Topic: Brain and Nerve Health
Strokes are not just an affliction of people who are older. Data from Ohio and Kentucky presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2010 show more young people are having strokes while older people are having fewer. The average age of stroke patients in 2005 was nearly three years younger than it was ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with Parkinson's disease face an increased risk of the most deadly type of skin cancer, new research confirms. Exams of more than 2,000 people with Parkinson's disease found that about 1 percent currently had melanoma, Dr. John M. Bertoni of the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha and his colleagues found ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - A large-scale comparative test of three anti-epilepsy drugs found the oldest was best for treating childhood absence epilepsy, in which youngsters often stare into space for up to 20 seconds many times a day. Ethosuximide, available since the 1950s, offered the best protection for the condition. Lamotrigine fared the worst, the researchers reported in the New England Journal ...
A promising Alzheimer's disease drug Pfizer Inc. and a partner are developing failed to work in a late-stage study, a startling disappointment after the potential blockbuster kept symptoms from worsening for a year in a prior test. Pfizer and partner Medivation Inc. said Wednesday ...
