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Forget Ginkgo Supplements for Dementia Prevention
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (MedPage Today) -- The popular plant supplement Ginkgo biloba does not prevent cognitive decline or halt progress to Alzheimer's disease, researchers here found.
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Growth Hormone No Help Against Alzheimer's Progression
NORTH WALES, Pa. (MedPage Today) -- Stimulating growth hormone secretion in Alzheimer's patients did nothing to help clear beta-amyloid plaques or halt disease progression, researchers found.
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SN: Brains of High-Functioning Elderly Have More Plaques, Fewer Tangles
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The brains of people whose cognition remained super-sharp in their 80s and beyond showed distinct features compared with those with age-normal functioning, a researcher said here.
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AHA: Home INR Monitoring for Warfarin Found Safe as Clinic Testing
NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) -- Finger-stick INR monitoring of warfarin (Coumadin) keeps blood levels within the target range when done by patients at home, according to a randomized trial.
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Treating Depression May Not Improve Outcomes for Cardiovascular Disease Patients
MONTREAL (MedPage Today) -- Treating depression in patients with cardiovascular disease may not help improve cardiac outcomes, researchers reported here.
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Elevated Nonfasting Triglycerides Linked to Stroke Risk
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (MedPage Today) -- Elevated nonfasting triglycerides, previously associated with an increased MI risk, also appear to be linked to risk of ischemic stroke, a population-based study found.
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Gestational Diabetes Linked to Language Impairment in Infants
QUEBEC CITY (MedPage Today) -- Infants born to mothers with gestational diabetes are at increased risk of language impairment in early childhood, researchers here said.
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Less Sleep May Predict Heart Risk in Elderly
TOCHIGI, Japan (MedPage Today) -- Sleeping fewer than seven-and-a-half hours each night could increase the risk of heart disease for older patients, according to researchers here.
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Half of Multiple Sclerosis Patients Fail Interferon Therapy
BETHESDA, Md. (MedPage Today) -- Only eight of 15 relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients treated with interferon achieved and maintained a full response over three years, a small retrospective imaging study found.
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AHA: JUPITER Results Point to Role of Statins for 'Apparently Healthy' Patients
NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) -- Intensive lipid-lowering with rosuvastatin (Crestor) for not even two full years significantly and dramatically reduced the rate of myocardial infarction, stroke, and cardiovascular death in "apparently healthy men and women," researchers reported here.
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Autism Signs Seen by First Birthday
SACRAMENTO (MedPage Today) -- Signs of autism may be evident as early as 12 months of age, researchers here said.
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Gout May Protect Against Risk of Parkinson's Disease
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (MedPage Today) -- Patients with gout were less likely to develop Parkinson's disease, a cohort study found, supporting the purported protective role of uric acid.
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Early Injury May Be a Sign of ADHD
SALT LAKE CITY (MedPage Today) -- Children who sustained injuries at an early age were more likely than other kids to be diagnosed later on with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, researchers here reported.
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Age and Race Play Role in Outcome After Carotid Surgery
NEW YORK (MedPage Today) -- A carotid endarterectomy after age 80, particularly for non-white patients, elevates the risk for stroke or death, researchers here found in a cohort analysis.
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ASN: Kidney Transplantation May Also Benefit the Brain
PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- Patients who undergo a kidney transplant appear to enjoy improved cognitive function, a single-center study showed.
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