Taken from JAMA – by Bruce Sylvester – After analyzing data on nearly 60,000 patients with acute ischemic stroke, researchers report that thrombolytic treatment initiated sooner correlates to… read more.
For many years health the debate was should we prescribe aspirin or the more expensive Plavix, now it seems patients should receive both.
Could cut costs of aftercare – The latest results from the third International Stroke Trial (IST-3) suggest that the drug has the potential to cut costs by reducing… read more.
Fibromyalgia, now recognized as a true health syndrome with origins in the central nervous system, has seen many recent evolutions regarding its diagnosis and management which should instil… read more.
Dietary nicotine may hold protective key. New research reveals that Solanaceae—a flowering plant family with some species producing foods that are edible sources of nicotine—may provide a protective… read more.
FDA Highlights by Bruce Sylvester – Patients suffering chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy treated with the anti-depressant duloxetine for 5 weeks achieved a greater reduction in pain compared with patients… read more.
World Health Matters (Japan) by Gary Finnegan – Addiction may result from abnormal brain circuitry in the frontal cortex, the part of the brain that controls decision-making, according… read more.
Major journal reports study findings. A study in the JAMA Neurology suggests that controlling or preventing risk factors such as hypertension earlier in life may limit or delay the brain… read more.
Research illuminates a molecular mechanism for why a stimulating environment may protect against Alzheimer’s Disease.
The first large, population-based study to follow children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) into adulthood shows that ADHD often doesn’t “go away,” and that children with ADHD are… read more.
World Health Matters – France – by Gary Finnegan – The detrimental effects of obesity are well-documented with public health specialists warning of a tidal wave of diabetes… read more.
World Health Matters – China – by Gary Finnegan – A study of nearly 6,000 people in five provinces in China has shown that people exposed to passive… read more.
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