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Clinical Times
Levodopa remains the staple for Parkinson's
Gary Culliton | 05 February 2010
Clinical Update: Parkinson's Disease - In his latest Clinical Update, Gary Culliton reports on the various treatment options available for patients with Parkinson's disease, and examines the latest research targeting diseased neurons and the potential of stem-cell transplantation... Read more
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Stem-cell therapy has potential role
Gary Culliton | 05 February 2010
Clinical Update: Parkinson's Disease - There have been important new developments in stem-cell transplantation into Parkinson’s disease patients. A clinical trial, which was followed up recently, showed that the position in the brain into which the stem cells are transplanted... Read more
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Research aims to halt disease progression
Gary Culliton | 05 February 2010
Clinical Update: Parkinson's Disease - About 80 per cent of the neurotransmitter dopamine can be depleted from the affected region of the Parkinsonian brain before symptoms begin to develop. Thus, it is imperative that treatments be found to prevent further... Read more
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The Endocrinology Clinic: the metabolic syndrome
Prof T Joseph McKenna and Prof Frances Hayes | 04 February 2010
Concluding their series on ‘Notes from the Endocrinology Clinic’, Prof T Joseph McKenna and Prof Frances Hayes examine the global health threat from the metabolic syndrome... Read more
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No labouring of point on use of epidurals
Brian Herron | 04 February 2010
A leading UK authority says more women should experience the natural pains of labour without pain-relieving medication, writes Brian Herron... Read more
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Morbidly obese would live longer with surgery
03 February 2010
A computerised model has suggested that most morbidly obese individuals would likely live longer if they had gastric bypass surgery, according to a new study. Available evidence suggests that dietary, behavioural and pharmacologic treatments frequently do not result in meaningful... Read more
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Fatty acid levels linked to telomere length in coronary patients
03 February 2010
Patients with coronary heart disease who had higher omega-3 fatty acid blood levels had an associated lower rate of shortening of telomere length, a chromosome marker of biological ageing, according to a study. Several studies have shown increased survival rates... Read more
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Prevalence of obesity may be slowing down
03 February 2010
The prevalence of adults who are obese is still high, with about one-third of adults obese in 2007-2008, although new data suggest that the rate of increase for obesity in recent decades may be slowing, according to a new report... Read more
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Elderly on psychotic drugs likely to stay on them in nursing homes
03 February 2010
Older adults newly admit-ted to nursing homes with high rates of antipsychotic prescribing in the previous year are more likely to receive antipsychotic agents, according to a new report. Of these, some had no identified clinical indication for this therapy.... Read more
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Weekend strokes more aggressively treated
03 February 2010
Stroke patients admitted to the hospital on the weekend appear more likely to receive the clot-dissolving medication tissue plasminogen activator than patients admitted during the week, according to a new report from the United States. The researchers found that stroke... Read more
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