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Alzheimer's And Parkinson's Could Be Treated By Epilepsy Drugs
29 October 2009
Researchers in the USA have discovered a potential new function for anti-epileptic drugs in treating neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. The study, published in BioMed Central's open...
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New TAU Formulation May Slow Down Parkinson's, Alzheimer's And Huntington's Diseases
28 October 2009
Working like an architect, Prof. Hagit Eldar-Finkelman of Tel Aviv University's Sackler School of Medicine is "building" a new drug, L803-MTS, to treat a number of central nervous system (CNS) diseases like Alzheimer's...
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Patients In US 5 Times More Likely To Spend Last Days In ICU Than Patients In England
24 October 2009
Patients who die in the hospital in the United States are almost five times as likely to have spent part of their last hospital stay in the ICU than patients in England. What's more, over the age of 85, ICU usage among...
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