FPN || Neurology

GI symptoms common in Parkinson’s disease and related disorders

Posted on: 20/03/2015 - 12:33

Gastrointestinal dysfunction commonly affected patients with Parkinson’s disease, atypical parkinsonism, and vascular parkinsonism, and several GI s... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Study identifies factors for minimizing the impact of Alzheimer’s genetic risk

Posted on: 09/03/2015 - 20:37

Participants in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition study who carried the apolipoprotein E–epsilon 4 allele had some degree of protection from t... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

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

Pathologic proteins in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s also collect in skin cells

Posted on: 24/02/2015 - 21:00

The same dysregulated proteins that form in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinson’s disease appear to clump within their sk... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Recommendations mixed on oral contraceptives for female migraineurs

Posted on: 04/12/2014 - 16:22

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Experts have not reached consensus on prescribing oral contraceptives for women with migraine, revealing the need for better studies of stroke risk in these patients, said Dr....

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Randomized trial assesses behavioral weight loss as migraine treatment

Posted on: 03/12/2014 - 22:33

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. - The first randomized, controlled trial of behavioral weight loss as a treatment for migraine in women is underway, with results expected in mid-2016. The trial “provides an...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Diabetes in midlife raises dementia risk

Posted on: 01/12/2014 - 22:00

Adults with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes in midlife had greater cognitive decline over the next 20 years than did people without diabetes, according to the findings from a large prospective cohort...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Energy drink poison control calls involved cardiac, neurologic effects

Posted on: 16/11/2014 - 15:38

Children under 6 years old are among those at the highest risk for poison control calls related to energy drinks, yet those most likely to experience moderate or major clinical effects from energy...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Three-minute assessment detected most cases of delirium

Posted on: 20/10/2014 - 22:00

A shortened version of the Confusion Assessment Method took 3 minutes to administer and identified...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

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