| Girls Soccer | | Posted Monday, October 30, 2006 7:05:53 PM by Blog57 Team | | Jaclyn Braithwaite and Detonia Degross scored first-half goals to lead Allegany to a 2-0 win over Fort Hill in the first round of the Maryland Class 1A West Region girls soccer playoff tournament Saturday afternoon at Greenway Avenue Stadium.The Campers, who shut out Fort Hill for the third time this year, will play at Smithsburg in Tuesday's quarterfinal round.Both Allegany goals came unassisted. Braithwaite scored hers with 36:44 on the clock, and Degross made it 2-0 just under 13 minutes later. Allegany attempted nine shots to Fort Hill's 11, but Chantae Dicken made seven saves on her way to her fourth shutout in the last five games. Fort Hill went scoreless in its final three contests. Rebecca Zajdel had four saves in the loss.Allegany moved to 10-5 with the win, and Fort Hill finished its season 5-9-1.... | |
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| | | Trial Results Published in Neurology Show Risk of Developing Multiple Sclerosis Significantly Reduced With Interferon | | Posted Sunday, August 20, 2006 7:06:02 PM by Blog57 Team | | OTTAWA, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers have found that treatment of patients with interferon beta-1b after a first attack suggestive of multiple sclerosis (MS) cuts their risk of developing the disease in half over the next two years, according to results from the BENEFIT (BEtaferon(R)/BEtaseron(R) in Newly Emerging Multiple Sclerosis for Initial Treatment) clinical trial. The findings were published for the first time in an expedited manner in this week's online issue of Neurology. One of the primary investigators of the BENEFIT study was Mark S. Freedman, MSc MD FAAN FRCPC, of The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada. Ottawa was one of 93 test sites in 20 countries where this 487 patient, double-blinded, phase III study was conducted. "Our study provides a strong rationale for the early use of early interferon beta-1b therapy after the first episode suggestive of MS," said Dr.... | |
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| | | Neurology Positioned To Benefit From Progress In Regenerative ... | | Posted Wednesday, July 19, 2006 8:58:08 AM by Blog57 Team | | Diseases and injuries that affect central nervous system neurons are among the illnesses that are hardest to cure. Their frequency increases dramatically with age, and morbidity associated with neurological disorders is expected to rise dramatically in the coming years in lockstep with the aging of the population. Evidence that neurogenesis persists beyond the embryonic and early developmental periods has led to a number of programs in academia and the commercial sector that seek to stimulate the differentiation and growth of adult neural stem cells. A number of small companies are focusing on the development of methods and tools to enhance the regenerative responses of axons following different kinds of acute insults or chronic damage resulting from neurological conditions.... | |
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