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Why Upper Motor Neurons Degenerate in ALS
Jan. 28, 2015 — Scientists have revealed a mechanism underlying the cellular degeneration of the upper motor neurons that die in ALS, and developed a model system that will allow further research on the ... full story -
Beer Compound Could Help Fend Off Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases
Jan. 28, 2015 — The health-promoting perks of wine have attracted the spotlight recently, leaving beer in the shadows. But scientists are discovering new ways in which the latter could be a more healthful beverage ... full story -
'Healthy' Fat Tissue Could Be Key to Reversing Type 2 Diabetes
Jan. 28, 2015 — Preventing inflammation in obese fat tissue may hold the key to preventing or even reversing type 2 diabetes, new research has found. The scientists found they could 'reverse' type 2 ... full story -
That's Using Your Head: Brain Regulates Fat Metabolism, Potentially Stopping Disease
Jan. 27, 2015 — Atherosclerosis -- hardening and narrowing of the arteries -- can be caused by fat build up that causes plaque deposits, and is one of the main causes of cardiovascular disease. Now a researcher has ... full story -
Unlocking the Kidney Riddle in Newborns
Jan. 27, 2015 — Researchers are closer to understanding why babies born with smaller kidneys have a high risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Currently, renal disorders at birth affect about one in 500 babies. ... full story -
Drug Candidates Can Block Pathway Associated With Cell Death in Parkinson's Disease
Jan. 27, 2015 — Two drug candidates can target biological pathways involved in the destruction of brain cells in Parkinson's disease, scientists have reported. The studies suggest that it is possible to design ... full story -
Chronic Insomniacs May Face Increased Risk of Hypertension
Jan. 26, 2015 — Insomniacs who take longer than 14 minutes to fall asleep face a greater risk of hypertension, according to new research. This study is the first to test whether insomnia with physiological ... full story -
High Cholesterol in 30s, 40s, Increases Later Risk of Heart Disease
Jan. 26, 2015 — Most young adults might assume they have years before needing to worry about their cholesterol. But new findings suggest that even slightly high cholesterol levels in otherwise healthy adults between ... full story -
Are Medications' Adverse Cognitive Effects Reversible?
Jan. 26, 2015 — A new study probes the possibility of reversing the adverse cognitive effects of medications frequently prescribed to older adults for chronic conditions including depression, anxiety and ... full story -
New Canadian Guideline to Help Prevent, Manage Adult Obesity
Jan. 26, 2015 — A new Canadian guideline to help prevent and manage obesity in adult patients recommends body mass index measurement for both prevention and management and structured behavioral changes to help those ... full story -
Majority of Homeless Adults With Mental Illness Have High Rates of Cognitive Deficits
Jan. 26, 2015 — Nearly three-quarters of homeless adults with mental illness in Canada show evidence of cognitive deficits, such as difficulties with problem solving, learning and memory, new research has found. The ... full story -
Would You Tell Your Manager You Had a Mental Health Problem?
Jan. 26, 2015 — Although nearly four in 10 workers wouldn't tell their manager if they had a mental health problem, half said that if they knew about a coworker's illness, they would desire to help, a new ... full story -
Acute Heart Failure Patients Bounce Back to ERs for Complex Reasons
Jan. 23, 2015 — A tool designed to assess what interferes with acute heart failure patients' ability to care for themselves after hospital discharge holds promise for improving patient outcomes and reducing ... full story -
Hidden Infection Shortens Life in Birds
Jan. 23, 2015 — Mild infections without symptoms of illness can still lead to serious consequences by reducing the lifespan of the infected individuals, research shows. A new study has been carried out on ... full story -
New 'Systems Genetics' Study Identifies Possible Target for Epilepsy Treatment
Jan. 23, 2015 — A single gene that coordinates a network of about 400 genes involved in epilepsy could be a target for new treatments, according to research. Epilepsy is a common and serious disease that affects ... full storyMore: -
Prescription Painkillers, Widely Used by Childbearing Age Women, Double Birth Defects Risk
Jan. 22, 2015 — Many women are unaware that prescription opioid-based medications such as codeine, oxycodone, hydrocodone, or morphine, used to treat severe pain, may increase the risk for serious birth defects of ... full story -
Brain Secrets Unlocked by International Imaging Effort
Jan. 22, 2015 — Significant genetic factors that influence the size of structures within the brain have been discovered by an international team of researchers. It is hoped these new insights may help scientists ... full story -
Study Detailing Axonal Death Pathway May Provide Drug Targets for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Jan. 22, 2015 — Axons connect neurons with each other to form the neural networks that underpin the vital functions of perception, motility, cognition, and memory. In many neurodegenerative disorders, from traumatic ... full story -
New Drug Compounds Show Promise Against Endometriosis
Jan. 21, 2015 — Two new drug compounds -- one of which has already proven useful in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis -- appear to be effective in treating endometriosis, a disorder that, like MS, is driven by ... full story -
Blood Vessels in Older Brains Break Down, Possibly Leading to Alzheimer's
Jan. 21, 2015 — Researchers used high-resolution imaging of the living human brain to show for the first time that the brain's protective blood barrier becomes leaky with age, starting at the hippocampus, a ... full story
- Why upper motor neurons degenerate in ALS
- Beer compound could help fend off Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases
- 'Healthy' fat tissue could be key to reversing type 2 diabetes
- That's using your head: Brain regulates fat metabolism, potentially stopping disease
- Unlocking the kidney riddle in newborns
- Drug candidates can block pathway associated with cell death in Parkinson's disease
- Chronic insomniacs may face increased risk of hypertension
- High cholesterol in 30s, 40s, increases later risk of heart disease
- Are medications' adverse cognitive effects reversible?
