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FDA advisors urge physician certification for flibanserin

Posted on: 23/06/2015 - 19:24

Without the option of recommending physician certification as a condition for flibanserin approval, the Food and Drug Administration advisory panel vote might have shifted against approval of the...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Oil- and nut-supplemented Mediterranean diet improves elderly cognition

Posted on: 11/05/2015 - 16:00

A Mediterranean diet supplemented by nuts or olive oil was associated with improved cognitive function in people aged 55-80 years, according to Cinta ... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Cerebrospinal fluid marker predicts brain atrophy

Posted on: 13/04/2015 - 16:00

Baseline levels of visinin-like protein 1 in the cerebrospinal fluid were significant predictors of whole brain and regional brain atrophy, based on d... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

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

Mutations identified for phenytoin-related severe skin reactions

Posted on: 05/08/2014 - 21:00

Mutations in the CYP2C genes on chromosome 10 appear to predispose carriers to severe adverse cutaneous reactions to the antiepileptic drug phenytoin, according to a report published Aug. 5 in...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Widowhood paradoxically does not increase risk of dementia in older adults

Posted on: 04/08/2014 - 21:10

COPENHAGEN – Losing a spouse has been associated with the broken heart syndrome and other adverse health outcomes, but the loss seems to have a paradoxical effect on the development of dementia. An...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Investigative eye amyloid test shines a light on Alzheimer’s pathology

Posted on: 16/07/2014 - 17:45

COPENHAGEN – When it comes to beta-amyloid plaques, the eyes may be more than a poetic window to the soul – they also may be mirrors of pathology developing in the brain. It turns out that the eye,...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Don’t brush off subjective memory decline

Posted on: 16/07/2014 - 16:10

COPENHAGEN – Researchers are paying more attention to subjective cognitive decline – a patient’s perceived notion of memory loss – even if the patients complete various cognitive tests with flying...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

VIDEO: New genetic research could identify Alzheimer’s therapy targets

Posted on: 16/07/2014 - 15:40

COPENHAGEN – The National Institutes of Health recently awarded $24 million to eight academic centers to analyze the human genome and identify genes that either increase the risk of Alzheimer’s...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Cerebral microbleeds’ depth may reveal dementia type

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 22:05

COPENHAGEN – The location of cerebral microbleeds appears to be strongly associated with dementia subtypes, perhaps reflecting the disorders’ underlying pathologies. "This regional association...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

FDA advisors urge physician certification for flibanserin

Oil- and nut-supplemented Mediterranean diet improves elderly cognition

Cerebrospinal fluid marker predicts brain atrophy

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

Mutations identified for phenytoin-related severe skin reactions

Widowhood paradoxically does not increase risk of dementia in older adults

VIDEO: Investigative eye amyloid test shines a light on Alzheimer’s pathology

VIDEO: Don’t brush off subjective memory decline

VIDEO: New genetic research could identify Alzheimer’s therapy targets

Cerebral microbleeds’ depth may reveal dementia type

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