…A U.S. study reports that the beneficial effects of treating depression in older patients extend to caregivers (Martire et al. J Am Geriatr Soc 2010; 58: 23-29; free full text at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2872092/?tool=pubmed). Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address that you registered the newsletter with Continue…
…There have been conflicting reports on the benefits of statins (HMG CoA reductase inhibitors) in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and the importance of cholesterol biosynthesis in the pathophysiology of AD. Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address that you registered the newsletter with Continue…
…t on the safety and efficacy of mitoxantrone in multiple sclerosis, concluding that the risks of systolic dysfunction and therapy-related leukemia are higher than previously estimated (Marriott et al. Neurology 2010; 74: 1463-1470; free full text at www.neurology.org/cgi/reprint/74/18/1463). Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address that you registered the newsletter with Continue…
…REPORT FROM THE AAN, APRIL 10-17, 2010 – The National Survey of Epilepsy, Comorbidities and Health Outcomes (EPIC) sent surveys to 340,000 households in the U.S. in 2008. Information was collected on epilepsy and other disorders from 172,959 respondents. Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address that you registered the newsletter with Continue…
…REPORT FROM THE AAN, APRIL 10-17, 2010 – In 2008, Italian researchers reported that lithium 300-450 mg/day delayed disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Fornai et al. PNAS 2008; 105: 2052-2057; free full text at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2538879/?tool=pubmed). Subscribe to read more It takes 30 seconds or login using your email address Please enter the email address that you registered the newsletter with Continue…