She added that while most treatments for Alzheimer's targeted the disease's early stages, this research showed that even after major brain damage it was still possible to improve learning and memory.

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These drugs may help in childhood learning disability, in the memory loss with ageing and even in recovery from brain damage.

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Officials have said it is "just a matter of time" before a child is left with serious and permanent complications, such as eye disorders, deafness or brain damage, or even dies.

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It added that it was "just a matter of time" before a child was left with serious and permanent complications, such as eye disorders, deafness or brain damage, or even dies.

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Now there's more good news: Scientists from Johns Hopkins University have concluded that red wine may also protect the brain from damage after a stroke and even provide some prophylactic protection before an individual is hit with this dreaded affliction.

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And even when it does not kill, it can bring severe complications, from deafness to brain damage.

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Besides stroke, he says, drugs aimed at the new targets could prove useful for treating spinal cord injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, even epilepsy--because the same toxic cascade that occurs after a stroke also happens after many other types of brain damage.

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Besides stroke, Dr. Suzdak says, drugs aimed at the new targets could prove useful for treating spinal cord injuries, Lou Gehrig's disease or even epilepsy--because the same toxic cascade that occurs after a stroke also happens after many other types of brain damage.

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