Health
Atomic-level study reveals why rare disorder causes sudden paralysis
Credit: Ning Zheng & Catterall labs/UWMedicine A rare genetic disorder in which people are suddenly overcome with profound muscle weakness...
Humira does not improve aortic vascular inflammation in psoriasis patients
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - An antibody used to treat the skin disease psoriasis and other chronic autoimmune diseases such...
Antithrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillaton before, after stroke
Bottom Line: Oral anticoagulation therapy after stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation was associated with lower risk for recurrent blood...
Flow of cerebrospinal fluid regulates neural stem cell division
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Stem cells in the brain can divide and mature into...
Clinical trial supports chiropractic care as component of care for low back pain
Bottom Line: U.S military personnel with low back pain who received usual medical care plus chiropractic care reported moderate improvement...
Developmental psychotherapy for antisocial adolescents
Antisocial behavior is common during adolescence and incurs significant costs both for society and for the young people themselves. While...
Gene therapy that restores vision in dogs may help humans, too
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A Michigan State University veterinary ophthalmologist has modified a gene therapy that reverses blindness in dogs...
A new Achilles’ heel of blood cancer
Credit: CeMM/Anna Skucha (Vienna, May 18, 2018) AML is not a single disease. It is a group of leukemias that...
Gay male teens use adult hookup apps to find friends, partners
CHICAGO --- Although hookup apps require users to be 18 or older, a new Northwestern Medicine study found that more...
World first use of cognitive training reduces gait freezing in Parkinson’s patients
The researchers report significant reduction in the severity and duration of freezing of gait, improved cognitive processing speed and reduced...
Study finds growing wealth gap between seniors and families with children
Credit: Christina Gibson-Davis and Christine Percheski, based on analysis of federal data DURHAM, N.C. - The wealth gap between households...
Particle shows promise for treating the deadliest type of breast cancer
Credit: Oihana Iriondo/Min Yu/USC Stem Cell USC researchers have pinpointed a remedy to thwart a protein that helps the metastatic...
New mechanism essential for eye lens development identified
Credit: University of Delaware/ Video by Jeff Chase If you want to take clear photographs, you don't use sandpaper to...
Genome editing method targets AIDS virus
By destroying the regulatory genes of the AIDS virus HIV-1 using the genome editing system CRISPR/Cas9, a Japanese research group...
Stroke researchers confirm role of frontal lesions in response to prism treatment
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. May 18, 2018. Stroke researchers have confirmed that the presence of frontal cortical lesions...
Experimental MERS treatments enter clinical trial
Credit: NIAID Enrollment has begun in an early-stage clinical trial testing the safety of two human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) designed...
Biotin supplements caused misleading test results, almost led to unnecessary procedure
Credit: © UNC School of Medicine May 18, 2018 - A new case report in the Journal of the Endocrine...
CENTECH’s Propulsion Program will help Innodem Neurosciences succeed globally
Credit: Innodem CENTECH, a Montreal-based technology incubator, announced earlier that it has selected a company founded by Dr. Etienne de...
MR spectroscopy imaging reveals effects of targeted treatment of mutant IDH1 gliomas
Credit: Ovidiu Andronesi, M.D., Ph.D., Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital Using a novel imaging method, a Massachusetts...
The dark side of our genes — healthy ageing in modern times
The transition to modernity - largely driven by the Industrial Revolution - provided us with easier access to food and...
