Multiple sclerosis not as progressive or disabling as once thought
...y feel the disease leads to inevitable and uniform decline in physical functioning. It also offers vital info...n perception of MS as a disease marked by a steady decline in motor function. These new results are extremely encouraging to the Mayo Clinic researchers, who t...New drug improves outcomes when added to existing therapy for Alzheimer's disease
The drug memantine lessens the decline in cognition and activities of daily living for pa...eatment with placebo was associated with cognitive decline (2.5 decrease in SIB score compared with baseline)." The 19-item Alzheimer Disease Cooperative Act...'Ding' concussions require removal from the game
...n all but four athletes that either or both memory decline and other symptoms persisted for several days beyo...valuation data for each athlete. "We found a clear decline in memory processes and an increase in the self-report of symptoms during the first few days of reco...Alzheimer's researchers begin unique study of tangles
...nces of problem behaviors and affect the cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease. Valproate has been successfully used for about 40 years to treat epilepsy, migraines and bipolar disorder, and may provide new hope for the more than four million Americans suffering with Alzheimer's disease. Th...Ebola virus a threat to great ape populations
...nidentified animal reservoir, triggering a drastic decline in great ape populations which has been observed i...ese carcasses were Ebola-virus infected. The rapid decline in animal populations in this part of Africa could therefore be due to Ebola epidemics. Gene analyse...Risk for lowered cognitive performance is greater in people at high risk for stroke
...and to intervene early in the process of cognitive decline where the benefits of intervention are greatest and most likely to be successful." The individuals included in the study were a community-based sample of 1,011 men and 1,164 women from the Framingham Offspring Study who participated in cognitive test...New method of distinguishing Alzheimer's from Lewy body dementia
...AD and DLB are dementias, that is, classified by a decline in thinking skills greater than expected by age that interferes with the activities of daily living, explained Dr. Ferman. In AD the first loss in thinking skills is in memory; in DLB the earliest loss appears to be with attention and visual percept...Anti-eosinophil therapy shown to be effective in treating hypereosinophilic syndrome
...ts despite on-going systemic steroid therapy. This decline in eosinophil counts was sustained for at least 12 weeks after the last dose of Anti-IL-5. Anti-IL-5 therapy improved the quality of life in all four patients. One patient, who was unable to eat solid foods for several years due to the disease narr...Drop in hormone therapy use shows physicians heed clinical trial findings, Stanford researchers say
...cations, the Stanford study found that the largest decline was in the estrogen/progestin combination - a 56 p...ed on the 2003 data, they estimate the number will decline to 6,500 cases. "A very large population uses these drugs and has been positively affected by the ...Trials on hormone therapy and hypertension treatment change practice, medication usage of patients
... rates observed through July 2003 remain stable, a decline to 57 million prescriptions for 2003, similar to t...ysicians, patients also played a major role in the decline in hormone therapy use that we observed," the researchers write. (JAMA. 2004; 291:47-53. Available ...Midlife brain crisis spawns late-life Alzheimer's
...iring develops until middle age and then begins to decline as the breakdown of myelin triggers a destructive domino affect. Our time at the peak is short indeed," Bartzokis said. "The challenge for science and medicine is to figure out how to extend the brain's peak performance so that our minds function as ...SARS outbreak in Beijing spread rapidly, was controlled fairly quickly
...ated SARS wards in hospitals predated the steepest decline in cases. During the outbreak, 30,178 persons were quarantined. Among 2,195 quarantined close contacts in 5 districts, the attack rate was 6.3 percent, with a range of 15.4 percent among spouses to 0.36 percent among work and school contacts. The att...Fitness in young adulthood protects heart health in middle age
...e epidemic of obesity in the United States and the decline in people's physical activity, it's important that Americans take steps to improve their physical fitness," she said. Heart disease and stroke are the first and third leading causes of death for Americans. According to the National Heart, Lung and B...Poor fitness in young adults associated with eventual development of cardiovascular problems
...the current obesity epidemic and observations of a decline in daily energy expenditure in the population, improving cardiorespiratory fitness in young men and women and developing public health policies that encourage physical activity should be important health policy goals," the authors conclude.(JAMA. 200...Young adult fitness protects heart health in middle age
...e epidemic of obesity in the United States and the decline in people's physical activity, it's important that Americans take steps to improve their physical fitness," cautionedDr. Mercedes Carnethon, Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago. "If all the young adults in our stu...Clinical trial of Alzheimer's disease drug shows clear reductions in AD development
...imer's disease slowed the progression of cognitive decline in a group of patients with moderate to severe symptoms. The findings of the trials into the effectiveness of the drug Clioquinol on the treatment of AD, carried out by UCL's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences and Prana Biotechnology L...Surgical technique may reduce pain after tonsillectomy
...journals. According to the article, despite the decline in the number of tonsillectomies performed in the past few decades, the procedure remains one of the most commonly performed surgeries. New technologies have evolved in surgery that shorten the surgery time, including the use of electrocautery (usin...Novel 'metal-chelation' therapy may be helpful in patients with Alzheimer disease
...beta-amyloid levels and slow the rate of cognitive decline in patients with AD. The compound is thought to work by inhibiting zinc and copper ions from binding to beta-amyloid, thereby helping to dissolve the protein and preventing it from accumulating. Therapies that block metal ions from interacting with...Use of antivirals by HIV-infected persons reduced their ability to infect partners
...ehavior meant that rates of new infections did not decline sharply, but remained roughly stable for the perio...nd condom use. Researchers found a per partnership decline of 60 percent in risk of becoming infected that occurred following the introduction and the widespre...Distress-prone people more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease
...0th percentile. Proneness to stress was related to decline in episodic memory. Episodic memory is measured by asking participants to recall a list of words or a story. Problems with episodic memory are typical in people with Alzheimer's disease. Episodic memory ability declined 10 times faster in those high ...