The news about Alzheimer’s disease is just not good. Here is the latest unpleasant fact to sink your teeth into: One in three seniors in the United States dies with Alzheimer’s or another dementia. That’s what the Alzheimer’s Association announced this week when it released its “2013 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts..
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People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have issues with memory, attention, and concentration have signs of extensive brain damage, according to a recent study. The research, published this month in the online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) , found that those with..
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Rapper Lil Wayne remained hospitalized in Los Angeles and recovering after suffering a seizure Friday, according to CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/15/showbiz/lil-wayne-seizure/index.html Twitter had been flooded with speculation that the New Orleans singer had been placed in an induced coma and was near death. But the artist’s Twitter account put out this tweet..
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The full page ads began running in The New York Times this week. “The brain has all the knowledge,” the ad says. “Yet we have very little knowledge about the brain.” The ad explains that General Electric and the National Football League are teaming up to form the Head Health..
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Here’s a breakthrough, though not in the lab, that could tremendously boost research on Alzheimer’s drugs: The Food and Drug Administration plans to ease up its requirements to approve such medications. It was actually more than a month ago, in early February, that the FDA announced its new draft guidance..
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The Wall Street Journal Wednesday did what I consider the best concise explanation and analysis of the legal issues raised by the more than 200 concussion lawsuits that have been filed by current and ex-NFL players against the league. The story, “The NFL’s Courtroom Playbook,” was written by Matthew Futterman...
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Here’s more frightening research about brain injury: Just one concussion may cause lasting damage to the brain, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130312092642.htm “This is the first study that shows brain areas undergo measurable volume loss after concussion,” Dr. Yvonne Lui, neuroradiology section chief..
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I had no sooner written a blog about Kelly Osbourne still being hospitalized following a seizure last week that news broke that she had been released, according to E! Entertainment Television. http://www.eonline.com/news/396610/kelly-osbourne-out-of-the-hospital-with-clean-bill-of-health-after-suffering-seizure “After a five-day hospital stay, Kelly Osbourne has returned home and has been given a clean bill of..
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People are speculating about what caused Kelly Osbourne to have a seizure while on the set of her show, “Fashion Police.” Lavender-haired Osbourne, 28, has been at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles since she had her seizure last week, according to People magazine. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20681076,00.html?ncid=wsc-dl-cards-headline There has been speculation that..
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Members of the New York Police Department’s football team will be getting so-called “bumpers,” or protective padding on their helmets, to safeguard them against brain trauma, the New York Daily News said Monday. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-footballers-protective-helmet-add-ons-article-1.1284774 The padding is called Shockstrip, and it is placed on the outside of football helmets. It..
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