- New Canadian guideline to help prevent, manage adult obesity
- Majority of homeless adults with mental illness have high rates of cognitive deficits
- Would you tell your manager you had a mental health problem?
- Acute heart failure patients bounce back to ERs for complex reasons
- Hidden infection shortens life in birds
- New 'systems genetics' study identifies possible target for epilepsy treatment
- Prescription painkillers, widely used by childbearing age women, double birth defects risk
- Brain secrets unlocked by international imaging effort
- Study detailing axonal death pathway may provide drug targets for neurodegenerative diseases
- New drug compounds show promise against endometriosis
- Blood vessels in older brains break down, possibly leading to Alzheimer's
- Twitter can predict rates of coronary heart disease, according to research
- When Parkisonism does not mean Parkinson's
- Hunger hormone in infancy may link to lifelong obesity risk
- Education aids understanding, reduces stigma of facial paralysis, study shows
- Connection between childhood adversity, psychiatric disorders seen at cellular level
- Finding shared pathways for psychiatric disorders
- Portable stimulator being tested on Parkinson's patients
- Hospitalized for pneumonia? Your risk of cardiovascular disease is higher
- Stem cell transplantation shows potential for reducing disability in patients with MS
- Researchers prevent type I diabetes in mouse model
- Bioethicists call for return to asylums for long-term psychiatric care
- Common gut microbe might curb MS risk, at least in women
- Men who live alone run a greater risk of dying prematurely after stroke
- How to attack and paralyze myeloma cells: Comprehensive review on multiple myeloma
- Couples more likely to get healthy together
- Bariatric surgery can benefit some obese children, teens
- Early knee arthritis symptoms first felt when using stairs
- Women’s pain: Common, treatable and often overlooked or mismanaged
- Michigan autoworkers fare worse when it comes to the heart
- First pharmacological guideline for obesity treatment provides clinical roadmap for anti-obesity drug treatment
- Tool helps measure patients' readiness to make decisions about starting dialysis
- Study reveals lack of data on opioid drugs for chronic pain
- Eczema woes not just skin deep
- FDA approves first medical device for obesity treatment targeting brain-to-stomach signaling
- New approach to preventing fibrosing strictures in IBD
- Holistic assessment needed for wheelchair users with multiple sclerosis
- Mutations linked to repair of chromosome ends may make emphysema more likely in smokers
- HIV/AIDS patients in Deep South of U.S. have lower survival rates
- Depression, behavioral changes may precede memory loss in Alzheimer's
- Combat veterans' brains reveal hidden damage from IED blasts
- Worsening health conditions increase risk of mortgage default, disclosure
- Severe asthma: Diagnosis, treatment are inadequate
- Widespread hepatitis C screening may result in more harms than benefits
- 100 million Americans live with chronic pain, but treatment research is insufficient
- Fast sorting of CD4+ T cells from whole blood using glass microbubbles
- Chronic periodontitis, an inflammatory gum disease, influences prognosis and the severity of heart attacks
- Good life satisfaction has beneficial effects on bone health
- Experience of pain relies on multiple brain pathways, not just one
- First evidence of neuroinflammation in brains of chronic pain patients
- More clues to how drug reverses obesity, diabetes, fatty liver disease
- Drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease boosts radiation effectiveness in melanoma laboratory models with brain metastasis
- United States: Mental health care lacking in state, federal prisons
- After eight years, similar outcomes with surgical or nonsurgical treatment for spinal stenosis
- Mental health workers don't recognize their own burnout
- Smoking, alcohol, gene variant interact to increase risk of chronic pancreatitis
- Could gut microbes help treat brain disorders? Mounting research tightens their connection with the brain
- Sound mind, strong heart: Same protein sustains both
- Ethnic discrimination and health: Direct link found
- Poor acceptance of illness associated with worse quality of life in chronic heart failure
- New discoveries in key pathway for neurological diseases
- Caregiver, families with mentally ill members all need help, CWRU researchers find
- Review article estimates annual US cost of psoriasis in 2013
- PTSD doubles diabetes risk in women
- Physical recovery in critically ill patients can predict remission of anxiety, PTSD symptoms
- Genome wide expression changes in vascular tissue identified due to infection/diet
- Potential option for treating chronic kidney disease
- New genetic, epigenetic contributors to diabetes
- Surgery for obesity linked to longer survival
- Kidney disease on the rise, but patients on dialysis or with transplant living longer
- Smokers, the obese, have markedly higher health-care costs than peers
- How to sell the drugs of the future
- The Berlin patient, first and only person 'cured' of HIV, speaks out
- Major depression in the national comorbidity survey
- Diabetes debate: Triglycerides form in liver despite insulin resistance
- For most 'healthy' obese, health declines over time
- New information about how enzymes from white blood cells function
- Animal study points to a treatment for Huntington's disease
- More whole grains associated with lower early mortality, especially cardiovascular
- Criminal behavior in patients with neurodegenerative diseases studied
- Byproducts from bacteria awaken dormant T-cells, HIV viruses
- Genetic factors contribute to insomnia in children, teens, twin study suggests
- Report on remission in patients with MS three years after stem cell transplant
- Lyme disease enhances spread of emerging tick infection
- Mechanism of toxin's inflammatory effect on lungs found
- Patient self-reporting version of 'blood pressure cuff' for dementia is reliable, valid
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