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Scientists Identify Protein That May Promote Migraines
March 8, 2007 — A University of Iowa study may provide an explanation for why some people get migraine headaches while others do not. The researchers found that too much of a small protein called RAMP1 appears to ... > full story -
Enabling Nerve Regeneration Means Evicting The Cleanup Crew
February 28, 2007 — Macrophages are the immune cells that engulf and destroy the debris of damaged tissue to enable the healing process to begin. Their presence at the scene of damage is critical, but once their task is ... > full story -
Glaucoma Patients At Significantly Higher Risk For Falls, Motor Vehicle Accidents
February 28, 2007 — Persons affected by glaucoma are over three times more likely to have been involved in falls and motor vehicle accidents than persons of the same age without the condition, say researchers from ... > full story -
Getting On Your Nerves ... And Repairing Them
February 15, 2007 — In a study to be published in the March 2007 issue of the FASEB Journal, scientists from East Carolina University report that a key molecular mechanism, RNA interference (RNAi), plays a role in the ... > full story -
Building A Better Painkiller: Neuroscientists Explain Inner Workings Of Critical Pain Pathway
February 15, 2007 — Morphine and other opioids are among the most potent painkillers around. For the first time, Brown University neuroscientists explain why these drugs work so well on the calcium channels in the pain ... > full story -
Human Stem Cell Transplants Repair Rat Spinal Cords
February 13, 2007 — Human nerve stem cells transplanted into rats' damaged spinal cords have survived, grown and in some cases connected with the rats' own spinal cord cells in a Johns Hopkins laboratory, overturning ... > full story -
Smoked Cannabis Reduces Foot Pain Associated With HIV In Placebo Trial
February 12, 2007 — In a randomized placebo-controlled trial, patients smoking cannabis experienced a 34 percent reduction in intense foot pain associated with HIV -- twice the rate experienced by patients who smoked ... > full story -
Reducing Back Surgery Failure: Experiments Show Surgical Trauma Lowered By Pretreating Spinal Cord With Local Anesthetic
January 25, 2007 — Researchers believe that they have discovered how to prevent many cases of the most common problem encountered by patients undergoing spine surgery: failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS). In ... > full story -
Professor Uses Tai Chi To Fight Degenerative Nerve Disease
January 23, 2007 — Peripheral neuropathy is a degenerative nerve disease with no cure and few effective treatment options -- until now. Li Li, professor of kinesiology at LSU, is conducting a study into the benefits of ... > full story -
High-Power MRI Helps Surgical Team Predict Outcomes In Unusual Tumor Cases
January 11, 2007 — A Mayo Clinic surgical team has found that using a 3-Tesla MRI in surgical decision making provides a new level of capability to predict surgical outcomes that improves patient care by minimizing the ... > full story
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