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Children’s Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School Study Suggests Alzheimer’s Drug May Reduce Preemie Brain Injury

June 25, 2008 | 
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HealthDay News -- The Alzheimer’s drug memantine (brand name Namenda) may help reduce a form of brain injury that affects many premature babies, according to a Children’s Hospital Boston study.

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