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ANCHOR LEAD: THE COMPLEXITY OF MS COMPLICATES THE ROLE OF STATINS IN THE CONDITION, ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Do statins help people with multiple sclerosis slow down progression of the disease, as suggested by a recent study? Peter Calabresi, an MS …
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ANCHOR LEAD: SHOULD YOU HAVE YOUR OWN STASH OF TAMIFLU? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS uld you keep a supply of antiviral medication around against the day when a pandemic flu emerges? Especially in light of a recent study demonstrating a survival …
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ANCHOR LEAD: DO YOU HAVE ADVANCE DIRECTIVES IN PLACE? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Many people avoid writing advance directives for their medical care at the end of life, but then become cognitively impaired and cannot do so, with the consequence of …
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ANCHOR LEAD: WHAT’S THE WINDOW FOR ANTIVIRAL DRUGS? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Antiviral drugs given to people with the flu result in quite a drop in mortality in those hospitalized with the infection, a recent Lancet study shows, but benefit is …
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ANCHOR LEAD: CAN A MOUSE MODEL HELP PEOPLE WITH HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Huntington’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder slowly robbing people of both cognitive and movement ability, until full time care is required at the end of …
