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| A NEW HYPOTHESIS ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE |
| A group of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has proposed a new theory about the cause of Alzheimer's disease, the progressive neurodegenerative disorder that currently afflicts some 4.5 million Americans. |
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| BONE MARROW FUSION WITH NERVE CELLS MAY REPAIR DAMAGE, STANFORD RESEARCHERS SAY. |
| Bone marrow cells can fuse with specialized brain cells, possibly bolstering the brain cells or repairing damage, according to research from the Stanford University School of Medicine. This finding helps resolve an ongoing debate: Do adult stem cells transform from bone marrow cells into other cell types, such as brain, muscle or liver cells, or do they fuse with those cells to form a single entity with two nuclei? The research shows that for complex brain cells called Purkinje cells, fusion is the normal pathway. |
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| ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUG DEVELOPED AT HEBREW UNIVERSITY TO UNDERGO PHASE THREE CLINICAL TRIALS |
| The new antiepileptic drug valrocemide, developed at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem by Meir Bialer, the David Eisenberg Professor of Pharmacy, will undergo phase three clinical trials in the U.S. under a new agreement between Teva Pharmaceutical Industries of Israel and Acorda Therapeutics of the U.S. |
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| SNORING LINKED TO HEADACHES |
| People who suffer from chronic daily headaches are far more likely to be chronic snorers than people who have only occasional headaches, a new U.S. study has found. |
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| DEPRESSION MORE DANGEROUS FOR ELDERLY MEN THAN WOMEN |
| Depression is more dangerous for elderly men than women, with depression starting in old age representing the greatest risk for men, according to a long-term study. |
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| GENE FOUND THAT HELPS NERVE CELLS SURVIVE BY PREVENTING CELL SUICIDE |
| Why do some nerve cells survive and regrow after injury while others shrink away and die? A new discovery by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) shows that the expression of a particular gene may be responsible for protecting neurons from death. The results, published in the September 26 issue of Neuron, could lead the way for new treatment strategies for a variety of neurological diseases. |
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| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE MAY ORIGINATE IN THE BRAIN'S WHITE MATTER |
| Changes in the brain's white matter may play a major role in the onset of Alzheimer's disease, whose baffling origin has traditionally been blamed on the gray matter. The new findings could provide a fresh direction for Alzheimer's research in this neglected part of the brain, offering the potential for early diagnosis and enhanced therapies. |
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| HEART-FELT STRESS CAN BE MORE DANGEROUS TO IMMUNE SYSTEM |
| People who react to stress more in their heart than in their vascular system are more likely to suffer immune system problems, according to a new study. |
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| SNAIL VENOM HERALDS NEW ERA OF PAIN TREATMENT |
| Australian scientists have taken out a full patent on a novel compound from a toxic marine snail that could be a godsend to sufferers of chronic pain. |
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| PEPTIDE PROMOTES NEW GROWTH IN INJURED SPINAL CORDS |
| Yale researchers have developed a synthetic peptide that promotes new nerve fiber growth in the damaged spinal cords of laboratory rats and allows them to walk better, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Nature. |
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| STRANGE ENCOUNTERS OF A REFLECTIVE KIND |
| An Australian neuropsychologist is working on the causes of an unusual condition in which people fail to recognise their own reflections in the mirror. |
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| SCIENCE BACKS COD LIVER OIL AS CURE FOR ARTHRITIS |
| Scientists at Cardiff University (Wales, UK) have confirmed what thousands of people with arthritis have believed for years. Cod Liver Oil really is effective in treating joint pain and can slow, even reverse, the destruction of joint cartilage. |
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| RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY GENE IN RARE FORM OF EPILEPSY. FINDINGS MAY PROVIDE NOVEL INSIGHTS INTO MORE COMMON EPILEPSY. |
| Columbia Health Sciences researchers have identified a gene implicated in a rare form of epilepsy, a finding that could provide insights into the cause of common epilepsy. |
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| NEW COMPOUNDS SUPPRESS NEUROINFLAMMATION OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE |
| Researchers from Northwestern University and the Universite’ Louis Pasteur in France have synthesized a new class of chemicals which suppress the cellular signaling processes that trigger inflammation of brain cells, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, stroke and other neurodegenerative diseases. |
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| IS THIS THE CELL THAT COULD REVOLUTIONISE MEDICINE? |
| IT MIGHT turn out to be the most important cell ever discovered. It's a stem cell found in adults that can turn into every single tissue in the body.
