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Rheumatoid arthritis breakthrough Medicine & Health / Research November 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful, inflammatory type of arthritis that occurs when the body's immune system attacks itself. A new paper, published in this week's issue of PLoS Biology, reports a breakthrough in the ...

Fatty diet during pregnancy makes new cells in fetal brain that cause early onset obesity Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A study in rats shows that exposure to a high-fat diet during pregnancy produces permanent changes in the offspring's brain that lead to overeating and obesity early in life, according to new research by Rockefeller ...

Recovering antibodies from 1918 flu pandemic survivors Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Ninety years after the sweeping destruction of the 1918 flu pandemic, researchers at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt have recovered antibodies to the virus — from elderly survivors ...

Philips’ intelligent pill targets drug development and treatment for digestive tract diseases Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet At this week's opening of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exposition (Atlanta, USA, November 16-20, 2008) Philips Research will announce its new intelligent ...

Researcher invents molecule that stops SARS Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet A Purdue University researcher has created a compound that prevents replication of the virus that causes SARS and could lead to a treatment for the disease.

Researchers link autism and rain Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: 3 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 (PhysOrg.com) -- When Cornell economists noticed that autism diagnosis rates were higher in some states, they questioned whether local weather could be playing a role.

Protein can nurture or devastate brain cells, depending on its 'friends' Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have uncovered new insights into the "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" nature of a protein that stimulates stem-cell maturation in the brain but, paradoxically, can also ...

Cell-coated stent as effective as drug-coated ones but needs less meds Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A stent that entices artery-lining cells to coat it works as well or better than drug-eluting stents in keeping arteries open in coronary heart disease patients, according to two research studies presented at the American ...

Scientists map steps to block key enzyme action in heart failure Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Taking a cue from the way drugs like Viagra put the biological brakes on a key enzyme involved in heart failure, scientists at Johns Hopkins have mapped out a key chemical step involved in blocking the enzyme.

Optical illusions: caused by eye or brain? Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 71 vote(s) \| User comments: 17 When viewing the famous optical illusion painting Enigma by Isia Leviant, many people claim to see motion within the colored circles moving against the black and white striped background. Although this ...

Battling bacteria in the blood: Researchers tackle deadly infections Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 3 It's a leading cause of death, but no one knows for sure how and why it happens. It's a major source of health care costs, adding days or weeks to the hospital stays and lost work time of millions of people. But no one fully ...

Getting little sleep may be associated with risk of heart disease Medicine & Health / Research November 10, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Sleeping less than seven and a half hours per day may be associated with future risk of heart disease, according to a report in the November 10 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. In addition, a combination of ...

Black and south Asian people benefiting less from interventions to reduce blood pressure, says study Medicine & Health / Research November 10, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet People from black and south Asian communities in the UK are not benefiting as much as white people from doctors' interventions to reduce their blood pressure, according to a new study published today in the journal Annals ...

Brain imaging study supports the 'cognitive reserve' hypothesis Medicine & Health / Research November 10, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Individuals with higher education levels appear to score higher on cognitive tests despite having evidence of brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of ...

Pittsburgh Compound B finds Alzheimer's-associated plaques in symptom-free older adults Medicine & Health / Research November 10, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet In the largest study of its kind, Pittsburgh Compound B, an imaging agent that could facilitate the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, has been used to identify amyloid deposition in the brains of clinically older adults.

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Rheumatoid arthritis breakthrough Medicine & Health / Research November 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful, inflammatory type of arthritis that occurs when the body's immune system attacks itself. A new paper, published in this week's issue of PLoS Biology, reports a breakthrough in the ...

Fatty diet during pregnancy makes new cells in fetal brain that cause early onset obesity Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A study in rats shows that exposure to a high-fat diet during pregnancy produces permanent changes in the offspring's brain that lead to overeating and obesity early in life, according to new research by Rockefeller ...

Recovering antibodies from 1918 flu pandemic survivors Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Ninety years after the sweeping destruction of the 1918 flu pandemic, researchers at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt have recovered antibodies to the virus — from elderly survivors ...

Philips’ intelligent pill targets drug development and treatment for digestive tract diseases Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet At this week's opening of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exposition (Atlanta, USA, November 16-20, 2008) Philips Research will announce its new intelligent ...

Researcher invents molecule that stops SARS Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet A Purdue University researcher has created a compound that prevents replication of the virus that causes SARS and could lead to a treatment for the disease.

Researchers link autism and rain Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: 3 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 (PhysOrg.com) -- When Cornell economists noticed that autism diagnosis rates were higher in some states, they questioned whether local weather could be playing a role.

Protein can nurture or devastate brain cells, depending on its 'friends' Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have uncovered new insights into the "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" nature of a protein that stimulates stem-cell maturation in the brain but, paradoxically, can also ...

Cell-coated stent as effective as drug-coated ones but needs less meds Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A stent that entices artery-lining cells to coat it works as well or better than drug-eluting stents in keeping arteries open in coronary heart disease patients, according to two research studies presented at the American ...

Scientists map steps to block key enzyme action in heart failure Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Taking a cue from the way drugs like Viagra put the biological brakes on a key enzyme involved in heart failure, scientists at Johns Hopkins have mapped out a key chemical step involved in blocking the enzyme.

Optical illusions: caused by eye or brain? Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 71 vote(s) \| User comments: 17 When viewing the famous optical illusion painting Enigma by Isia Leviant, many people claim to see motion within the colored circles moving against the black and white striped background. Although this ...

Battling bacteria in the blood: Researchers tackle deadly infections Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 3 It's a leading cause of death, but no one knows for sure how and why it happens. It's a major source of health care costs, adding days or weeks to the hospital stays and lost work time of millions of people. But no one fully ...

Getting little sleep may be associated with risk of heart disease Medicine & Health / Research November 10, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Sleeping less than seven and a half hours per day may be associated with future risk of heart disease, according to a report in the November 10 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. In addition, a combination of ...

Black and south Asian people benefiting less from interventions to reduce blood pressure, says study Medicine & Health / Research November 10, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet People from black and south Asian communities in the UK are not benefiting as much as white people from doctors' interventions to reduce their blood pressure, according to a new study published today in the journal Annals ...

Brain imaging study supports the 'cognitive reserve' hypothesis Medicine & Health / Research November 10, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Individuals with higher education levels appear to score higher on cognitive tests despite having evidence of brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of ...

Pittsburgh Compound B finds Alzheimer's-associated plaques in symptom-free older adults Medicine & Health / Research November 10, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet In the largest study of its kind, Pittsburgh Compound B, an imaging agent that could facilitate the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, has been used to identify amyloid deposition in the brains of clinically older adults.

Rheumatoid arthritis breakthrough

Fatty diet during pregnancy makes new cells in fetal brain that cause early onset obesity

Recovering antibodies from 1918 flu pandemic survivors

Philips’ intelligent pill targets drug development and treatment for digestive tract diseases

Researcher invents molecule that stops SARS

Researchers link autism and rain

Protein can nurture or devastate brain cells, depending on its 'friends'

Cell-coated stent as effective as drug-coated ones but needs less meds

Scientists map steps to block key enzyme action in heart failure

Optical illusions: caused by eye or brain?

Battling bacteria in the blood: Researchers tackle deadly infections

Getting little sleep may be associated with risk of heart disease

Black and south Asian people benefiting less from interventions to reduce blood pressure, says study

Brain imaging study supports the 'cognitive reserve' hypothesis

Pittsburgh Compound B finds Alzheimer's-associated plaques in symptom-free older adults

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