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New strategy to cut heart attack risk is effective in initial test Medicine & Health / Research December 17, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet The first clinical trial of a new kind of drug to cut the risk of cardiovascular disease has been found safe and effective at dropping levels of “bad” low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by as much as 40 percent. High ...

Genetic tags reveal secrets of memories' staying power in mice Medicine & Health / Research February 21, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet A better understanding of how memory works is emerging from a newfound ability to link a learning experience in a mouse to consequent changes in the inner workings of its neurons. Researchers, supported in ...

Discovery about fertilization points way to possible malaria vaccine Medicine & Health / Research March 25, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet International investigations of an organism that one UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher calls a “silly little green scum” have led to key insights into the basic mechanisms of reproduction.

Folate scores a win in animal studies: Brief, high doses of B vitamin blunt damage from heart attack Medicine & Health / Research March 27, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Long known for its role in preventing anemia in expectant mothers and spinal birth defects in newborns, the B vitamin folate, found in leafy green vegetables, beans and nuts has now been shown to blunt the damaging effects ...

Mysterious fevers of unknown origin: Could surgery be a cure? Medicine & Health / Research March 28, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet A child spikes a high fever, sometimes as high as 104 or 105 degrees, and sometimes causing seizures. She’s rushed to the emergency room, the hospital runs test after test, specialists are brought in, but no explanation is ...

Balancing the brain Medicine & Health / Research September 24, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Neuroscientists at Children's Hospital Boston have identified the first known "master switch" in brain cells to orchestrate the formation and maintenance of inhibitory synapses, essential for proper brain function. The factor, ...

MicroRNAs Provide New Insight in Study of Autism Medicine & Health / Research July 01, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet MicroRNAs may play an important role in the development of autism spectrum disorder, according to a new paper by University of California, Santa Barbara professor Kenneth S. Kosik.

Blood-related genetic mechanisms found important in Parkinson's disease Medicine & Health / Research July 21, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 What does the genetics of blood cells have to do with brain cells related to Parkinson's disease? From an unusual collaboration of neurologists and a pharmacologist comes the surprising answer: Genetic mechanisms at play ...

Researchers unravel key mechanism of cellular damage in aging and disease Medicine & Health / Research July 24, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Researchers have taken a first snapshot of how a class of highly reactive molecules inflicts cellular damage as part of aging, heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, kidney disease and Alzheimer's disease to name a few. ...

Inhibiting cholesterol-associated protein reduces high-risk blockages in arteries Medicine & Health / Research September 22, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Using the drug darapladib, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and colleagues have inhibited a cholesterol-and immune system-associated protein, thereby reducing the development ...

Medicinal marijuana effective for neuropathic pain in HIV Medicine & Health / Research August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet In a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess the impact of smoked medical cannabis, or marijuana, on the neuropathic pain associated with HIV, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School ...

Designer RNA fights high cholesterol, researchers find Medicine & Health / Research August 11, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Small, specially designed bits of ribonucleic acid (RNA) can interfere with cholesterol metabolism, reducing harmful cholesterol by two-thirds in pre-clinical tests, according to a new study by researchers at UT Southwestern ...

Neighbour's aid for jobless nerve cells Medicine & Health / Research September 01, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- One of the laws of nature states that empty spaces don’t stay empty for long. Be it the flowerbed, which is overgrown with weeds in no time, or the gap in your appointment calendar, which ...

How we see objects in depth: The brain's code for 3-D structure Medicine & Health / Research October 27, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet A team of Johns Hopkins University neuroscientists has discovered patterns of brain activity that may underlie our remarkable ability to see and understand the three-dimensional structure of objects.

Johns Hopkins neuroscientists discover a critical early step of memory formation Medicine & Health / Research September 15, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine report in the July issue of Neuron how nerve cells in the brain ensure that Arc, a protein critical for memory formation, is made instantly after nerve ...

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New strategy to cut heart attack risk is effective in initial test Medicine & Health / Research December 17, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet The first clinical trial of a new kind of drug to cut the risk of cardiovascular disease has been found safe and effective at dropping levels of “bad” low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by as much as 40 percent. High ...

Genetic tags reveal secrets of memories' staying power in mice Medicine & Health / Research February 21, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet A better understanding of how memory works is emerging from a newfound ability to link a learning experience in a mouse to consequent changes in the inner workings of its neurons. Researchers, supported in ...

