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  1. Irish research team in Alzheimer's breakthrough
    July 14, 09

    Irish doctors may hold the key to early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. An early diagnosis could help stave off the debilitating effects of the disease. Irish researchers were able to correctly identify 95 percent of 345 people who had progressed from mild cognitive impairment to early Alzheimer's.

  2. Johnson & Johnson buy $1.5 billion stake in Irish biotech Elan
    July 03, 09

    Johnson & Johnson has bought all of Elan’s Assets in their Alzheimer's Immunotherapy Program for $1 billion and will receive 18.4 per cent of company shares as part of the deal. Johnson &Johnson will also pump $500 million into to a new company to continue the development of the Elan’s drug bapineuzumab, which combats the spread of Alzheimer's.

  3. Irish genes helping to find some answers for brain disorders
    June 04, 09

    Ireland’s relative lack of immigration, good health care and pure gene pool has rendered its people a great test study for degenerative brand disorders.

  4. Billy Wants to Go Home
    March 09, 09

    The Irish mother of a severely epileptic boy who has been living in Chicago with her son since 2007 wants to go back home but is unable to leave the U.S. for fear her son will die back in Northern Ireland due to the lack of basic medical services he requires.

  5. Woman Battles Locked in Syndrome
    March 09, 09

    For a young Corkman life is nearly always sad these days.

    Shane O'Leary, who has been living in New York for five years, wakes up every morning thinking of his sister back home.

    His sister Catherine, a beautiful 31-year-old mother of one, was diagnosed with what doctors call Locked In Syndrome in February.

  6. Carey Honored for ALS Work
    March 09, 09

    D.J. Carey, a prominent member of the Irish American community and a leading activist and fundraiser in the fight against ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), will be honored by the ALS Association's Greater New York Chapter's 14th annual Lou Gehrig's Sports Award Benefit at the Marriott Marquis in New York on Monday, October 27.

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