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Potential treatment for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, dementia discovered

A drug currently being used to treat leukemia has been found to help halt the production of toxic proteins in the brain linked to Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson’s disease and various forms of dementia. Researchers from Georgetown...

source: Fox News

OHSU researchers' new cloning technique could help patients with Parkinson's, diabetes, multiple sclerosis

Oregon researchers have successfully produced human embryonic stem cells using a new technique that could eventually offer hope for conditions such as Parkinson's disease. A team led by Shoukhrat Mitalopov has successfully...

source: The Oregonian

Alzheimer's research: Biomarkers predict start of mental decline

Researchers have figured out new ways to identify who is at risk of developing Alzheimer's, an incurable brain disease that affects 5.4 million Americans. By studying spinal fluid samples and health data from 201 research participants...

source: The Huffington Post

Skin cancer linked with lower Alzheimer's risk

Though it's smart to take steps to prevent skin cancer, people diagnosed with the non-melanoma types of the disease may have a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, a new study finds. Study participants who had been diagnosed with either basal cell or squamous...

source: Yahoo News

Brain rewires itself after damage or injury, life scientists discover

When the brain's primary "learning center" is damaged, complex new neural circuits arise to compensate for the lost function, say life scientists from UCLA and Australia who have pinpointed the regions of the brain involved in creating...

source: UCLA Newsroom

Berkeley brain injury detector rivals CT in spotting cerebral edema, intracranial hematomas

Suspected brain injuries can be difficult to diagnose, and expensive CT scanners are the best way to look for edemas and hematomas. But CT scanners are large, expensive, ionizing and require specialists to operate. Researchers...

source: Medgadget

Apple's top 11 iPhone apps for nurses

Physicians are widely known as early adopters of smartphones, and that might be partly because they have been a popular subject for researchers conducting surveys about the impact of mobile health in hospitals. But a study last year by Wolters Kluwer Health's Lippincott...

source: MobiHealthNews

8 types of nurses you never knew existed

There are 3.2 million registered nurses in the U.S., and that will not be nearly enough in coming years...

source: PBS

4 factors causing today's nursing decline

While the enrollment has recently soared as the medical profession prepares for the retirement of the baby boomers, there are fewer openings because nurses in their 50s and 60s are putting off retirement. The shortage of nurses has forced a high patient-to-nursing staffing...

source: The Guardian Express

Researchers: Botox a useful tool for brain study

NIH researchers used Botox and other similar toxins to examine how brain cells communicate and discovered a new function for a group of proteins called SNARES.

source: Medical Daily

Increased risk of dementia in patients with mild traumatic brain injury: A nationwide cohort study

It is known that the risk of dementia in patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury is higher. However, the relationship between mild traumatic brain injury and dementia has never been established. This...

source: PLoS ONE

Imaging technique could help traumatic brain injury patients

A new application of an existing medical imaging technology could help predict long-term damage in patients with traumatic brain injury, according to a recent UC San Francisco study.

source: UCSF Today

Young stroke survivors at higher risk for more health problems

If you think stroke is something only older people need to worry about, Robert Pritchard's story may change your mind. The Sugar Hill college student and athlete was headed out for a night with friends last year when he began to feel clumsy...

source: WAGA-TV

A 'FAST' response to stroke can reduce long-term damage

A stroke can strike in an instant, but can change a person's life forever. Remembering the acronym FAST is an easy way to learn how to recognize a stroke and what to do to minimize its long-term damaging effects.

source: Newsday

Riluzole may be neuroprotective in spinal cord injury

For the treatment of spinal cord injury, preliminary safety and neurologic recovery data appear promising for riluzole, which is already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Early findings suggest that riluzole...

source: Medscape

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