UCLA study shows feasibility of blood-based test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease
• Brain • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 11 15
UCLA researchers have provided the first evidence that a simple blood test could be developed to confirm the presence of beta amyloid proteins in…
Risk of motor vehicle accidents is higher in people with sleep apnea
• Respiratory Problems • • Trauma & Injuries • • Sleep Aid • Mar 10 15
A new study finds that obstructive sleep apnea is associated with a significantly increased risk of motor vehicle accidents, and this risk is reduced…
New approach to HIV management in Tanzania and Zambia reduces deaths by almost one-third
• AIDS/HIV • • Mortality and Morbidity • • Public Health • Mar 10 15
A new approach to care for patients with advanced HIV in Tanzania and Zambia, combining community support and screening for a type of meningitis,…
High levels of vitamin D is suspected of increasing mortality rates
• Mortality and Morbidity • Mar 10 15
The level of vitamin D in our blood should neither be too high nor to low. Scientists from the University of Copenhagen are the…
Men’s heart disease risk linked to high testosterone and low estrogen
• Gender: Male • • Heart • • Sexual Health • Mar 09 15
Why men have more heart disease than premenopausal women has been unclear, but a new study shows that the sex hormones testosterone and estrogen…
Decreased sexual activity, desire may lead to decline in serum testosterone in older men
• Gender: Male • • Sexual Health • Mar 09 15
In older men, decreased sexual activity and desire, not erectile dysfunction, may cause serum testosterone to decline, a new study from Australia finds. The…
PET/MR can effectively diagnose cause of unclear foot pain
• Pain • Mar 09 15
A single scan could diagnose the cause of foot pain better and with less radiation exposure to the patient than other methods, according to…
What’s your genetic destiny? More than half of parents want to know disease risks
• Genetics • Mar 09 15
Would you want to know if you or your children had risk of hereditary cancer, a genetic risk for cardiovascular disease or carried the…
Obese females who are most unlikely to lose weight are most in need of losing it
• Gender: Female • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Mar 06 15
In obese females, a close relationship may exist between their disinhibition (detrimental eating and behavioral characteristics) that limits successful weight loss, and impaired metabolism,…
Letrozole is a promising new treatment of male infertility, researcher says
• Drug Abuse • • Gender: Male • • Sexual Health • Mar 06 15
A letrozole pill once a week restored fertility in obese, infertile men and led to their partners giving birth to two full-term, healthy babies,…
People with anorexia and body dysmorphic disorder have similar brain anomalies
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 06 15
People with anorexia nervosa and with body dysmorphic disorder have similar abnormalities in their brains that affect their ability to process visual information, a…
Onion extract may improve high blood sugar and cholesterol
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Mar 06 15
The extract of onion bulb, Allium cepa, strongly lowered high blood glucose (sugar) and total cholesterol levels in diabetic rats when given with the…
New findings on ‘key players’ in brain inflammation
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 06 15
Inflammatory processes occur in the brain in conjunction with stroke and neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Researchers from Lund University and…
Human brains age less than previously thought
• Brain • • Neurology • Mar 05 15
Older brains may be more similar to younger brains than previously thought.
In a new paper published in Human Brain Mapping, BBSRC-funded researchers at…
An alternative to medical marijuana for pain?
• Pain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 04 15
Medical marijuana is proliferating across the country due to the ability of cannabis ingestion to treat important clinical problems such as chronic pain. However,…
Obesity is associated with brain’s neurotransmitters
• Brain • • Obesity • Mar 04 15
Researchers at Aalto University and University of Turku have revealed how obesity is associated with altered opioid neurotransmission in the brain.
New research reveals…
Can exercise training prevent premature death in elderly?
• Aging and Gerontology • • Physical activity -exercise • Mar 04 15
“Generation 100 will determine whether exercise training leads to more active and healthier years, and will establish reference values for several important measures such…
Infant gut bacteria and food sensitization: Associations in the first year of life
• Children's Health • • Allergies • • Infections • Mar 04 15
A new study from Canadian researchers at the University of Alberta and University of Manitoba is shedding new light on changes in intestinal bacteria…
Marijuana: The allergen you never knew existed
• Allergies • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 03 15
Growing up, you may have been given reasons for not smoking marijuana. What you may not have heard is that marijuana, like other pollen-bearing…
Vanderbilt study shows poor heart function could be major risk for Alzheimer’s disease
• Brain • • Heart • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 03 15
A healthier heart could prevent Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
The study, published online Feb. 19 in Circulation,…
Pregnant women with asthma need to curb urge to ask for antibiotics
• Asthma • • Pregnancy • Mar 03 15
Getting sick when you’re pregnant is especially difficult, but women whose children are at risk for developing asthma should avoid antibiotics, according to…
Bans don’t help smokers quit
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 03 15
Smokers have become accustomed to stepping outside at bars and restaurants. But has the change in rules governing enclosed public places inspired enough of…