by Ket Patel | Aug 9, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Alzheimer's Disease
The first evidence of emerging Alzheimer’s disease surfaces at least 1 decade before the onset of the disorder, based on new neuropsychological data reported at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2012. So far, though, there is no single test or...
by Ket Patel | Aug 8, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Alzheimer's Disease
Nonpharmacologic interventions bestow clinically meaningful benefits on patients with dementia, a literature review has concluded. But these aren’t one-size-fits-all activities, Dr. Clive Ballard said at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference. Different...
by Ket Patel | Aug 7, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Alzheimer's Disease
When Alzheimer’s disease patients who took risperidone for psychoses discontinued the drug, they were more than four times more likely to relapse than were those who continued treatment in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. The ADAD (Antipsychotic Discontinuation...
by Ket Patel | Aug 7, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Depression
Depression does more than strike at the heart; it can compromise survival for patients with metastatic kidney cancer. Researchers from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston found that patients with higher levels of cortisol – a stress hormone...
by Ket Patel | Aug 4, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Stroke
Interim results from an ongoing study demonstrated that that a higher pretreatment Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score on computed tomography angiogram images is associated with better outcome following endovascular therapy. “There is no standard imaging...
