Alzheimer's drugs court battle
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A decision to deny Alzheimer's drugs to patients with mild-stage disease is challenged at the High Court.
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The US Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case that will determine whether the federal government can intervene in intrastate possession and cultivation of marijuana for medication or for general distribution.
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Statins, drugs commonly prescribed to treat cardiovascular disease, may also protect people from developing the tangles of nerve fibers found in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients, according to a study that examined the brains of 110 deceased Group Health Cooperative members.
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MONDAY, Nov. 8 (HealthDayNews) -- Memory problems that prevent multiple sclerosis sufferers from doing their jobs are extremely troublesome and disheartening, say doctors, but a drug geared for Alzheimer's patients may offer some help.
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Two Northern California women who say medical marijuana is their only shield from a life of agony take their case to the US Supreme Court on Monday in a clash between federal power to regulate drug use and a state&#39;s authority to determine medical care for
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The principle of states&#39; rights faced a stiff challenge at the US Supreme Court yesterday, as the justices tried to decide whether federal drug laws should trump a California
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. The family of a Memphis woman who died while taking an experimental AIDS drug has filed suit against a range of defendants, seeking ten (m) million dollars in damages.
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Drinking a milkshake-style medicine at breakfast seems to feed brain cells starved from Alzheimer's damage, researchers reported Monday. It's one of four promising experimental drugs poised for large-scale testing against the brain-destroying disease.
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The FDA decides to debate the company's lead drug.
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The Justice Department asked the US Supreme Court Tuesday to hear argument on whether federal anti-drug law can trump Oregon&#39;s assisted suicide law.
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David Hyde Pierce is helping start a campaign against Alzheimer's disease, which he saw two family members suffer from.
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Civil rights figure Rosa Parks has had dementia since at least 2002, according to medical records released as part of a legal fight over a hip-hop song titled with her name.
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NEW YORK  - The cost of treating patients  with moderately severe to severe Alzheimer's disease with the  drug memantine are more than offset by overall savings,  European researchers report in the journal Clinical Drug  Investigation.
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Pharmaceutical companies and Alzheimer's patient advocates went to Britain's High Court on Monday in a bid to force the state-run health service to give all patients access to three drugs to treat the brain-destroying disease.
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Several new drugs showed early promise against Alzheimer's disease, but none had a dramatic effect, demonstrating that the battle against the brain-wasting illness will be long, researchers said on Monday.
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A Supreme Court that has been defending states&#39; rights and supporting a law-and-order agenda finds itself in a quandary. A medical marijuana case the court heard Monday pits the two interests against each other.
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How to prevent a sticky gunk from clogging up, and probably killing, brain cells is the newest focus in the fight against Alzheimerâs disease.