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Smoking marijuana impairs cognitive function in MS patients
02-13-2008 · EurekAlert!People with multiple sclerosis who smoke marijuana are more likely to have emotional and memory problems, according to research published Feb. 13, 2008, in the online edition of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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11-26-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
MIT researchers have shown that a cocktail containing three compounds normally in the blood stream promotes growth of new brain connections and improves cognitive function in rodents. The treatment is now being tested in Alzheimer's patients.
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- Nerves controlling muscles are best repaired with similar nerves
05-11-2007 · EurekAlert!
When repairing severed or damaged motor nerves with a donor nerve graft, surgeons have traditionally used a sensory nerve from another area of the patient's body. However, these patients often do not fully regain function in the injured area. But now a team of surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital has found that repairing a motor nerve in rats with an intact motor nerve yields better results than using a sensory nerve.
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- 24-week course of interferon-alpha therapy prolongs survival in patients hepatitis C virus
11-02-2007 · EurekAlert!
A group at Hiroshima University Hospital performed a matched historical controlled study on whether a 24-week course of interferon-alpha therapy, after curative treatment for primary hepatocellular carcinoma associated with hepatitis C virus, could influence tumor recurrence, patient survival, and liver function. Patients with sustained virological responses had reduced recurrence, prolonged survival and a preserved liver function. The group also determined that viral eradication was the most important factor in such patients.
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- Mayo Clinic real-time 3-D ultrasound speeds patient recovery
07-13-2007 · EurekAlert!
Mayo Clinic physicians have adapted real-time 3-D ultrasound imaging devices -- including one designed to look at an infant's heart -- so that they can watch as they use a needle filled with anesthetic to numb individual nerves located inches under the skin. In this way, they can quickly block nerve function in selected areas of the body prior to surgery, an advance that may spare patients from use of general anesthesia, and sends them home faster and with less need for pain medication.
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- Large community spirometry screening proves successful
10-23-2006 · EurekAlert!
New research, presented at CHEST 2006, the 72nd annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians, shows that patients' knowledge of their own lung function, coupled with telephone calls from quit lines, can be a motivator for successful smoking cessation.
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- Improving quality of life for patients with cirrhosis
03-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
A study on patients with cirrhosis who had minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE), a condition in which behavioral, psychological and neurological changes are associated with advanced liver disease, found that cognitive function and health related quality-of-life improved when they took lactulose.
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- Statins protect smokers from lung damage
10-23-2006 · EurekAlert!
In a new study presented at CHEST 2006, the 72nd annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians, current and former smokers who used statins had lower lung function decline than those not using statins, regardless of whether patients continued or stopped smoking.
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- Fosrenol does not further impact cognitive function deterioration in CKD Stage 5 patients
10-18-2006 · EurekAlert!
Newly published data from a large, two-year trial in the November Kidney International report on the effects of chronic kidney disease on cognitive function in CKD Stage 5 patients with hyperphosphatemia (high serum phosphorus levels in the blood), treated with phosphate binder therapy. This study is particularly relevant, as there is evidence that individuals with reduced renal function experience a significantly greater decline in cognitive function compared to those with normal renal function.
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- Implant device effectively maintains heart function for transplant-listed patients
03-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
Whether a patient is awaiting a heart transplant or living with chronic heart failure, cardiologists are continuously looking for new therapies that address short-term and/or long-term needs of chronically impaired cardiac patients. Research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 56th Annual Scientific Session reviewed new treatments and interventions, including LVAD implantation and diuretic therapies to support left ventricular function in severely compromised cardiovascular patients.
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