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• Dementia Increasing Among the 'Oldest Old'

  July 13 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists tend to think that dementia and Alzheimer's disease taper ...

• Heartburn Drugs Can Thwart Popular Blood Thinner

  Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Combining the antacid Prilosec with the popular blood thinner Plavix ...

• The Mummies' Curse: Heart Disease

  Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Hardening of the arteries may have more of a family ...

• Migraine Increases Likelihood of Stroke

  Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- People who suffer migraines have more than double the risk ...

• Research Sheds Light on Causes of Parkinson's

  Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Gene mutations linked to inherited Parkinson's disease also appear to ...

• Alternative to Warfarin May Cut Risk of Bleeding

  Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) -- The anti-clotting drug dabigatran etexilate (Pradaxa) may be more effective ...

• Gestures Processed in Brain's Language Center

  Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Words and gestures are processed in the same areas of ...

• New Understanding of How the Brain Detects Emotion

  Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- An area of the brain that responds to both facial ...

• Pneumonia Drug Promising Against Form of Muscular Dystrophy

  Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report that a drug used to treat pneumonia might ...

• Wireless Phones Alter Levels of Brain Chemical

  Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Wireless phones have a biological effect on the brain, but ...

• What's for Dinner? Brain Chemical Helps People Decide

  Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- The brain chemical dopamine influences how people make simple and ...

• Trial Data on Anti-Seizure Drug Might Have Been Manipulated: Report

  Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- An unusual look at internal documents from a pharmaceutical company ...

• Stroke Puts Stress on Spousal Relationship

  Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Although many wedding vows include the phrase "in sickness and ...

• Early Use of NSAIDs Might Prevent Alzheimer's

  Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) from a young age might ...

• Common Infections May Contribute to Strokes

  Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to several common pathogens may increase the risk of ...

• Muscle Weakness Linked to Alzheimer's Risk in Seniors

  Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly people with weak muscles may be at increased risk ...

• Anemia Drugs May Cause Deadly Blood Clots

  Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- New research on cancer patients adds to the controversy surrounding ...

• Teen Obesity Ups MS Risk in Women

  Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- While there are plenty of good reasons to avoid obesity ...

• No Gender Gap Found for Clot-Busting Drug

  Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- The widely used clot-dissolving drug Plavix (clopidogrel) works about the ...