Kamis, 31 Mei 2012

Famous 1848 Case Of A Man Who Survived A Terrible Brain Injury Has Modern Parallel

Poor Phineas Gage. In 1848, the supervisor for the Rutland and Burlington Railroad in Vermont was using a 13-pound, 3-foot-7-inch rod to pack blasting powder into a rock when he triggered an explosion that drove the rod through his left cheek and out of the top of his head. As reported at the time, the rod was later found, "smeared with blood and brains...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245534.php

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For Pediatric Crohn's Disease, Measurement Of Bone Age Should Be Included In Routine Care

Measuring bone age should be a standard practice of care for pediatric patients with Crohn's disease, in order to properly interpret growth status and improve treatment, according to a new study from the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245878.php

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Breast Cancer Patients' Survival Influenced By Their Cardio Fitness Levels

Women receiving care for breast cancer have significantly impaired cardio-pulmonary function that can persist for years after they have completed treatment, according to a study led by scientists at Duke University Medical Center...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245778.php

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No Link Between Depression, Nasal Obstruction

While mood disorders like depression or anxiety tend to negatively affect treatment for allergies and chronic rhinosinusitis, the same cannot be said for patients with nasal obstructions such as deviated septum, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital. The new study shows mood disorders are not linked to either nasal obstructive symptoms or the failure of nasal obstruction surgery...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244376.php

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The Social Stigma Surrounding Abortion

An international team of researchers says abortion stigma is under researched, under theorized and over emphasized in one category: women who've had abortions. As a result, they're launching a new direction into research that explores the social stigma surrounding abortion...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/229952.php

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The Toll On Human Health Is Still Being Counted 10 Years After Attacks On World Trade Center

The World Trade Center disaster exposed nearly half a million people to hazardous chemicals, environmental toxins, and traumatic events. According to research published in the December 2011 issue of Elsevier-published journal Preventive Medicine, this has resulted in increased risk of developing physical and mental health conditions after 9/11...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239105.php

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Resiliency During Early Years Can Protect Against Later Alcohol/Drug Use

Resiliency is a measure of a person's ability to flexibly adapt their behaviors to fit the surroundings in which they find themselves. Low resiliency during childhood has been linked to later alcohol/drug problems during the teenage years...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245442.php

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Rabu, 30 Mei 2012

US Govt Asks Scientists To Keep Lab-Bred Bird Flu Blueprint Secret

Imagine this, our worst nightmare becomes our reality: as anticipated, the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus that kills most people it infects has acquired the ability to transmit easily from bird to human and then from human to human and has reached pandemic proportions...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239510.php

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Dysentery May Be Treatable With Cheap Arthritis Drug

US researchers have discovered that an already approved arthritis drug may offer a cheap, low-dose treatment for the amoebic infections that cause dysentery in humans worldwide. So far they have only tested the drug in lab and animal studies, but they have applied for approval to start clinical trials to test it as a treatment for both amebiasis and the parasite Giardia in humans...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/245636.php

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The Power Of Astrocytes, Once Considered Just 'Brain Glue'

A type of cell plentiful in the brain, long considered mainly the stuff that holds the brain together and oft-overlooked by scientists more interested in flashier cells known as neurons, wields more power in the brain than has been realized, according to new research published in Science Signaling...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/243564.php

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Two-Step Tooth Implantation And Built-Up Bone Can Be Longer Lasting

Periodontists routinely grow bone in the mouth to guarantee a stable environment for teeth and tooth implants. But whether it's better to build up bone before placing the implant, or to simply place the implant and allow bone to grow around it, has been a subject of considerable medical debate. Now Prof...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245738.php

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Costly Diagnostic MRI Tests Unnecessary For Many Back Pain Patients

Johns Hopkins-led research suggests that routine MRI imaging does nothing to improve the treatment of patients who need injections of steroids into their spinal columns to relieve pain. Moreover, MRI plays only a small role in a doctor's decision to give these epidural steroid injections (ESIs), the most common procedure performed at pain clinics in the United States...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239070.php

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News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: April 16, 2012

AUTOIMMUNITY Understanding bone loss in rheumatoid arthritis patients Rheumatoid arthritis causes joint stiffness and pain for over 2 million Americans. The disease is caused by an errant attack on healthy tissue by the body's immune system...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244171.php

