Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY, TSX: SHQ) the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, is disappointed that the overall NICE Guidance excludes newly diagnosed patients with mild AD, despite the revisions published which allow some discretion for clinicians in their reliance on the MMSE when dealing with exceptional patients.
People who smoke are more likely to develop Alzheimer?s disease or dementia than nonsmokers or those who smoked in the past, according to a study published in the September 4, 2007, issue of Neurology?, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
World renowned experts on motor neurone disease will share their work at an international symposium hosted by the University of Edinburgh to enable greater understanding of the condition.
In the largest study of its kind, Mayo Clinic researchers have shown that women who had one or both ovaries removed before menopause faced an increased long-term risk of cognitive impairment or dementia, compared to women who retained their ovaries.
Actress Sally Lindsay and broadcaster Tania Bryer proved you don?t always need boots for walking as they launched the countdown to the Alzheimer?s Society?s annual fundraiser, Memory Walk.
Women who have dementia start losing weight at least 10 years before the disease is diagnosed, according to a study published in the Aug. 21, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
A prominent problem in AIDS is a form of dementia that robs one?s ability to concentrate and perform normal movements. Scientists at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have discovered how HIV/AIDS disrupts the normal replication of stem cells in the adult brain, preventing new nerve cells from forming.
New evidence reported in the August issue of Cell Stem Cell, a publication of Cell Press, offers a novel perspective on how the HIV/AIDS virus leads to learning and memory deficits, a condition known as HIV-associated dementia.
Is there a definitive test for mental illness? Not yet, but using advanced neuropsychiatric diagnostic tools including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET), mental health professionals at The Menninger Clinic in Houston are pinpointing the causes of behavioral and psychiatric problems in patients.
Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY, TSX: SHQ) the global specialty biopharmaceutical company is disappointed that the main thrust of the NICE Guidance stands in light of the judgment handed down today in Court by Judge Linda Dobbs.