Until now, only stem cells from early embryos were thought to be able to do this. If the finding is confirmed, it will mean cells from your own body could one day be turned into all sorts of perfectly matched replacement tissues and even organs. |
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| MAJOR STRESS DURING PREGNANCY LINKED TO AUTISM |
| Women who have had a major stressful event - death of a spouse, job loss, or a long-distance move - midway through their pregnancy may have a greater chance of having an autistic child than do their unstressed counterparts say researchers at The Ohio State University Medical Center. |
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| THE OLDEST RECORD OF EPILEPSY |
| Ezekiel's visions may owe as much to disease as to divine inspiration. The Bible may contain the oldest recorded case of temporal lobe epilepsy. Ezekiel, the prophet whose visions are recorded in a book of the Old Testament, apparently had all the classic signs of the condition. |
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| UCSD BIOENGINEERS FABRICATE JOINT CARTILAGE WHICH MIMICS STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF NATURAL TISSUE |
| University of California, San Diego (UCSD) bioengineers have fabricated cartilage tissue which for the first time mimics the multi-layered structure and cellular functions of natural articular cartilage. |
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| PLASTIC TUBE MAY HELP TREAT PARALYSIS |
| Canadian researchers have created a plastic tube that fits around the spinal cord and restores some movement in paralyzed rats, according to research presented at the 222nd national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society. The researchers say the work could lead to a new treatment for paralysis in humans. |
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| BRAIN TRAUMA MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE |
| New research published in the online journal BMC Neurology suggests that brain injury leads to an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. This is the first study to use autopsy brain material to study the connection between traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer's and confirms similar findings gained from clinical studies. |
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| PAIN WAVES-TOLERANCE LINKED TO BRAIN |
| Pain tolerance linked to brain. Whether it's childbirth or a broken leg, why can some people "grin and bear" a painful experience while others find the agony overwhelming? |
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| KINSEY STUDY FINDS ADVERSE SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL SIDE EFFECTS OF BIRTH CONTROL PILLS RELATED TO DISCONTINUATION |
| The birth control pill can have significant adverse effects on sexuality and mood in some women, increasing the likelihood of early discontinuation, according to a study by the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction at Indiana University. Results of the study will be reported in the July issue of the journal Contraception. |
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| WAR OF WORDS. WHY WOMEN HAVE MORE REASON THAN MEN TO FEAR THE GOSSIP'S TONGUE |
| MOST women may be physically weaker than men, but they have a formidable weapon at their disposal: gossip. Nattering to each other in this way could be why women form such strong social bonds, says anthropologist Nicole Hess from the University of California at Santa Barbara. |
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| SMOKING, WHEN YOUNG, INFLUENCES NERVOUS IRRITATION AND STRESSES, WHEN MATURE |
| Scientists, carried out works under leadership of the National Institute for Mental Health (MIMH) and National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA), have found that smoking in young age could increase the possibility of developing different psychiatric diseases in mature age. These diseases emerged are based on the feelings of anxiety and panic as well as on the fear of open space. |
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| CHANGED APPROACH TO TREATING DIFFERENT KINDS OF ILLNESS |
| Understanding of the mechanism of a chronic status of a pain, which sometimes passes independently from the main illness, very often faces problems.
Increasing narrow specialization of doctors leads to a situation when each specialist looks for the reason of pain only in the field he or she is specialized in. Often this approach brings unfortunate consequences to patients...
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