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Gene Related To Autism, Schizophrenia And Obesity Isolated By Zebrafish Study

What can a fish tell us about human brain development? Researchers at Duke University Medical Center transplanted a set of human genes into a zebrafish and then used it to identify genes responsible for head size at birth. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center transplanted a set of human genes into a zebrafish and then used it to identify genes responsible for head size at birth...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245508.php

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Emotional Resilience To Stress Boosted By Gatekeeper Of Brain Steroid Signals

A cellular protein called HDAC6, newly characterized as a gatekeeper of steroid biology in the brain, may provide a novel target for treating and preventing stress-linked disorders, such as (PTSD), according to research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Glucocorticoids are natural steroids secreted by the body during stress...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244519.php

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Selasa, 29 Mei 2012

Why Carbon Nanotubes Spell Trouble For Cells

It's been long known that asbestos spells trouble for human cells. Scientists have seen cells stabbed with spiky, long asbestos fibers, and the image is gory: Part of the fiber is protruding from the cell, like a quivering arrow that's found its mark...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/234604.php

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New Animal Model Developed For ADHD

The number of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) cases in the United States are exploding. According to a 2011 statement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one in 10 American children is diagnosed with the disorder...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245244.php

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Lyme-Disease-Related Arthritis: Effective Treatment Depends On Proper Diagnosis

Early, correct diagnosis is the best way to prevent the development of Lyme arthritis in individuals with the tick-borne illness, according to a paper published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS). In patients who do develop the condition, most cases can be treated successfully with antibiotics, the review found...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/215576.php

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How A Drug-Lead Compound Kills Cancer Cells By 'Starving' Them Of Energy, Preventing Tumor Formation

A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Department of Biological Sciences and Mechanobiology Institute have discovered how a drug-lead compound - a compound that is undergoing preclinical trials as a potential drug - can deprive cancer cells of energy and stop them from growing into a tumour. This drug-lead compound is named BPTES...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245661.php

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Genetic Systems Disrupted In Autistic Brain

Autism has a strong genetic basis, but so far efforts to identify the responsible genes have had mixed results. The reason for this is that autism is influenced by many different genes, and different genes are involved in different individuals, making it hard to find the common genetic ground between patients...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244881.php

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Patients With Mild Alzheimer's Disease May Respond To Deep Brain Stimulation

A study on a handful of people with suspected mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) suggests that a device that sends continuous electrical impulses to specific "memory" regions of the brain appears to increase neuronal activity...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245129.php

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Improving Emergency Management With The Help Of A Georeferenced Digital "Comic"

Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) have developed a computer application that allows georeferenced images that have been uploaded to social networks on the Internet to be recovered, located on maps and organized like a comic to create a visual perspective of a specific story, such as a crisis situation or an emergency...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/242813.php

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Underrated Danger In Rheumatoid Arthritis From Standard Heart Disease Risk Tools

Heart disease risk assessment tools commonly used by physicians often underestimate the cardiovascular disease danger faced by rheumatoid arthritis patients, a Mayo Clinic study has found. Inflammation plays a key role in putting those with rheumatoid arthritis in greater jeopardy for heart disease, yet many cardiovascular disease risk assessment methods do not factor it in, the researchers note...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245692.php

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Senin, 28 Mei 2012

Challenges Posed By A Major Terrorist Attack Highlighted By Mumbai Hospital Review

Meticulous forward planning, effective casualty assessment by a senior surgeon and efficient teamwork by medical and administrative staff are essential when handling injuries sustained in major terrorist incidents...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241080.php

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GSK And BJD Collaborate On A New Educational Programme To Reduce Global Burden Of Joint Pain

The Bone and Joint Decade (BJD) international initiative and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced the launch of the LIBERATE™ joint pain management programme during the BJD's World Conference in Lund, Sweden...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/200760.php

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Older Adults With Diabetes Live Long Enough To Benefit From Interventions And Research

Middle-aged and older adults with diabetes showed substantial survival rates in a new University of Michigan Health System study of retirees. Survival rates were strong even for adults living in nursing homes or who have multiple health issues like dementia and disabilities that make self-managed care for diabetes difficult...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244955.php

