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• Bat Saliva-Based Stroke Drug Disappoints in Trial

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

• Alzheimer's Drugs Also Treat Behavioral, Psych Problems

  December 17 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs used to treat Alzheimer's patients' cognitive symptoms are also ...

• Older Drugs Better at Fighting Depression in Parkinson's Patients

  December 17 (HealthDay News) -- Antidepressants that treat multiple brain receptors may be better at ...

• FDA Adds Suicide Warning to Epilepsy Drugs

  December 16 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it ...

• Seizure Meds Can Be Safely Withdrawn from Kids with Epilepsy

  December 8 (HealthDay News) -- It's generally safe to stop giving anti-seizure medication to children ...

• Epilepsy Drug May Raise Autism Risk in Offspring

  December 3 (HealthDay News) -- Women taking the epilepsy drug valproate while pregnant are at ...

• Banzel Approved for Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome

  November 21 (HealthDay News) -- Banzel (rufinamide) has been approved by the U.S. Food and ...

• Only Half of MS Patients Respond to Interferon Therapy

  November 12 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that treating multiple sclerosis with the drug ...

• Epilepsy Drug May Prevent, Treat Alzheimer's

  October 30 (HealthDay News) -- A drug used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder may ...

• Sedative Could Be Deadly in People with Seizures

  October 28 (HealthDay News) -- Use of the sedative propofol is associated with a high ...

• New MS Therapies Show Promise

  October 23 (HealthDay News) -- Two medications may prove to be advances in the treatment ...

• Early Treatment Benefits Newfound Brain Disorder

  October 13 (HealthDay News) -- Quick tumor removal and immunotherapy can reverse the progress of ...

• New Class of Drugs Might Cause Congenital Heart Defects

  October 2 (HealthDay News) -- An animal study raises a warning sign that a new ...

• Scientists ID Compounds That Prevent Brain Nerve Damage

  September 25 (HealthDay News) -- Duke University Medical Center scientists say they have found compounds ...

• Compound Reverses Huntington's Symptoms in Mice

  September 16 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental compound called HDACi 4b reversed Huntington's disease symptoms ...

• Keppra XR Approved for Partial-Onset Seizures

  September 15 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an extended ...

• Later Use of Clot-Buster After Stroke Possible: Study

  September 14 (HealthDay News) -- European researchers who showed that the clot-dissolving drug tPA could ...

• Blood Pressure Treatment Can Be Used Against Stroke

  September 9 (HealthDay News) -- It's safe to give the clot-dissolving drug tPA to people ...

• Drug Given 24 Hours After Stroke Helps Repair Brain Tissue

  September 3 (HealthDay News) -- A little-used cancer drug called bryostatin can repair brain tissue ...