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Migraine Associated With Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

According to research, women who have migraines with aura could be more likely to...

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Insomnia and Short Sleep Duration Associated With Increased Mortality Risk

According to research, men with insomnia and sleep duration of six or fewer hours...

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Walnut Consumption Significantly Decreases LDL Cholesterol

Researchers have found that high-walnut-enriched diets significantly decreased total and LDL cholesterol for the...

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Dietary Fat Linked to Pancreatic Cancer

According to a study, high intake of dietary fats from red meat and dairy...

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New Evidence Why Repair of Myelin Fails in Multiple Sclerosis

Research has uncovered new evidence suggesting that damage to nerve cells in people with...

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Memory Test Helps Understand Parkinson's Disease Effect on Behavior

A new neuropsychological memory test developed by Dr. Mark Gluck, is helping to uncover...

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Patient Receives Cardiac Stem Cells in Clinical Trial

Doctors at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute have announced the completion of the first procedure...

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Obesity Increases Aggressive Prostate Cancer Risk

According to the findings from a randomized, controlled clinical trial, obesity is associated with...

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Device Highlighted As an Effective Treatment for High Blood Pressure

RESPeRATE, the only medical device cleared by the FDA and CE-approved for the adjunctive...

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Vibration Plate Machines Could Aid Weight Loss and Shed Belly Fat

According to research, with proper use, vibration plate exercise machines could trim the particularly...

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Olive Oil Intake Reduces Blood Pressure and Could Reduce Cancer Risk

The olive tree, Olea europaea, is native to the Mediterranean basin and parts of...

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Grapes May Help Fight High Blood Pressure and Heart Disease

A University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center study suggests that eating grapes helps fight high...

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Omega-3 Fatty Acids Reduce Risk of Advanced Prostate Cancer

According to a study by John S. Witte and colleagues, omega-3 fatty acids appear...

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Discovery Offers Hope for Diagnosis and Treatment of Alzheimer's

Researchers have made a discovery that offers new hope for the early diagnosis and...

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New Technique Could Be Useful In the Early Detection of Alzheimer's

A diagnostic technique which may greatly simplify the detection of Alzheimer's has been discovered by researchers. A new technique called near-infrared (NIR) biospectroscopy was able to identify...

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Researchers Make Multiple Sclerosis Genetic Discovery

Australian and New Zealand researchers have discovered two new locations of genes in multiple sclerosis which could help to unravel the causes of the disease and other...

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The Association between Smoking and Alzheimer's Risk

Some studies have suggested a protective effect of smoking on Alzheimer's. Meta-analyses of case-control and cohort studies to investigate the risk of Alzheimer's associated with smoking found...

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New Insights into the Causes of Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is a nervous system disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. It damages the myelin sheath, the material that surrounds and protects the nerve...

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Discovery Offers Hope of Early Alzheimer's Test and Treatment

Researchers in Japan have detected a peptide in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that can show whether a person is developing Alzheimer's. Measuring the level of this peptide could...

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Breastfeeding Beneficial for Women with Multiple Sclerosis

According to researchers, women with multiple sclerosis who breastfeed exclusively for at least two months appear less likely to experience a relapse within a year after their...

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Obesity can Increase the Risk of Alzheimer’s by as Much as 80 Per Cent

According to a review of 10 international studies, included a sophisticated meta-analysis of seven of the studies, being obese can increase the risk of Alzheimer’s by as...

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Mid Life High Cholesterol Increases the Risk of Alzheimer's

According to research, people with high cholesterol in their early 40s are more likely to develop Alzheimer's than those with low cholesterol. "Our findings show it would...

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Association Found Between Parkinson's Disease and Pesticide Exposure

Parkinson's disease is the second most frequent neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. The cause of Parkinson's disease is unknown, but in most cases it is believed to...

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Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s is an irreversible, progressive disease of the brain that slowly destroys memory and causes problems with thinking and behavior. Eventually nearly all mental functions will fail,...

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Treating Sleep Apnea Improves Cognition in Alzheimer's Patients

According to the results of a randomized clinical trial, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment seems to improve cognitive functioning in patients with Alzheimer's who also suffer...

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Possible Link between Vitamin D Deficiency and Alzheimer's

There are several risk factors for the development of Alzheimer's and vascular dementia. Based on an increasing number of studies linking these risk factors with Vitamin D...

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Statins Could Have a Negative Impact in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

According to researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute, statins, a commonly prescribed class of drugs used by millions worldwide to lower blood cholesterol levels, could actually have...

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Ginkgo Biloba Extract Offers Some Benefit for Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic neurological disease afflicting young and middle-aged adults, resulting in problems with coordination, strength, cognition, affect, and sensation. Researchers conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled,...

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Discovery Offers Hope for Diagnosis and Treatment of Alzheimer's

Researchers have made a discovery that offers new hope for the early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's leads to severe mental degeneration and almost-inevitable death,...

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Software Developed That Analyzes MR Images to Diagnose Alzheimer’s

Researchers have developed software to analyze MRI studies of the brain that could allow diagnosis of Alzheimer's and of mild cognitive impairment, a lesser form of dementia...

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The Possible Role of Vitamin D in Multiple Sclerosis

Research suggests that having higher circulating levels of vitamin D is associated with a reduced risk for multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis is among the most common neurological...

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Predicting Dementia Risk in Elderly

Research suggests that memory loss is one of the very few symptoms that may signal when 70-year-olds are at risk of developing dementia. According to the study,...

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Rapid Loss of Weight in Elderly Could Be a Sign of Dementia

New research shows that the elderly who are thinner or are losing weight rapidly are at a higher risk of developing dementia, especially if they were overweight...

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2009 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures

Alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause of all deaths in the United States, and the fifth leading cause of death in Americans aged 65 and older....

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