New study finds healthy children of Alzheimer patients show early brain changes July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Medical College of Wisconsin researchers in Milwaukee have reported that children of Alzheimer's patients who are carriers of a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease have neurological changes that are detectable long ... | |
Signs of Alzheimer's disease may be present decades before diagnosis August 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Scientists from the University of South Florida and the University of Kentucky report that people who develop Alzheimer's disease may show signs of this illness many decades earlier in life, including compromised educational ... | |
New hope for stroke patients August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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If a stroke patient doesn't get treatment within approximately the first three hours of symptoms, there's not much doctors can do to limit damage to the brain. | |
SKorea cat had bird flu: officials July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A cat found dead in a South Korean city was infected with a virulent strain of bird flu, the first mammal in the country known to have had the H5N1 virus, health officials said on Tuesday. | |
Alzheimer's disease patients show improvement in trial of new drug July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A new drug has been shown to improve the brain function of people with early stage Alzheimer's disease and reduce a key protein associated with the disease in the spinal fluid, in a small study published today in the journal ... | |
Protein plays Jekyll and Hyde role in Lou Gehrig's disease July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by the death of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord that control muscle movements from walking ... | |
'Nutraceuticals' could prevent diabetes August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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People at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes might be able to delay or prevent the disease by taking certain food supplements and making lifestyle changes, according to a new book by Dr. James W. Anderson, an internationally ... | |
Why dopamine freezes parkinson patients and drives drug addicts August 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Parkinson's disease and drug addiction are polar opposite diseases, but both depend upon dopamine in the brain. Parkinson's patients don't have enough of it; drug addicts get too much of it. Although the importance of dopamine ... | |
Living with a partner reduces risk of Alzheimer's July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Living with a spouse or a partner decreases the risk of developing Alzheimer's and other dementia diseases. This according to a study by Krister Håkansson, researcher in psychology at Växjö University and Karolinska Institutet, ... | |
Sandwich meats kill 15 in Canada August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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The death toll from contaminated deli meats in Canada has risen to 15, health officials said Wednesday, including an elderly woman who is said to have suffered terribly. | |
Frankincense provides relief to arthritis sufferers July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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An enriched extract of the 'Indian Frankincense' herb Boswellia serrata has been proven to reduce the symptoms of osteoarthritis. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Arthritis Research ... | |
Bacterial pneumonia caused most deaths in 1918 influenza pandemic August 19, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The majority of deaths during the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 were not caused by the influenza virus acting alone, report researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the ... | |
New research suggests diabetes transmitted from parents to children August 20, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A new study in the September issue of the Journal of Lipid Research suggests an unusual form of inheritance may have a role in the rising rate of diabetes, especially in children and young adults, in the United States. | |
 Scientists identify possible cause of endometriosis August 05, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Endometriosis is a condition whereby patches of the inner lining of the womb appear in parts of the body other than the womb cavity. It can cause severe pain and affects approximately 15% of women of reproductive ... | |
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