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Use of common drug could make surgery safer — and more health headlines

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By Dina Bair Verified, Katharin Czink Verified
| WGN-TV (Chicago, IL) Verified
Medical Watch Digest for June 10 The New England Journal of Medicine reports an inexpensive drug prevents the need for blood transfusions and reduces blood loss. Tranexamic acid reduces the risk for surgical blood clots. It’s commonly used in cardiac and orthopedic surgeries. But surgeons have been reluctant to prescribe the medication for other major surgeries, especially cancer operations.
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Video games show promise in stroke recovery

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By Dina Bair Verified, Katharin Czink Verified
| WGN-TV (Chicago, IL) Verified
For those left with deficits following a stroke, the road back is no game. But playing a video game may help patients’ progress — even years later. Judy Kawaguchi is a gamer. “PlayStation 3, Ratchet and Clank, Xbox, Assassins’ Creed,” she said. Now the hobby that brings her joy, helps her recover movement. “The whole right side is semi-paralytic. That means I have a little bit of movement but not too much,” she said. Kawaguchi, 66, had a stroke 14 years ago.
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New drug to slow Alzheimer’s development — and more health headlines

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By Dina Bair Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Medical Watch Digest for June 8 New drug to slow Alzheimer's development A promising Alzheimer's treatment in the works. ETH Zurich University molecular pharmacologists developed a compound that slows the progression of the mind robbing disease. Researches have worked on the drug they call Compound-10 for 20 years and in lab studies it increased survival. It works by protecting nerve cells from death. Nerve cell inactivation occurs in large quantities in dementia patients.
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