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• Antipsychotics Up Death Risk in Alzheimer's Patients

  January 9 (HealthDay News) -- Alzheimer's patients who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs face a higher ...

• Diabetes Linked to Cognitive Problems

  January 9 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with diabetes now have to worry about whether their ...

• Inflammation Markers May Help Predict Stroke Risk

  January 8 (HealthDay News) -- Two molecular signs -- or "biomarkers" -- of inflammation may ...

• 9 Genes Are Linked to Alzheimer's

  January 7 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified nine genes that might make people more ...

• Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Those with Advanced Parkinson's

  January 6 (HealthDay News) -- The largest study of its kind finds that deep brain ...

• Brains of Bulimia Patients Wired Differently

  January 6 (HealthDay News) -- Brain circuitry involved in regulating impulsive behavior seems to be ...

• Family History of Aneurism Raises Stroke Risk for Smokers

  January 6 -- (HealthDay News) -- Smokers with a family history of brain aneurism are ...

• War Vets with Headaches Could Have Brain Problems

  January 5 (HealthDay News) -- Headache frequency and severity caused by traumatic brain injury might ...

• Rising Blood Sugar May Harm the Aging Brain

  Dec. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have unmasked what appears to be a major mechanism ...

• Risk-Takers May Lack Ability to Limit Brain Chemical

  Dec. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Just in time for New Year's Eve comes research suggesting ...

• Optimal Warfarin Dosing Improves Anticoagulation Control

  December 30 (HealthDay News) -- While the anticoagulant warfarin can be highly effective in preventing ...

• Sleep Disorder Could Signal Neurological Disease

  December 24 (HealthDay News) -- People with a disorder that causes them to kick or ...

• Bling Makes Your Brain Sing

  December 24 (HealthDay News) -- A sports car, a diamond ring, ice cream -- some ...

• 2 Cardiovascular Proteins Tied to Severity of Alzheimer's

  December 22 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers have spotted two proteins that deliver a double ...

• Not All Dementia Is Called Alzheimer's

  Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A common form of dementia often mistaken for Alzheimer's can ...

• Caregiving May Lengthen Life

  Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Much has been reported about the stress and burden of ...

• Depression, Anxiety Hinder Quality of Life After Stroke

  December 18 (HealthDay News) -- Many people who survive a subarachnoid hemorrhage stroke have a ...

• Bat Saliva-Based Stroke Drug Disappoints in Trial

  December 18 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental clot-busting drug derived from the saliva of the ...

• 'Hot' Toys May Not Be the Best Present

  December 18 (HealthDay News) -- Mental and physical development should be important considerations when you're ...