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Homocysteine – a common risk for stroke and Parkinson’s disease

On the occasion of Stroke Awareness Day on May 10, 2010, as initiated by the Deutsche Schlaganfallstiftung (German Foundation for Stroke Research), we report here about a link between homocysteine levels in people and a common risk for Parkinson’s disease and stroke. Common diagnostics for brain ischemia do not reveal the cause for stroke in [...]

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Patient friendly, whole-body MRI

The MEOCLINIC in Berlin, on Friedrichstrasse, offers its patients a new and modern whole-body MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), using the new special SmartExam technology. The correct settings are chosen for each patient individually, regardless of the patient’s age or body size.   With kind permission of Philips Deutschland GmbH 01.04.2009 Berliner Zeitung 01.04.2009 Berliner Wirtschaftsblatt [...]

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