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Consortium opens Alzheimer’s data to global research community

Posted on: 04/03/2015 - 22:04

A public-private Alzheimer’s disease research consortium has christened its open-access research gateway, hoping to speed drug development by sharin... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Unique immune signature present in early chronic fatigue syndrome

Posted on: 27/02/2015 - 19:00

Researchers have identified unique plasma immune signatures that appear earlier in the course of myalgic encephalomyelitis – also known as chronic f... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

IOM report calls for new criteria, new name for chronic fatigue syndrome

Posted on: 10/02/2015 - 20:51

Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME/CFS, should be renamed systemic exertion intolerance disease to better convey the complexity... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Advisory panel: Advanced dementia patients need better access to end-of-life care

Posted on: 28/01/2015 - 14:15

Patients with advanced dementia should have increased access to comprehensive care wherever they live, including the facilities in which they spend th... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

CDC: Opioid use high among reproductive age women

Posted on: 22/01/2015 - 18:00

Nearly 40% of a reproductive age women enrolled in Medicaid and nearly 30% of those with private insurance filled an opioid prescription between 2008 ... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Leuprolide, acetylcholinesterase inhibitor combo hints at effectiveness for Alzheimer’s

Posted on: 05/01/2015 - 21:47

PHILADELPHIA – Leuprolide acetate, in combination with an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, helped to preserve cognitive function in Alzheimer’s disease patients in an exploratory study. The <a...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Amyloid imaging helped to detect high risk for cognitive decline to Alzheimer’s

Posted on: 05/01/2015 - 20:37

PHILADELPHIA – An amyloid PET scan with florbetapir detected which patients with mild cognitive impairment had a high risk for further cognitive dec... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Open wide: new insights into burning mouth syndrome

Posted on: 04/01/2015 - 17:47

AMSTERDAM – The incidence of burning mouth syndrome is considerably lower than previously reported, according to findings from the first population-based study of the disorder. The age- and...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Alzheimer’s a winner in federal spending bill

Posted on: 17/12/2014 - 22:25

*Article updated 12/18/14 The massive $1.1 trillion spending bill that was approved by Congress before it left for an extended recess included several provisions aimed at bolstering...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

FDA panel addresses neurologic risks of epidural steroid injections

Posted on: 26/11/2014 - 15:34

SILVER SPRING, MD. – A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended that a contraindication or warning be added to the labels of injectable corticosteroids, specifically pertaining to...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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