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Potential To Treat Arthritis Using Delivery System For Gene Therapy

A DNA-covered submicroscopic bead used to deliver genes or drugs directly into cells to treat disease appears to have therapeutic value just by showing up, researchers report. Within a few hours of injecting empty-handed DNA nanoparticles, Georgia Health Sciences University researchers were surprised to see increased expression of an enzyme that calms the immune response...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245425.php

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Although Back Pain Improves With Care, It Often Persists For A Year Or Longer

For people receiving health care for acute and persistent low-back pain, symptoms will improve significantly in the first six weeks, but pain and disability may linger even after one year, states a large study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Low-back pain is a common condition that results in significant health care costs, disability and absenteeism in workplaces...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245367.php

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Mesothelioma Breath Test Hope

Researchers from Italy and The Netherlands have developed an "electronic nose" that appears to be able to tell if someone has Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) just from sampling their breath. A report on their study is currently in press but an early issue recently appeared online in the journal Lung Cancer...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/237479.php

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Prochymal - First Stem Cell Drug Approved

For the first time in history a stem cell drug has been approved for market authorization. Prochymal® (remestemcel-L) is also the first drug to be approved for the treatment of acute graft-vs-host disease (GvHD) in children, a devastating complication of bone marrow transplantation that kills almost 80% of all affected children, many of which just weeks after they have been diagnosed...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/245704.php

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Changes Triggered In Brain's Neuron Structure By Chronic Cocaine Use

Chronic exposure to cocaine reduces the expression of a protein known to regulate brain plasticity, according to new, in vivo research on the molecular basis of cocaine addiction. That reduction drives structural changes in the brain, which produce greater sensitivity to the rewarding effects of cocaine...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245232.php

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Minggu, 27 Mei 2012

Promising Treatment In Development For Safely Decontaminating Humans Exposed To Radioactive Actinides

The New York Times recently reported that in the darkest moments of the triple meltdown last year of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japanese officials considered the evacuation of the nearly 36 million residents of the Tokyo metropolitan area...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/242607.php

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Rare Deletions Or Duplications Of DNA Tied To Bipolar Disorder

New research led by University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, finds that rare copy number variants (CNVs) where sections of DNA are either duplicated or missing, seem to play a key role in the risk for early onset bipolar disorder, which appears in childhood or early adulthood...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239632.php

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Children with Abnormal Breathing In Sleep - Show Tendency For Behavioral Problems

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University studied more than 11,000 children and published their findings in today's (5th March 2012) Pediatrics...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/242491.php

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Anaphylactic Reactions Possible From Bee Pollen Supplements

Although many people take bee pollen as a health supplement, it can cause severe anaphylactic reactions. However, most people are unaware of the risks, states an article published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). A case study in the journal illuminates the possible hazards of ingesting bee pollen...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245724.php

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Unruly Kids May Have A Mental Disorder

When children behave badly, it's easy to blame their parents. Sometimes, however, such behavior may be due to a mental disorder. Mental illnesses are the No. 1 cause of medical disability in youths ages 15 and older in the United States and Canada, according to the World Health Organization...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244743.php

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Anti-Superbug Clues In Deep, Isolated Cave

A deep, isolated cave in New Mexico harbors strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that might hold clues for fighting modern-day superbugs. The hope is the discovery means there are previously unknown antibiotics occurring naturally, that could be used to treat infections...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/244060.php

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Saturated Fatty Acids Lead to Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Insulin Resistance Excessive levels of certain saturated fatty acids cause mitochondria to fragment, leading to insulin resistance in skeletal muscle, a precursor of type 2 diabetes, according to a paper in the January issue of the journal Molecular and Cellular Biology...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240572.php

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Good Intentions Bring Mixed Results For Haiti's Disabled People

A new evaluation by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine of the physical rehabilitation response after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, finds that many hands didn't always make light work. Thousands of people became disabled during and after the 2010 earthquake, and physical rehabilitation interventions were crucial to the emergency response...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244202.php

