by Ket Patel | Nov 26, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Alzheimer's Disease
In addition to raising the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, the apolipoprotein E e4 allele appears to confer strong risks for Lewy body and Parkinson’s dementia – diseases that do not exhibit Alzheimer’s characteristic beta-amyloid plaques. The findings suggest that, in...
by Ket Patel | Nov 20, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Psychosis
Patients with an at-risk mental state for psychosis gradually lost hippocampal volume as analyzed with MRI even though only about half of them progressed to full psychosis, according to a longitudinal study published in Schizophrenia Research. Among the 18 patients...
by Ket Patel | Nov 20, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Psychosis
First-episode psychosis patients who continue to use marijuana after beginning treatment are more likely to adhere to their medication regimen than are cannabis users who quit. But continued users also are more likely to have increased levels of symptoms after...
by Ket Patel | Nov 19, 2012 | Latest Articles
Patient survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest improved substantially in recent years, according to a report from a large registry published online Nov. 15 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Moreover, the rate of clinically significant neurologic disability...
by Ket Patel | Nov 19, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Sleep Disorders
Administration of zolpidem in hospital patients is associated with a significantly higher risk of falls according to a Mayo Clinic study published Nov. 19 in the Journal of Hospital Medicine. After accounting for a large range of confounders, the researchers found...