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Treatment may need to be modified for elderly brain cancer patients
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive type of brain tumor, accounts for a majority of the brain tumors seen in patients 65 years or older. This segment of the population is growing faster than any other age group and ...
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Amalgam fillings don't affect children's brain development, says study
Jan 25, 2008 |
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Dental amalgam tooth fillings do not adversely affect children’s brain development and neurological status, researchers report in the February issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association.
Sudden hearing loss could indicate future stroke
Jun 27, 2008 |
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[B]American Heart Association rapid access journal report[/B] Preliminary research culled from a national medical insurance records database in Taiwan suggests that sudden loss of hearing might be an early sign of vulnerability to ...
Jefferson neurosurgeon helps draft new treatment guidelines for brain metastases
Dec 10, 2009 |
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New treatment guidelines for patients with brain metastases are now available from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). David Andrews, M.D., F.A.C.S., ...
Link found between history of periodontitis and cerebrovascular disease in men
Jun 30, 2009 |
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The potential role of periodontitis, an inflammatory disease of the gums, in the risk of cardiovascular disease, particularly ischemic stroke, has received growing attention during the last decade. A new study is the first ...
Researchers find gene that contributes to two common neurological movement disorders
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida and their collaborators worldwide have discovered that a single gene promotes development of essential tremor in some patients and Parkinson's disease in others. These are ...
Coffee Consumption Associated with Reduced Risk of Advanced Prostate Cancer
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While it is too early for physicians to start advising their male patients to take up the habit of regular coffee drinking, data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers ...
Post-cardiac arrest care key to survival
Oct 23, 2008 |
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The urgent need for treatment doesn't end when a person regains a pulse after suffering sudden cardiac arrest — healthcare providers need to move quickly into post-cardiac arrest care to keep a person alive and ensure the ...
First national and evidence-based guidelines for brain cancer released
Oct 26, 2009 |
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The first national treatment guidelines for brain metastases, which account for nearly 500,000 new cancers annually in the United States, were released today at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in New Orleans.
Noninvasive screening test may detect narrowing in intracranial stents
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Great advances have been made in treating blockages in the arteries of the brain using angioplasty to widen the narrowed artery and a stent to hold the artery open. However, in-stent stenosis, or a re-blockage of the artery ...
Association found between Parkinson's disease and pesticide exposure in French farm workers
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 04, 2009 |
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June 04, 2009 - The cause of Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most frequent neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease, is unknown, but in most cases it is believed to involve a combination of environmental risk ...
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