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Sabtu, 26 Mei 2012

Incentives Improve Response To Blood Drives

It's called the gift of life. But more people will roll up their sleeves to donate blood if a gift card comes with it. That's according to a new study from the University of Toronto. It shows a 15 to 20 percent rise in blood drive donations when incentives such as T-shirts, jackets, coupons or gift cards are thrown into the mix...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244936.php

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Physical Therapy - A Quick Fix For Sacroiliac Joint Pain In Many Children And Adolescents

Investigators report that a simple bedside manual therapy to correct a painful misaligned sacroiliac joint was highly successful in a group of 45 patients 10 to 20 years of age. Thirty-six patients (80 percent) obtained significant pain relief, whereas nine patients (20 percent) experienced minimal to no relief...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245726.php

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Although Back Pain Improves With Care, It Often Persists For A Year Or Longer

For people receiving health care for acute and persistent low-back pain, symptoms will improve significantly in the first six weeks, but pain and disability may linger even after one year, states a large study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Low-back pain is a common condition that results in significant health care costs, disability and absenteeism in workplaces...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245367.php

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Interventional Radiologists Fight Post-Thrombotic Syndrome, Provide Hope For Chronic DVT

Interventional radiology treatments re-establish blood flow in people with chronic deep vein thrombosis (DVT), reducing disabling symptoms and improving the quality of life for those afflicted with post-thrombotic syndrome - an under-recognized but frequent long-term complication of DVT...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/243394.php

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Higher Levels Of Psychosomatic Symptoms Reported By Physically Abused Children

Children who display multiple psychosomatic symptoms, such as regular aches and pains and sleep and appetite problems, are more than twice as likely to be experiencing physical abuse at home than children who do not display symptoms, according to a study in the March edition of Acta Paediatrica...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241505.php

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Middle Aged And Elderly With Depression Have Higher Risk Of Dementia

A report in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry draws a link between people in mid-life and late-life, suffering from depression and the possibility of them developing dementia. More than five million people in the US alone suffer from Alzheimer's disease, and the health care costs run at a staggering $172 Billion. Deborah E. Barnes, Ph.D., M.P.H...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/245134.php

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Malnutrition Threatens Nearly Half A Billion Children

According to a report entitled "A Life Free from Hunger: Tackling Child Malnutrition" by Save the Children, nearly half a billion children are at risk of permanent damage in the next 15 years as a result of malnutrition. Chronic childhood malnutrition has been largely neglected, despite worldwide efforts to address food security...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241841.php

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Good Intentions Bring Mixed Results For Haiti's Disabled People

A new evaluation by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine of the physical rehabilitation response after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, finds that many hands didn't always make light work. Thousands of people became disabled during and after the 2010 earthquake, and physical rehabilitation interventions were crucial to the emergency response...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244202.php

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Jumat, 25 Mei 2012

Building Muscle Without Heavy Weights

Weight training at a lower intensity but with more repetitions may be as effective for building muscle as lifting heavy weights says a new opinion piece in Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244635.php

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Examining Adaptive Abilities In Children With Prenatal Alcohol Exposure And/or ADHD

Prenatal exposure to alcohol often results in disruption to the brain's cognitive and behavioral domains, which include executive function (EF) and adaptive functioning...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245445.php

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Avian Flu Study Finally And Fully Published

After endless toing and froing over whether two studies that demonstrated how bird flu, also known as avian H5N1 influenza, or avian flu, should be published, one of them has appeared in the latest issue of the journal Nature in its entirety. The studies show how the bird flu virus could become transmissible from mammal-to-mammal; as humans are mammals, the same would apply to humans...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/244971.php

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Emotional Resilience To Stress Boosted By Gatekeeper Of Brain Steroid Signals

A cellular protein called HDAC6, newly characterized as a gatekeeper of steroid biology in the brain, may provide a novel target for treating and preventing stress-linked disorders, such as (PTSD), according to research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Glucocorticoids are natural steroids secreted by the body during stress...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244519.php

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Longer Lasting Hip Implants

Hip replacement is one of the most frequent operations carried out in Germany. Each year, doctors implant some 200,000 artificial hip joints. Often the artificial hips need to be replaced just ten years later. In the future, a new implant currently being developed using high technology materials could help prevent premature revision surgeries...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245061.php

