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New Cognitive Screening Test For Detecting Early Dementia
Researchers at Addenbrook"s Hospital in Cambridge published a study on bmj.com in which they explain their design and evaluation of a new cognitive test for detecting Alzeimer" disease called TYM ("test your memory") which is considered quicker and more precise than many existing tests, and which can also help diagnose early dementia.
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What Is a Ganglion? What Is a Ganglion Cyst?
Ganglion cysts are fluid-filled swellings that tend to form on top of joints or tendons in the wrists, hands, and feet. They have the appearance of firm or spongy sacs of liquid and their insides consist of a sticky, clear, thick, jelly-like fluid. Ganglion cysts are idiopathic, which means they generally form for unknown reasons. As painless and benign (not dangerous) growths, ganglion cysts often do not require treatment and go away on their own.
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Alimta(R) (pemetrexed For Injection) Receives Positive Opinion From CHMP As Maintenance Therapy For Nonsquamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced that the European Medicines Agency"s (EMEA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion for the use of ALIMTA® (pemetrexed for injection) as monotherapy for the maintenance treatment of locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with other than predominantly squamous cell histology in patients whose disease has not progressed immediately following platinum-based chemotherapy.
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Mimic-effect: Video Therapy Helps Stroke Patients

Video therapy, through which certain brain sectors are activated by visual stimuli, can help restore movement in patients suffering stroke-induced paralysis. That conclusion is part of a current study that researchers from Konstanz, Freiburg and Magdeburg, Germany, are presenting at the current meeting of the European Neurological Society (ENS) in Milan, Italy. This major meeting in European neurology gathers more than 2,900 experts from all over the world. The role played by brain mirror neurons is central in this context. "The application of the mirror neuron system has extended into the field of stroke rehabilitation through mirror- or video-therapy," explained Professor Christian Dettmers (Konstanz). "By observing motion sequences stroke patients should overcome their paralysis more rapidly than with physiotherapy alone. Current literature has demonstrated that action observation exclusively or predominantly stimulates the non-affected hemisphere." The current German study, in which eight right hemispheric and eight left hemispheric stroke patients with hand pareses participated, shows that the mimic-effect goes beyond this, as verified by functional magnetic resonance imaging. "Cortical activation encompassed a symmetrical bilateral pattern: the affected hemispheres were stimulated to the same degree as the non-affected hemisphere. Our data clearly support applicability of video-therapy in stroke patients," Professor Dettmers concludes. Abstract: ENS abstract O85: Nedelko et al, Action observation and imagery conducted with stroke patients stimulate both hemispheres: the affected and non-affected. European Neurological Society


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