which increase activity at the GABA neurons. The full study may be reviewed in the current issue of the journal Sleep.



Top NEWS Post 10-27-2008

Posted October 27th, 2008 by RedScrubs.com

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  • New MS Therapies Show Promise
  • Multiple sclerosis affects over 400,000 Americans. Now two drugs show promise in treating this disease. Oral fumurate, or BG00012 (an experimental drug) and Campath (a leukemia drug) substantially reduce symptoms in relapse-remitting multiple sclerosis. Although effective, a second trial showed that Camuth had significant side-effects such as bleeding problems, a greater risk of thyroid disorder and a higher incidence of infections. Longer term, phase III trials are already underway with BG00012 to see if the relapse prevention is enough to recommend the drug.





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