Emory patients told of possible exposure to brain disease
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Emory University officials assured Friday that there was little chance that more than 500 surgical patients at the school&#39;s medical center could have been infected by a fatal disease similar to the human version of mad cow disease.
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TWELVE Tasmanians will receive letters telling them they may have been exposed to a disease for which there is no known cure. The 12 have all had brain or spinal surgery at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in the past 18 months.
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Patients who experience medical or neurological complications following stroke, such as pneumonia or brain swelling, are at a greater risk of dying in the hospital, according to an article in the September 13 ...
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U.S. health officials alerted doctors on Thursday that medicines used to treat epilepsy and psychiatric disorders may raise the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior.
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By Stacy Shelton, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  Sep. 15--Clare Hindman's family thought she'd had a stroke. When she  spoke at a community meeting in a church, a friend thought she'd been  drinking.
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Scientists show how having a stroke - or even snoring heavily - can increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
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There appears to be  considerable interest among healthy older adults in screening  and treatment for mild cognitive impairment, a condition now  generally considered to be a precursor to Alzheimer's disease.
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Hospitals across the Midlands are trying to trace hundreds of patients who may have been exposed to brain-wasting vCJD through blood plasma products.
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Officials are trying to figure out why workers at a meat plant were stricken with a strange neurological illness.
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According to researchers at Boston university brightly colored cups, plates spur food, beverage consumption in patients suffering from Alzheimer&#39;s disease.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists may have found a new cause of Alzheimer's disease symptoms.
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Two people who contracted West Nile virus  in Georgia may have gotten the deadly infection while  undergoing dialysis treatment, U.S. health officials said on  Thursday.
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A new study will look at the brains of Alzheimer's patients to see if various scans can chart the disease and if new drugs can slow it down, doctors said on Wednesday.
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Patients with chronic brain diseases such as Parkinson&#39;s disease and epilepsy have an unusually high rate of depression, too -- suggesting links between the conditions, doctors said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - Agricultural workers with extensive exposure to pesticides may have an elevated risk of brain cancer, new research suggests.
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People who have frequent migraines are also more likely to develop brain damage, according to research published yesterday. Richard Lipton, a professor at New York&#39;s Albert Einstein College of Medicine, said
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Patients with chronic brain diseases  such as Parkinson's disease and epilepsy have an unusually high  rate of depression, too -- suggesting links between the  conditions, doctors said on Wednesday.