Discovery about fertilization points way to possible malaria vaccine Medicine & Health / Research March 25, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet International investigations of an organism that one UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher calls a “silly little green scum” have led to key insights into the basic mechanisms of reproduction.

Folate scores a win in animal studies: Brief, high doses of B vitamin blunt damage from heart attack Medicine & Health / Research March 27, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Long known for its role in preventing anemia in expectant mothers and spinal birth defects in newborns, the B vitamin folate, found in leafy green vegetables, beans and nuts has now been shown to blunt the damaging effects ...

Mysterious fevers of unknown origin: Could surgery be a cure? Medicine & Health / Research March 28, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet A child spikes a high fever, sometimes as high as 104 or 105 degrees, and sometimes causing seizures. She’s rushed to the emergency room, the hospital runs test after test, specialists are brought in, but no explanation is ...

Balancing the brain Medicine & Health / Research September 24, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Neuroscientists at Children's Hospital Boston have identified the first known "master switch" in brain cells to orchestrate the formation and maintenance of inhibitory synapses, essential for proper brain function. The factor, ...

MicroRNAs Provide New Insight in Study of Autism Medicine & Health / Research July 01, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet MicroRNAs may play an important role in the development of autism spectrum disorder, according to a new paper by University of California, Santa Barbara professor Kenneth S. Kosik.

Blood-related genetic mechanisms found important in Parkinson's disease Medicine & Health / Research July 21, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 What does the genetics of blood cells have to do with brain cells related to Parkinson's disease? From an unusual collaboration of neurologists and a pharmacologist comes the surprising answer: Genetic mechanisms at play ...

Researchers unravel key mechanism of cellular damage in aging and disease Medicine & Health / Research July 24, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Researchers have taken a first snapshot of how a class of highly reactive molecules inflicts cellular damage as part of aging, heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, kidney disease and Alzheimer's disease to name a few. ...

Inhibiting cholesterol-associated protein reduces high-risk blockages in arteries Medicine & Health / Research September 22, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Using the drug darapladib, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and colleagues have inhibited a cholesterol-and immune system-associated protein, thereby reducing the development ...

Medicinal marijuana effective for neuropathic pain in HIV Medicine & Health / Research August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet In a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess the impact of smoked medical cannabis, or marijuana, on the neuropathic pain associated with HIV, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School ...

Designer RNA fights high cholesterol, researchers find Medicine & Health / Research August 11, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Small, specially designed bits of ribonucleic acid (RNA) can interfere with cholesterol metabolism, reducing harmful cholesterol by two-thirds in pre-clinical tests, according to a new study by researchers at UT Southwestern ...

Neighbour's aid for jobless nerve cells Medicine & Health / Research September 01, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- One of the laws of nature states that empty spaces don’t stay empty for long. Be it the flowerbed, which is overgrown with weeds in no time, or the gap in your appointment calendar, which ...

How we see objects in depth: The brain's code for 3-D structure Medicine & Health / Research October 27, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet A team of Johns Hopkins University neuroscientists has discovered patterns of brain activity that may underlie our remarkable ability to see and understand the three-dimensional structure of objects.

Johns Hopkins neuroscientists discover a critical early step of memory formation Medicine & Health / Research September 15, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine report in the July issue of Neuron how nerve cells in the brain ensure that Arc, a protein critical for memory formation, is made instantly after nerve ...

New strategy to cut heart attack risk is effective in initial test

Genetic tags reveal secrets of memories' staying power in mice

Discovery about fertilization points way to possible malaria vaccine

Folate scores a win in animal studies: Brief, high doses of B vitamin blunt damage from heart attack

Mysterious fevers of unknown origin: Could surgery be a cure?

Balancing the brain

MicroRNAs Provide New Insight in Study of Autism

Blood-related genetic mechanisms found important in Parkinson's disease

Researchers unravel key mechanism of cellular damage in aging and disease

Inhibiting cholesterol-associated protein reduces high-risk blockages in arteries

Medicinal marijuana effective for neuropathic pain in HIV

Designer RNA fights high cholesterol, researchers find

Neighbour's aid for jobless nerve cells

How we see objects in depth: The brain's code for 3-D structure

Johns Hopkins neuroscientists discover a critical early step of memory formation

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