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Relapses more frequent in patients diagnosed with pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients who develop multiple sclerosis before age 18 appear to experience more relapses of symptoms than those diagnosed with the disease as adults, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Neurology.


Stroke patients who reach hospitals within 'golden hour' twice as likely to get clot-busting drug

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients who arrived at specific hospitals within one hour of experiencing stroke symptoms received a powerful clot-busting drug twice as often as those who arrived later in the approved time window for treatment, according ...


Arrival method, slow response often delay stroke care

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 08, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Most stroke patients can't recall when their symptoms started or do not arrive at the hospital in a timely manner, so they cannot be considered for time-dependent therapies such as the clot-busting drug tissue plasminogen ...


Adolescents' gambling a part of a cluster of problem behaviors

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ten percent of young adolescent boys -- or one in 10 -- exhibit a symptom of conduct disorder as well as a symptom of risky or problem gambling, according to new research findings from the University at Buffalo's Research ...


Symptom screening plus a simple blood test improves early detection of ovarian cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 23, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women's reports of persistent, recent-onset symptoms linked to ovarian cancer – abdominal or pelvic pain, difficulty eating or feeling full quickly and abdominal bloating – when combined with the CA125 blood test may improve ...


Tamiflu touted for child use

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 16, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The maker of the anti-viral Tamiflu said the drug is effective for treatment and prevention of influenza in young children.


Adolescents' gambling a part of a cluster of problem behaviors

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ten percent of young adolescent boys -- or one in 10 -- exhibit a symptom of conduct disorder as well as a symptom of risky or problem gambling, according to new research findings from the University at Buffalo's ...


Increasing general practice opening hours could prevent recurrent strokes

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 19, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Increasing general practice opening hours would improve the opportunity for assessment and urgent referral to specialist care of patients with a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke, which could prevent over 500 ...


Young adults with stroke symptoms are sometimes misdiagnosed in emergency rooms

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the Misdiagnosis of Acute Stroke in the Young During Initial Presentation in the Emergency Room study, researchers reviewed data on 57 patients, ages 16 to 50 years old, enrolled since 2001 in the Young Stroke Registry ...


Depression may be early Parkinson's sign

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 28, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

U.S. researchers say depression may be an early symptom of Parkinson's disease.


How to execute dietary management in eating disorder patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Substances that provoke gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with eating disorders (ED) can impact negatively on their nutritional rehabilitation. An Australian research group has found that ingestion of fructose-sorbitol ...


Ability to quit smoking may depend on ADHD symptoms, Columbia researchers find

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 21, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tobacco use is more prevalent and smoking cessation less likely among persons with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (A.D.H.D.) In a study of smokers with attention deficit and hyperactivity symptoms, those who exhibited ...


Culture and depression

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 15, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The expectation that East-Asian people emphasize physical symptoms of depression (e.g. headaches, poor appetite or aches/pains in the body) is widely acknowledged, yet the few available empirical studies report mixed data ...


Investigational neurostimulation device aims to reduce stroke damage

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stroke researchers at the Methodist Neurological Institute in Houston are the only ones in Texas to offer a novel device that might extend the acute stroke treatment window from three hours to 24.


MS is more aggressive in children but slower to cause disability than in adults

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Magnetic resonance images (MRI) of patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in childhood show that pediatric onset multiple sclerosis is more aggressive, and causes more brain lesions, than MS diagnosed in adulthood, researchers ...