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Rates Of Dementia In Underdeveloped Countries Are Double Than Previously Reported

New estimates state that the incidence of dementia in middle-income countries may be the same as in higher-income countries, according to researchers in the UK. In addition, the team found that just like in developed countries, education offers substantial protection against dementia in less developed nations. The study is published Online First in The Lancet...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/245760.php

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How Schizophrenia Gene Linked To Psychiatric Disorders Impairs Brain Development

Researchers have discovered how the gene variant DISC1, which is linked to schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders, impairs a particular signalling pathway in neurons that is crucial for normal brain development. Li-Huei Tsai, director of MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, and colleagues, write about their findings in the 17 November issue of the journal Neuron...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/237884.php

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Children With Big-Bone Fractures Rarely Require Anti-Clotting Drugs

Children with pelvic and thigh fractures develop dangerous blood clots so rarely that anti-clotting therapy should be given only to those with underlying conditions that increase clotting risk, according to a study from Johns Hopkins Children's Center...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245715.php

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Kamis, 24 Mei 2012

Purpose In Life May Protect Against Harmful Changes In The Brain Associated With Alzheimer's Disease

Greater purpose in life may help stave off the harmful effects of plaques and tangles associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center. The study, published in the May issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, is available online...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245102.php

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Mechanism May Aid Treatment For Alzheimer's And Neurological Disorders Associated With Gamma-Wave Alterations And Cognitive Impairments

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have unraveled a process by which depletion of a specific protein in the brain contributes to the memory problems associated with Alzheimer's disease...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244665.php

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Risk Of Stroke High When Anti-Clotting Drugs Stopped

Some patients with irregular heartbeats who are taken off anti-clotting medication face a high risk of stroke or blood clotting within a month, according to new research presented at the American Heart Association's Emerging Science Series webinar...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244610.php

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News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: April 23, 2012

GENE THERAPY: Inadvertent changes: how engineered viruses disrupt normal gene expression Gene therapy holds the promise of treating genetic conditions by restoring normal gene function. The field has developed slowly over the last several decades with high importance placed on safety to reduce the chance that introduced genes cause problems...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244473.php

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Lung Cancer Patients Benefit From Patient Education Video When Viewed Before Their Operation

A patient education process may provide an antidote to the emotional and physical difficulties that lung cancer patients face before and after an operation, according to a new study published in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244889.php

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Potential Breast Cancer Vaccine Combination Therapy

A vaccine that targets cancer cells in combination with the drug letrozole, a standard hormonal therapy against breast cancer, significantly increased survival when tested in mice, a team of UC Davis investigators has found. The findings were published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245452.php

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Chronic Stress Found To Increase Cancer Severity In Mouse Model

Worrywarts, fidgety folk and the naturally nervy may have a real cause for concern: accelerated cancer. In a new study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, anxiety-prone mice developed more severe cancer then their calm counterparts...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244611.php

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Bonded Asbestos No Longer Considered Safe, Say Experts

The rise in the number of natural disaster means we cannot consider bonded asbestos as safe anymore, cancer experts in Perth said in the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia's Annual Scientific Meeting...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/237717.php

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Rabu, 23 Mei 2012

AIDS Relief Program Intensity Linked To Lower Death Rates

The May 16 edition of the Global Health themed issue of JAMA reveals a larger drop in all-cause adult mortality in those African countries with more intense operation of the AIDS relief program PEPFAR. The article's background information states: "The effect of global health initiatives on population health is uncertain. Between 2003 and 2008, the U.S...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/245495.php

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High Blood Pressure May Lead To Missed Emotional Cues

Your ability to recognize emotional content in faces and texts is linked to your blood pressure, according to a Clemson University researcher. A recently published study by Clemson University psychology professor James A. McCubbin and colleagues has shown that people with higher blood pressure have reduced ability to recognize angry, fearful, sad and happy faces and text passages...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237144.php

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Link Between Asbestos And Genetic Mutation

Mice inhabiting a northern town of Israel known for its high concentration of asbestos-contaminated dust, have a higher level of genetic somatic mutations, compared with other regions where asbestos pollution levels are lower. This has been shown in a new study carried out by Dr. Rachel Ben-Shlomo and Dr. Uri Shanas of the University of Haifa's Department of Biology in Oranim...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/228625.php

