Saturday, March 19

Schiavo Case Puts Living Wills in Spotlight: Living Wills Make Life-or-Death Decisions Clearer

LINKLiving Wills Make Life-or-Death Decisions Clearer

Thursday, March 17

Medicare expands stroke prevention coverage

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Once-Daily AGILECT Demonstrated Improvement in Parkinson's Disease Symptoms in Levodopa-Treated Patients

PharmaLive:LINK "Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), who were optimized on levodopa therapy and other PD therapies, experienced a significant reduction in the duration of 'off' time, as well as an improvement in motor symptom control during both 'on' and 'off' periods when once-daily AGILECT(R) (rasagiline tablets) was added to their treatment regimen.
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Laughter May Build Healthy Blood Vessels

WebMD Medical News: LINK:Michael Miller, MD, director of preventive cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center: ""The endothelium is the first line in the development of atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries, so, given the results of our study, it is conceivable that laughing may be important to maintain a healthy endothelium, and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. At the very least, laughter offsets the impact of mental stress, which is harmful to the endothelium."

Alzheimer's plaques imaged in living brains

LINKThe hallmark of Alzheimer's disease - amyloid plaques in the brain - can be detected in living mice using a new technique based on magnetic resonance imaging. The finding raises the possibility that people without overt symptoms could one day be diagnosed and treated early. Currently, the standard way to confirm the presence of the plaques, and thus the disease, is by autopsy

Wednesday, March 16

Depression Can Be Managed Effectively

LINK"Archives of General Psychiatry, has analyzed the likely effectiveness of different strategies for long-term management in people with major depression. Here's a summary of the findings."

Helping hand for those with shaky hands / IBM to unveil mouse adapter to steady cursor

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Monday, March 14

CBS News | Nursing Home Ant-Bite Death Payout

MORE(AP) The family of a bedridden nursing home patient who died after being bitten by hundreds of fire ants will get almost $2 million under a settlement with the home's owner.