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• Dementia Increasing Among the 'Oldest Old'

  July 13 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists tend to think that dementia and Alzheimer's disease taper ...

• Acne Drug May Help in the Fight Against AIDS

  FRIDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- A cheap acne drug that's been used for decades ...

• Pregnancy Dampens Memory

  FRIDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- If you're pregnant and having trouble remembering things, a ...

• For Elderly, Giving Up Driving Can Be Tough

  FRIDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- For many Americans, driving equals independence -- the ability ...

• Avandia Researchers' Financial Ties Questioned

  FRIDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- A new review of studies on the controversial diabetes ...

• Implant Shows Promise for Hard-to-Treat Epilepsy

  THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Deep-brain electrical stimulation reduced the frequency of epileptic seizures ...

• Learning May Be Tougher for the Teen Brain

  THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- When kids hit adolescence, their learning ability hits the ...

• Prevention of Acupuncture Infection Needs More Focus

  THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- More needs to be done to prevent a rising ...

• Selenium Could Shield Against Diabetes

  THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have found evidence that older men with higher ...

• Swine Flu in Pregnancy Leads Some to ICU

  THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women with the H1N1 (swine) flu were 13 ...

• Could Lowering Blood Pressure Help Stop Dementia?

  WEDNESDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- In the ongoing struggle to find treatments -- and ...

• Online, Phone Tests Assess Diabetes Risk

  WEDNESDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- About 20 percent of Americans have prediabetes and are ...

• Relief Sought for Secondary Parkinson's Symptoms

  MONDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- A new set of guidelines to treat sleepiness, constipation ...

• Repeated Anesthesia May Hamper Children's Learning Ability

  MONDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Brain stem cell loss is the reason why repeated ...

• Freezing, Medicating Away a Dangerous Irregular Heart Rhythm

  MONDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- New data presented at a major cardiology meeting Monday ...

• Aspirin Alone Works Best to Prevent Clots a Year After Stenting

  MONDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- After 12 months, giving aspirin alone to patients who ...

• Erectile Dysfunction Plus Heart Disease Raises Death Risk

  MONDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Men suffering from both cardiovascular disease and erectile dysfunction ...

• Arthritis Drug May Fight Diabetes, Too

  MONDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- A generic drug widely prescribed for arthritis shows promise ...

• Intense Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Therapies Don't Help Type 2 Diabetics

  SUNDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- Two sets of results from a large U.S. government-sponsored ...