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Mental impairment common in children with MS (JournalHome.com Free Blog Host)

Mon, 12 May 2008 21:57:22 GMT

Low IQ scores and cognitive problems (problems related to headwork and reasoning) are common in lying-in and adolescents with conglomerate sclerosis (MS), indisputable to an Italian study reported in the journal Neurology. More: - Brought to my attention by

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Mechanism Uncovered Of Action Of Antibiotic Able To Reduce Neuronal Cell Death In Brain (Medical News Today)

Mon, 12 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT

Research Highlights: Mechanism of action of compound found to induce neurotransmitter activity in brain cells The findings may lead researchers to develop potential novel therapies to treat Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, epilepsy, stroke/ischemia, de

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ALS Association Endorses S. 2932, Rehab Carve-Out Bill (Medical News Today)

Thu, 08 May 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Yesterday in a letter to Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), the ALS Association, which represents patients with The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (or Lou Gehrig's disease) endorsed the S. 2931, the bill to exempt complex rehab from competitive bidding.

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System sclerosis (Indian Express)

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:15:55 GMT

Faced with an insistent demand from trade union leaders to retain an annual 9% interest rate on deposits of workers in the EPFO, PM Manmohan Singh had advised them not to create a financial crisis of the sort that hit the erstwhile UTI.

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Newsmaker: Barbara Murock (Today's Tribune-Review)

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:20:49 GMT

Barbara Murock has been named to the National Board of Trustees of the ALS Association, which helps people who have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, and seeks a cure for the disease

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Players show up for ALS race (Baltimore Sun)

Sun, 04 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The Ravens took a break out of their minicamp schedule to surprise O.J. Brigance, showing up to run at yesterday's charity 5K race for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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Ravens take break from camp, surprise Brigance (Baltimore Sun)

Sat, 03 May 2008 21:22:00 GMT

Team turns out for charity race for ALS The Ravens took a break out of their minicamp schedule to surprise O.J. Brigance, showing up to run at today's charity race for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

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Lithium inhibits progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Nature Publishing Group)

Fri, 02 May 2008 17:54:55 GMT

Lithium inhibits progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Nature Clinical Practice Neurology 4, 239 (2008). doi:10.1038/ncpneuro0780

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MDA Activities Focus Attention On National ALS Awareness Month (Medical News Today)

Fri, 02 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Throughout the month of May, the Muscular Dystrophy Association will highlight the 17th annual national ALS Awareness Month by hosting events in communities across the country and disseminating information about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease.

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Sixty nine years ago (Soccer Dad)

Fri, 02 May 2008 07:50:36 GMT

The first Iron Man's streak ends. On May 2, 1939, New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig benches himself for poor play and ends his streak of consecutive games played at 2,130. "The Iron Horse" was suffering at the time from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), now known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease." Two months later he was honored by the Yankees. On July 4, 1939, the Yankees held Lou Gehrig...

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Tracleer (Bosentan) Receives New Indication In Patients With Systemic Sclerosis And Active Digital Ulcer Disease (Medical News Today)

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Actelion Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd announced that Tracleer® (bosentan), a dual endothelin receptor antagonist, has been approved in the UK and Ireland for the reduction of the number of new digital ulcers (DUs) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and ongoing DU disease.

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Potential in Yeast for Selecting Lou Gehrig's Disease Drugs (Curing Death by Curing Aging)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:01:09 GMT

Researchers are developing a novel approach to screen for drugs to combat neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, using yeast cells. In recent months a number of mutations have been found in a disease protein called TDP-43, which is implicated in ALS and certain types of frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

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Potential in Yeast for Selecting Lou Gehrig’s Disease Drugs (4/25/2008) (Medical,Health News and Articles)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:58:57 GMT

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are developing a novel approach to screen for drugs to combat neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease, using yeast cells. In recent months a number of mutations have been found in a disease protein called TDP-43, which is implicated in [...]

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Signalling: Stress and disease connect at mTORC1 (Nature Reviews Cancer)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:53:49 GMT

Loss of the tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) genes TSC1 and TSC2 leads to constitutive activation of the mammalian target of rapamycin complex-1 (mTORC1) and downstream signalling components, resulting in insulin resistance, the development of tumours and neurological disorders. Hotamisligil and colleagues now reveal

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Formaldehyde Exposure Linked to ALS (Public Blog)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:54:46 GMT

Exposure to the widely used chemical formaldehyde can raise your risk of getting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. A large study examining possible associations between ALS and 12 types of chemicals turned up the link. While there was no significant link between ALS and most chemicals, including pesticides and herbicides, people who had been regularly...

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Big Steps In Building: Ban Formaldehyde (Treehugger)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:56:33 GMT

As we know courtesy of FEMA's optimization experiments, Formaldehyde exposure is not a good thing. It gets worse; a new study links it to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease. As we know courtesy of the Environmental Protection Agency, energy efficiency is a good thing, which is why they promote

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Stargazing: Wonder Pets return, Lansbury does ALS spots, but no old hag roles (kansascity.com)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:13:00 GMT

Angela Lansbury, the former star of “Murder, She Wrote,” narrowly misses a bullet in a new commercial about sustained funding for research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. She’s the new spokeswoman for the ALS Association.

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Idera Pharmaceuticals Presents Data From Study Of Toll-Like Receptor Antagonist In Preclinical Model Of Multiple Sclerosis (Medical News Today)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDRA), announced the presentation of data from studies evaluating a Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) antagonist in a preclinical model of multiple sclerosis (MS). The presentation entitled "Studies of Oligonucleotide-Based Antagonists of TLR9 in a Mouse Model of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis" (Abstract #2049) was made during the 60th Annual Meeting of the American...

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Potential In Yeast For Selecting Lou Gehrig's Disease Drugs (Medical News Today)

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:00:00 GMT

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Scientists use yeast cells to screen drugs for neurodegenerative diseases (Thaindian News)

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:30:43 GMT

Washington, Apr 18 (ANI): Penn researchers are developing a novel approach for selecting drugs to fend off neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease, with the help of yeast cells. The researchers focussed their study over a disease protein called TDP-43, responsible for developing ALS We’ve created a yeast model, the [...]

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