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Artificial Pancreas - FDA Provides Options For Designs And Studies

A draft guidance to help artificial pancreas researchers and makers as they create and submit their devices for FDA approval has been issued by the Agency. Artificial pancreases are currently being designed and created for the treatment of diabetes type 1...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238549.php

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Costly Diagnostic MRI Tests Unnecessary For Many Back Pain Patients

Johns Hopkins-led research suggests that routine MRI imaging does nothing to improve the treatment of patients who need injections of steroids into their spinal columns to relieve pain. Moreover, MRI plays only a small role in a doctor's decision to give these epidural steroid injections (ESIs), the most common procedure performed at pain clinics in the United States...

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Delivering Cisplatin By Inhaler For Treating Lung Cancer

Lung cancer patients could receive safer and more efficient treatment through a system being developed by researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. The scientists have devised a method for giving drugs by inhalation to patients through a nebuliser, rather than the current approach of intravenous delivery...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/235875.php

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Malaria Kills 1.2 Million Annually, Double Previous Estimates

Approximately 1.2 million humans die each year from malaria, a much higher figure than the previously estimated 600,000, researchers from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, reported in The Lancet this week. The authors added that the majority of deaths occur in children under the age of 5 years, while 42% occur in adults and older children...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241217.php

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Decision Of Researchers To Temporarily Halt Research On H5N1 Applauded By Georgetown Professor

A Georgetown University Medical Center professor says the voluntary action taken by two research teams to temporarily halt work involving the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 is "laudable...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240690.php

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Discovery Of Potential Trigger For Alzheimer's Disease

A highly toxic beta-amyloid - a protein that exists in the brains of Alzheimer's disease victims - has been found to greatly increase the toxicity of other more common and less toxic beta-amyloids, serving as a possible "trigger" for the advent and development of Alzheimer's, researchers at the University of Virginia and German biotech company Probiodrug have discovered...

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Obama's Grand Plan To Cure Alzheimer's

Obama's healthcare goals have been controversial at best, and although anti-smoking campaigns and other public health and safety awareness drives have been successful, it's always somewhat dubious when government starts creating grand plans and lofty goals...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/245489.php

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Instant Leap In Human Brain Evolution May Have Been Driven By Extra Gene

A partial, duplicate copy of a gene appears to be responsible for the critical features of the human brain that distinguish us from our closest primate kin...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244998.php

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High Blood Pressure May Lead To Missed Emotional Cues

Your ability to recognize emotional content in faces and texts is linked to your blood pressure, according to a Clemson University researcher. A recently published study by Clemson University psychology professor James A. McCubbin and colleagues has shown that people with higher blood pressure have reduced ability to recognize angry, fearful, sad and happy faces and text passages...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237144.php

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Decision Of Researchers To Temporarily Halt Research On H5N1 Applauded By Georgetown Professor

A Georgetown University Medical Center professor says the voluntary action taken by two research teams to temporarily halt work involving the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 is "laudable...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240690.php

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The Top 10 Toxic Chemicals Suspected Of Causing Autism And Learning Disabilities

An editorial published in the prestigious journal Environmental Health Perspectives calls for increased research to identify possible environmental causes of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders in America's children and presents a list of ten target chemicals including which are considered highly likely to contribute to these conditions...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244622.php

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Mammary Glands Affected By BPA In Monkeys

A new study finds that fetal exposure to the plastic additive bisphenol A, or BPA, alters mammary gland development in primates. The finding adds to the evidence that the chemical can be causing health problems in humans and bolsters concerns about it contributing to breast cancer...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245107.php

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Defence Against Bioterrorism

Researchers may have found a way to protect us against otherwise deadly chemical attacks, such as the subway sarin incident in Tokyo that left thirteen people dead and thousands more injured or with temporary vision problems...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244354.php

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New Zealand Earthquake Medical Response Reduced Injuries And Deaths

A review published in The Lancet, reveals that careful earthquake preparation helped to lower mortality rates and the burden of injury during the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2011...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/244267.php

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Using Antioxidants To Stabilize Fanconi Anemia

Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare genetic disorder which affects one person in 350,000. People affected by this disease have defects in DNA repair, and are hypersensitive to oxidative damage, resulting in bone marrow failure and an increased predisposition to cancer...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245449.php

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Helping Patients With Dementia Live Well

Care Services Minister Paul Burstow unveiled a range of new design prototypes at the Design Council that can help people with dementia to live well, which included a fragrance-release system designed to stimulate appetite, specially-trained 'guide dogs for the mind' and an intelligent wristband that supports people with dementia to stay active safely...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/244779.php

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New Zealand Earthquake Medical Response Reduced Injuries And Deaths

A review published in The Lancet, reveals that careful earthquake preparation helped to lower mortality rates and the burden of injury during the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2011...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/244267.php

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Anthrax Attack, US Government Agrees $2.5 Million Payout, But Does Not Admit Fault

The family of Florida photo editor, Robert Stevens, who died following an anthrax attack, is to receive a payout of $2.5 million from the US government. According to court filings, Maureen Stevens will no longer pursue other claims. The lawsuit, which was filed in 2003, claimed government negligence because it did not stop somebody at U.S...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238397.php

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Novel Treatment For Pain In Sickle Cell Disease

A University of Minnesota Medical School research team led by Kalpna Gupta, Ph.D., has discovered that cannibinoids offer a novel approach to ease the chronic and acute pain caused by sickle cell disease (SCD)...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/195688.php

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Additional Malignancies Detected By Pre-Op MRI In Dense & Non-Dense Breasts

Newly diagnosed breast cancer patients should undergo a preoperative MRI exam even if their breasts are not dense, a new study indicates. The study found no difference between the usefulness of 3T breast MRI in detecting additional malignancies and high risk lesions in dense versus non-dense breasts...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245049.php

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Autism Linked To Immune System Problems, Further Evidence Found

According to a study in the April 2012 International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, the plasma of children with autism disorder (AD) had significantly lower levels of various cytokines, compared with that of unrelated healthy siblings from other families, who had family members with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/244320.php

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Promising Diagnostic Technique To Screen For Breast Cancer, Without X-Rays

X-ray mammography is an important diagnostic tool in the fight against breast cancer, but it has certain drawbacks that limit its effectiveness. For example, it can give in false positive and negative results; it also exposes women to low doses of ionizing radiation, which - while accepted as safe - still carry some risk...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245128.php

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Helping Seniors With Pain: New GSA Resources

The pain suffered by older adults is the shared focus of the two newest entries in The Gerontological Society of America's (GSA) From Publication to Practice* series. Together they address both pain management and new labeling changes for one of the most popular pain medications, acetaminophen...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241030.php

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Why Carbon Nanotubes Spell Trouble For Cells

It's been long known that asbestos spells trouble for human cells. Scientists have seen cells stabbed with spiky, long asbestos fibers, and the image is gory: Part of the fiber is protruding from the cell, like a quivering arrow that's found its mark...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/234604.php

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Back Pain - Genetically Engineered Drug Less Effective

It appears that spinal injections of etanercept, a new type of anti-inflammatory genetically engineered drug, are not as effective in relieving the severe leg and lower back pain of sciatica, as steroid injections into the spine, the current standard of care, according to a new study reported in the 17 April issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/244208.php

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Study Identifies Genetic Regulators Hijacked By Avian And Swine Flu Viruses

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified a number of tiny but powerful "genetic regulators" that are hijacked by avian and swine flu viruses during human infection. The discovery, published in the Journal of Virology, could reveal new targets for broad-spectrum antivirals to combat current - and perhaps future - strains of influenza A viruses...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/243562.php

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New UK Abortion Statistics: 12 Women A Day Travel From Ireland To Britain To Access Abortion Services

The number of women who travelled from Ireland to Britain for abortion services last year has remained stable, according to the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA). Figures released today (24.05.11) by the UK Department of Health show that in 2010, a total of 4,402 women providing Irish addresses had terminations in England and Wales...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226325.php

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Potential To Treat Arthritis Using Delivery System For Gene Therapy

A DNA-covered submicroscopic bead used to deliver genes or drugs directly into cells to treat disease appears to have therapeutic value just by showing up, researchers report. Within a few hours of injecting empty-handed DNA nanoparticles, Georgia Health Sciences University researchers were surprised to see increased expression of an enzyme that calms the immune response...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245425.php

