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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 at 4:19 pm Posted by smp

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Patient-led drug trials defy medical establishment (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 04:02 PM CST

Alan Felzer, right, and his daughter Karen Felzer, holding her son 11-month-old Emmet Harrington, look at a laptop computer in their house in Claremont, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008. Felzer, who suffers from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) or Lou Gehrig's Disease, and his daughter Karen helped lead a patient and care giver web study on the effectiveness of lithium on treating ALS. (AP Photo/Stefano Paltera)AP - Until last year, Alan Felzer was an energetic engineering professor who took the stairs to his classes two steps at a time. Now the 64-year-old grandfather sits strapped to a wheelchair, able to move little but his left hand, his voice a near-whisper.

Brain scans show root of memory glitch with aging (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 03:16 PM CST

A brain scan in a file image. A breakdown in a reaction between immune cells and blood vessels in the brain appears to play a key role in epilepsy, Italian researchers said Monday. (File/Reuters)AP - Brain scans of older people in a noisy lab machine give biological backing to the idea that distraction hampers memory with aging, researchers reported Wednesday.

Encouraging dip in rate of new cancers, deaths (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 06:43 AM CST

A nurse is seen in the corridor of a hospital. The rate at which new cancers are diagnosed and the death rate from the disease have both decreased in the United States for the first time in 10 years, according to a report published Tuesday by the National Cancer Institute.(AFP/File/Pascal Pavani)AP - The rate of new cancer cases finally may be inching down — cautiously optimistic news but a gain that specialists worry could be derailed by economic turmoil.

Separation planned for Oklahoma conjoined twins (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 03:14 AM CST

In this undated photo provided by the University of Oklahoma Medical Center, One-month-old conjoined twin girls Preslee Faith, left, and Kylee Hope Wells, are shown. The twins were born Oct. 25 2008, and are the first known set of American Indian conjoined twins. Doctors at the Medical Center say the girls are doing well and will be separated, but they first want to learn if the girls share blood vessels around their hearts before performing the operation. (AP Photo/ University of Oklahoma Medical Center)AP - A set of 1-month-old girls believed to be the first known American Indian conjoined twins are doing well and will be separated, doctors say.

Fat-Sensing Hormones Might Fight Obesity (HealthDay)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 06:02 PM CST

An unidentified woman takes a walk in Washington,DC in 2007. Designers of anti-obesity drugs have suffered three major setbacks, but the potential reward from treating the world's fat epidemic is so great that their quest is unlikely to be deterred.(AFP/File)HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 26 (HealthDay News) -- As you push your chair back from the Thanksgiving table this year, a molecule produced in the small intestine will be swarming through your bloodstream, ready to register on your brain the impact of the fat you've just consumed.

Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 26, 2008 (HealthDay)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 06:02 PM CST

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:

Hair Beads Spurring Head Trauma in Kids (HealthDay)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 06:02 PM CST

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Although head trauma is a common injury seen in young children, U.S. doctors report on two recent cases of skull fracture with a surprising cause -- hair beads.

Apnea therapy may help cognition in Alzheimer's (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 04:34 PM CST

Reuters - For patients with Alzheimer's disease and obstructive sleep apnea, treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) seems to improve cognitive function, according to a report in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Cancer Rates Drop in the U.S. (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 12:25 PM CST

Time.com - For the first time in a decade, researchers say cancer rates are falling in the U.S. - at the same time that cancer death rates are also on the decline

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