1. MRI Predicts Kidney Failure in Diabetics
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... kidney disease. Compared to those with normal brain MRI scans, patients with SCI were about 2.5 times more likely to die or develop end-stage kidney disease. Their risk of declining kidney function or ...

2. Hyperintense lesions on MRI may be of use in tracking multiple sclerosis
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... Health, "non-contrast T1-weighted brain MRI scans of patients with MS should be examined for the presence of hyperintense lesions as these may provide useful diagnostic information." Dr. Bakshi of Harvard ...

3. Advanced MRI studies provide new insight on early Parkinson's disease
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... compared brain MRI scans and scores on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), a standard mental screening test, of 155 patients diagnosed with early Parkinson's disease with those of 101 normal subjects. ...

4. New oral drug curbs MS disease activity
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In people with multiple sclerosis, treatment with laquinimod can significantly reduce disease activity seen on brain MRI scans, according to a report in The Lancet.   Currently approved drugs that ...

5. Siblings of schizophrenia patients display subtle shape abnormalities in brain
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... Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Shape abnormalities were found in the brain's thalamus. The researchers performed brain MRI scans in 25 patients with schizophrenia and their non-affected ...

6. Hyperintense lesions on MRI may be of use in tracking multiple sclerosis
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7. New oral drug curbs MS disease activity
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Tags: [multiple sclerosis, MS, laquinimod, immune-modulating, brain MRI scans, immune-modulating drug, heart attacks, severe inflammation, final-stage clinical studies]  ...