Less cognitive impairment seen in women taking drug for osteoporosis
.... Yaffe is UCSF associate professor of psychiatry, neurology and epidemiology and chief of geriatric psychiatry at SFVAMC. Raloxifene is one of the most broadly prescribed drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis (it is also used to treat breast cancer). It is manufactured by Eli Lilly, which sponsored the tria...2005 Potamkin Prize goes to neurologists for research in early detection of Alzheimer's disease
... Washington University. Petersen is a professor of neurology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minn., and director of the Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. Morris' research has focused on early stage Alzheimer's disease. "Intense interest in prodromal stages of Alzheimer's disease ha...Insomnia, falls in elderly linked
... help for it." Chervin, an associate professor of neurology who directs the U-M's Sleep Disorders Center, notes that the new study is by far the largest and most comprehensive ever to focus on the relationship between sleep, falls and hypnotic drug use among nursing home residents. The data in the study came ...Children's hospital neurologist receives Young Investigator Award in spinal muscular atrophy
...L, Minn. Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD, an instructor of neurology at Children's Hospital Boston, has been selected t...nce at Children's Hospital Boston and professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School. Greenberg will support Sahin's research by providing advice and guidance....Neurology Now magazine launches at AAN meeting
...rterly issue will highlight the latest advances in neurology research and treatment. Articles will provide tips for living and coping with disorders including Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, migraine, multiple sclerosis, neuropathy, Parkinson's disease, and stroke, among other conditions. The premier issue will...Rats with migraines provide Jefferson scientists insights to improved drug strategy
...s are helping Dr. Oshinsky, assistant professor of neurology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, study how migraine treatments work. In recent experiments, the animals provided evidence showing that DHE, a standard drug currently used to treat acute migraine pain can al...Spirituality, religious practice may slow progression of Alzheimer's disease
...are in Toronto, Ontario and is now the director of neurology services at The Sarah Herzog Memorial Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel. "Spirituality and religiosity have been linked to better health outcomes," said Kaufman. "Our research addressed the question whether this link is also relevant in Alzheimer's disea...Some Alzheimer's patients can benefit from drug memantine
...for it," says Dr. Piero G. Antuono, a professor of neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. "It produces a delay in the progression of the disease for some time." Memantine and other treatments for severe Alzheimer's disease "raise ethical issues," McShane says. "It is possible that the drug only extends...Brain imaging study explains Williams syndrome language gifts
...Paul Thompson, associate professor in residence of neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA....Data suggest bypass surgery free of long-term brain effects
...ient," said author Ola Selnes, Ph.D., professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. "We believe most patients who experience cognitive decline will return to their baseline by three months or sooner." The exceptions, according to Selnes, might include older patients and those with ri...American Academy of Neurology sums up scientific highlights from 57th annual meeting
...rogram Subcommittee and chair of the department of neurology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Highlights included: Parkinson's Disease Active duty military service increases the risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to researchers from California. Men who served in World War II and Vietnam were...The World Congress on Cornelia de Lange Syndrome in Italy
...rfranco and Luisa Mariani NPO Foundation for child neurology is proud to announce that the world annual congress dedicated to the Cornelia de Lange Syndrome will be held in Italy for the first time from 16th to 19th June 2005 in the Fattoria La Principina Conference Centre at Principina Terra (Grosseto). The ...Antibiotic might fight HIV-induced neurological problems
...sizes Ned Sacktor, M.D., an associate professor of neurology at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center who wasn't involved with the current study, but who is one of the physicians planning the clinical trial. "One needs to proceed with a clinical research trial first to prove its safety and efficacy against ...Study suggests antibiotic may limit or prevent vision problems caused by diabetes
..., Penn State College of Medicine, and professor of neurology and neuroscience, University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey. "These results confirm studies that showed that diabetes causes an early increase in the expression of inflammatory mediators within the retina, and it shows that minocycline reduc...OHSU study says national injury prevention program working
...ns' own states. Edward Neuwelt, M.D., professor of neurology and neurological surgery, OHSU School of Medicine, and director of ThinkFirst Oregon, helped bring the program to the state in the mid-1980s after he worked with Watts at the University of Texas in Parkland. He said that since its inception in Oregon...Changes in brain receptors linked to seizures and anxiety during the menstrual cycle
...e brain, said Dr. Istvan Mody, Coelho professor of neurology at the Reed Neurological Research Center at the Da...h, research associate, all from the departments of neurology and physiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA....Narcotic drugs effective for severe, chronic pain in older patients
...te Buntin-Mushock, MD, research fellow in the UCSF neurology and anesthesia departments. Co-authors are Lisa Phillip, MD, and Kumi Moriyama, MD, both in the anesthesia department at UCSF. The research is supported in part by the U.S. Public Health Service. Lead author on the animal study is Yan Wang, MD, postd...Harvard Medical School and Project A.L.S. join forces to target ALS research
...nce, HCNR has brought together neuroscientists and neurology researchers working at HMS, its affiliated teaching hospitals, and throughout Harvard. Its strategy is to rapidly apply basic neuroscience discoveries to clinical needs, with an ultimate objective of reducing the impact of neurodegenerative disease, ...Protein essential for hearing also vital for pain perception
...ia-Aoveros, assistant professor of anesthesiology, neurology and physiology at Feinberg and the Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience and a fellow of the Hugh Knowles Center for Hearing Research, described the dual role of the protein, TRPA1, in the cover article of the April 20 issue of the Journ...Breathing disorders during sleep are common among asthmatics, may help predict severe asthma
...their apnea," says Chervin, associate professor of neurology at the U-M Medical School. He also notes that many asthmatics complain of daytime sleepiness, which is often assumed to be a result of the asthma itself. Instead, the study is finding that apnea symptoms rather than asthma severity best predict dayti...