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Drug shows potential to delay onset or progression of Alzheimer's disease
An anti-atherosclerosis drug greatly reduced blood-brain barrier (BBB) leaks in animal models with diabetes and hypercholesterolemia and linked BBB permeability with amyloid peptide deposits at the site of early Alzheimer's...
3D-printed implant replaces 75 percent of patient's skull
In a big move for 3D-printed medical implants, a patient received a custom-made skull implant
FYI: How Do You Keep A Dead Political Leader Fresh For Public Viewing?
Hugo Chavez Wikimedia CommonsThe corpse of Hugo Chavez is on display for a week. The death of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has been met with mixed feelings here in the US. But...
Do Gun Laws Really Prevent Deaths? New Study Dissected
States with the most gun laws also have fewer gun deaths.
Up to half of gestational diabetes patients will develop type 2 diabetes, study finds
Women who were diagnosed with gestational diabetes during pregnancy face a significantly higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in the future, according to a recent study.
Salt 'linked to immune rebellion'
The amount of salt in our diet could be driving our own immune systems to rebel against us leading to diseases such as multiple sclerosis, very early research suggests.
Folate, vitamin B12 cut schizophrenia symptoms in some patients
Adding the dietary supplements folate and vitamin B12 to treatment with antipsychotic medication improved a core symptom component of schizophrenia in a study of more than 100 patients. The study...
Hits to Head May Spur Brain-Damaging Immune Response
The body's immune response after a blow to the head may play a role in the development of later brain disease.
U.S. doctor's "gutsy" move led to baby's cure from HIV
JACKSON, Mississippi/CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) - The doctor who cured an HIV infected baby for the first time is happier talking to children than to adults and is finding all the...
Alzheimer's risk gene discovered by screening brain's connections: Researchers find signs of disease decades before illness strike
Scientists have discovered a new genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease by screening people's DNA and then using an advanced type of scan to visualize their brains' connections. The researchers...
Ask Well: Keeping Knee Arthritis in Check
Unfortunately, knee arthritis is incurable, but there are ways to slow the progression, explains the Phys Ed columnist Gretchen Reynolds.
Study pinpoints, prevents stress-induced drug relapse in rats
Scientists have identified specific key steps in the chain of events that causes stress-related drug relapse. They identified the exact region of the brain where the events take place in...
Use it or lose it: Molecular mechanism for why a stimulating environment protects against Alzheimer's disease
Researchers provide specific pre-clinical scientific evidence supporting the concept that prolonged and intensive stimulation by an enriched environment, especially regular exposure to new activities, may have beneficial effects in delaying...
Origin of aggressive ovarian cancer discovered
Researchers have discovered a likely origin of epithelial ovarian cancer (ovarian carcinoma), the fifth leading cause of cancer death among women in the United States.
Salty Food May Be a Culprit in Autoimmune Diseases
Studies suggest that salt drives development of harmful immune cells
Flip of a single molecular switch makes an old mouse brain young
The flip of a single molecular switch helps create the mature neuronal connections that allow the brain to bridge the gap between adolescent impressionability and adult stability. Now researchers have...
The Fattest US State Is ...
For the third year in a row, Colorado reigns as the least obese American state while West Virginia is still the fattest.
Leading scientists sign up to global cancer manifesto
Cancer is increasing around the world - a deadly, distressing and much-feared disease for which, until now, there has been good treatment only in the rich world. But leading cancer institutions say the...
Next NYC health campaign: too-loud earphones
NEW YORK (AP) -- Add cranked-up earphones to the list of health dangers Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration wants New Yorkers to avoid....
Seven days: 1–7 March 2013
The week in science: ‘Sequester’ cuts hit US science; health report from Fukushima; and infant cured of HIV.Nature 495 10 doi: 10.1038/495010a
Housing improvements linked to good health
A sufficient amount of space and a comfortable living temperature are good predictors of better health, finds a Cochrane review.
Bite out of dental program will hurt, says dentist
The president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Dental Association says cuts to the adult dental care program will cost in the long run.
Genomic screening to detect preventable rare diseases in healthy people?
Millions of people unknowingly carry rare gene mutations that put them at high risk of developing preventable diseases such as colorectal cancer, breast cancer, and several catastrophic blood vessel disorders....
Relatives of 87-year-old woman refused CPR satisfied with her care
Lorraine Bayless died when nurse refused to give her CPR, prompting outrage after 911 call recording was releasedRelatives of an 87-year-old woman who died after a nurse at her retirement home refused a...
New opportunities for 3-D technology in medicine
Until now, physicians have largely been skeptical of the advantages of 3D technology. But this may be about to change: the findings of a new study show that even experienced...
Early evidence shows 'good' cholesterol could combat abdominal aortic aneurysm
New research provides early evidence that ‘good’ cholesterol may possess anti-aneurysm forming properties. In laboratory-based investigations, scientists found that increased levels of high-density lipoproteins (HDL), the so-called good cholesterol, blocked...
Herbal medicine through an evolutionary lens
A phylogenetic study has shown that related plants are used traditionally in three disparate regions to treat similar medical conditions.
How healthy is your breath?
A baseline measurement of healthy human breath could one day enable the routine diagnosis of disease from a single exhalation