by Ket Patel | Feb 18, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Alzheimer's Disease
A pharmacotherapeutic approach that harnesses the amyloid-beta clearing effects of the apolipoprotein E gene while also activating microglia to clear amyloid plaques from the brains of mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease could become a new treatment strategy to test...
by Ket Patel | Feb 14, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Sleep Disorders
When patients’ sleep cycles are out of synch with the rest of the world, melatonin and light therapy can help. But for night owls – people who fall asleep at 5 a.m. and awake at noon, for instance – it’s important to use a low dose of melatonin, 0.5-1 mg, and it...
by Ket Patel | Feb 11, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Stroke
There may be a correlation between infection and stroke in children, according to research presented at the International Stroke Conference. Acute infection is considered to be a risk factor for stroke in adults, so researchers from the University of California, San...
by Ket Patel | Feb 9, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Movement Disorders
Tai chi improved postural stability and other functional outcomes in patients with mild to moderate Parkinson’s disease to a significantly greater extent than did resistance training over the course of a 6-month period in a randomized, controlled trial. The number of...
by Ket Patel | Feb 5, 2012 | All Videos For Neurology, Stroke
Memory is already impaired years before a stroke occurs, declining most rapidly in people destined to suffer a fatal stroke, according to a population-based study of more than 11,000 people. “For every year that passed [after age 50 years], those who survived a...