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Improving Understanding Of Psychiatric Disorders With The Help Of Zebrafish

Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have shown that zebrafish could be used to study the underlying causes of psychiatric disorders. The study, published online in the journal Behavioural Brain Research, found zebrafish can modify their behaviour in response to varying situations...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245557.php

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Youth Exposure To Alcohol Marketing Needs To Be Addressed

Reducing youth exposure to alcohol advertising and marketing is a missed opportunity for states to improve public health, according to a new review of state alcohol advertising laws from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244871.php

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Scientist Grows Bone From Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Dr. Darja Marolt, an Investigator at The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Laboratory, is lead author on a study showing that human embryonic stem cells can be used to grow bone tissue grafts for use in research and potential therapeutic application. Dr. Marolt conducted this research as a post-doctoral NYSCF - Druckenmiller Fellow at Columbia University in the laboratory of Dr...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245410.php

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Building Muscle Without Heavy Weights

Weight training at a lower intensity but with more repetitions may be as effective for building muscle as lifting heavy weights says a new opinion piece in Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244635.php

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Keeping The Immune System Under Control With Stem Cell Therapy

A new study, appearing in Cell Stem Cell and led by researchers at the University of Southern California, outlines the specifics of how autoimmune disorders can be controlled by infusions of mesenchymal stem cells. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are highly versatile stem cells that originate from the mesoderm, or middle layer of tissue, in a developing embryo...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244693.php

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News From Annals Of Internal Medicine: Nov. 1 2011

Over Long Term, Yoga Trumps Usual Care for Improving Back Function in Patients Suffering from Low Back Pain In the largest and longest study of its kind published to date, more than 300 patients were followed for one year. Chronic or recurrent back pain cost the U.S. health care system billions of dollars each year, and is one of the most common reasons people visit their doctor...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236868.php

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Potential To Predict Outcome Of Psychotic Episodes Using Brain Scans

Computer analysis of brain scans could help predict how severe the future illness course of a patient with psychosis will be, according to research funded by the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust. The findings could allow doctors to make more accurate decisions about how best to treat patients...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237288.php

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New UK Abortion Statistics: 12 Women A Day Travel From Ireland To Britain To Access Abortion Services

The number of women who travelled from Ireland to Britain for abortion services last year has remained stable, according to the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA). Figures released today (24.05.11) by the UK Department of Health show that in 2010, a total of 4,402 women providing Irish addresses had terminations in England and Wales...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226325.php

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Jumat, 18 Mei 2012

Malaria Deaths Grossly Underestimated

A new analysis of malaria mortality published in The Lancet this week suggests deaths to the parasitic disease worldwide have been grossly underestimated, especially in adults. If confirmed, the study has huge implications for how large amounts of charity money are spent in controlling the disease...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241126.php

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How To Balance Risk Of Escape Of New H5N1 Viruses With Benefits Of Research

In the controversy surrounding the newly developed strains of avian H5N1 flu viruses, scientists and policy makers are struggling with one question in particular: what level of biosafety is best for studying these potentially lethal strains of influenza? In a pair of commentaries, researchers from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and the University of Michigan arg...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/242548.php

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Post-Traumatic Stress After ICU

Women are more likely to suffer post-traumatic stress than men after leaving an intensive care unit (ICU), finds a new study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care. However, psychological and physical 'follow-up' can reduce both this and post-ICU depression...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245344.php

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Protecting Autoworkers From Back And Shoulder Injury By Tilting Cars On The Assembly Line

Letting autoworkers sit while they reach into a car's interior could help prevent shoulder and back strain - but another solution might be to tilt the entire car so that workers can stand up. That's the finding of two recent studies, which tested two ways to protect autoworkers from injury...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245395.php

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Strong Support Uncovered For Once-Marginalized Theory On Parkinson's Disease

University of California, San Diego scientists have used powerful computational tools and laboratory tests to discover new support for a once-marginalized theory about the underlying cause of Parkinson's disease. The new results conflict with an older theory that insoluble intracellular fibrils called amyloids cause Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244625.php

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