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• Alzheimer's Drug Shows Early Promise

  June 27 (HealthDay News) -- Long-anticipated results from a trial on an experimental Alzheimer's therapy ...

• Parkinson's Drugs Again Linked to Compulsive Disorders

  June 25 (HealthDay News) -- People taking dopamine agonists to treat Parkinson's disease are at ...

• Gene Variant May Contribute to Alzheimer's Disease

  June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've discovered a gene that may make it ...

• Alzheimer's Drug May Reduce Preemie Brain Injury

  June 24 (HealthDay News) -- The Alzheimer's drug memantine (brand name Namenda) may help reduce ...

• New Hope for Parkinson's Patients

  June 24 (HealthDay News) -- A new medication and an improved delivery system for an ...

• Experimental Drug Fights Multiple Sclerosis Activity

  June 20 (HealthDay News) -- One of the first pills to treat the "relapse-remitting" form ...

• Failure to Take Seizure Drugs Boosts Death Risk

  June 18 (HealthDay News) -- People with epilepsy are up to three times more likely ...

• FDA Orders Warning Label on Older Antipsychotics

  June 16 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cautioning physicians that ...

• Cancer Drug Appears to Help with Aggressive MS

  June 12 (HealthDay News) -- High doses of a drug used to fight cancer may ...

• New Class of Drugs May Fight Alzheimer's

  June 11 (HealthDay News) -- A class of drugs called gamma-secretase modulators shows potential for ...

• Drug May Cut Tremors Associated with Parkinson's

  June 2 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug may help people with Parkinson's disease combat ...

• Antipsychotics Dangerous for Elderly With Dementia

  May 26 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly people with dementia who are given antipsychotics, even for ...

• Therapy Yields Promise for Fatal Neurological Condition

  May 13 (HealthDay News) -- A new gene therapy that involves injecting a harmless virus ...

• Anti-Clotting Drug as Good as Aspirin at Stopping Second Stroke

  May 5 (HealthDay News) -- The anti-clotting drug cilostazol is as good as aspirin at ...

• Common Medications Could Cause Physical Impairment in the Elderly

  May 3 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies show that anticholinergics, a commonly prescribed group ...

• Experimental Drug Eases Symptoms of Mild Alzheimer's

  April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with mild Alzheimer's disease who took 800 milligrams of ...

• Cell Fusions During Inflammation May Protect Neurons

  April 23 (HealthDay News) -- Chronic inflammation triggers cell fusions that may protect neurons, according ...

• Breast-Feeding While on Seizure Meds Doesn't Harm Babies

  April 17 (HealthDay News) -- Mothers who breast-feed while on certain seizure medications do not ...

• Experimental Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise

  April 17 (HealthDay News) -- A new analysis of a study on an experimental Alzheimer's ...