Category: Medication

Emergency transport times for stroke patients still in need of improvement

From the SOCIETY OF NEUROINTERVENTIONAL SURGERY media release: Despite efforts to close the time gap between symptom onset and stroke treatment – including improvements in public education, 911 dispatch operations, pre-hospital… Read more »

Recurrent major depressive disorder and use of antidepressants associated with lower bone density

From the University of Eastern Finland media release: A recent study from the University of Eastern Finland in collaboration with Deakin University, Australia, shows that recurrent major depressive disorder (MDD) [depression]… Read more »

Drug improves cognition in Alzheimer’s disease-mouse model in spite of diet

From the University of Alabama at Birmingham media release: Long-term administration of a drug that mimics the hunger-signaling hormone ghrelin protected Alzheimer’s disease-model mice from memory deterioration, despite a high-glycemic-index (GI)… Read more »