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Health

New Method to Create Stem Cells Revealed

US researchers on Thursday reported that they found a safer way to create embryonic stem cells...
» read full story April 25th, 2009 - 14:41

Stem Cell Therapy May Reverse Symptoms of MS

Findings of a preliminary study give hope to people suffering from multiple sclerosis showing that...
» read full story April 24th, 2009 - 14:07
Spinal Cord Stimulation May Improve Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Patients

Spinal Cord Stimulation May Improve Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Patients

A new study released Thursday by US researchers suggests that, when electrically stimulated the...
» read full story March 20th, 2009 - 13:46
Can Animal Eggs Be Used to Create Embryonic Stem Cells?

Can Animal Eggs Be Used to Create Embryonic Stem Cells?

A new study shows that animal eggs are not capable of reprogramming human DNA in the right way to...
» read full story February 03rd, 2009 - 15:25
Stem Cell Research Moves Forward

Stem Cell Research Moves Forward

As President Barack Obama is expected to lift federal restrictions on the field of stem cell...
» read full story February 02nd, 2009 - 14:20
FDA Approves First Phase Of Stem Cells Treatment

FDA Approves First Phase Of Stem Cells Treatment

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved the first clinical trial using human...
» read full story January 24th, 2009 - 13:16
Newer Antipsychotics Pose Heart Risk

Newer Antipsychotics Pose Heart Risk

The findings of a new study add to the growing number of studies criticizing the class of newer...
» read full story January 16th, 2009 - 14:42
Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Parkinson’s Patients

Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Parkinson’s Patients

Tuesday, researchers revealed that deep brain stimulation significantly improved Parkinson’s...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 18:32
Deep Brain Stimulation Useful For Parkinson’s Patients

Deep Brain Stimulation Useful For Parkinson’s Patients

  Deep brain stimulation improves both physical function and quality of life in...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 13:31
Can Rare Sleep Disorder Be Omen For Dementia?

Can Rare Sleep Disorder Be Omen For Dementia?

People with a rare sleep disorder are more prone to develop dementia or Parkinson's disease, the...
» read full story December 25th, 2008 - 15:26
Mediterranean Diet ‘Dressed’ With Nuts Cuts Cardiovascular Risk

Mediterranean Diet ‘Dressed’ With Nuts Cuts Cardiovascular Risk

Everyone knows that a traditional Mediterranean diet rich in fruits and vegetables can do miracles...
» read full story December 09th, 2008 - 14:27
Report Calls For More Screening Of Brain Injury In Military Personnel

Report Calls For More Screening Of Brain Injury In Military Personnel

A report released Thursday by the Institute of Medicine, a government advisory group that studies...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 12:29

Harvard’s Renowned Psychiatrist under Investigation for Drug Earnings

A Congressional investigation led by Sen. Charles Grassley revealed in June that a world-renowned...
» read full story November 25th, 2008 - 14:21

Vitamin D Linked To Parkinson’s

The reasons for which pediatricians recommended doubling the daily dosage of vitamin D in...
» read full story October 15th, 2008 - 07:16
Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Parkinson’s Disease

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Parkinson’s Disease

A study published in the October issue of the Archives of Neurology has revealed that Parkinson’s...
» read full story October 14th, 2008 - 17:14
Parkinson’s Disease Linked to Vitamin D Insufficiency

Parkinson’s Disease Linked to Vitamin D Insufficiency

A new study by US researchers has found that Parkinson’s sufferers have insufficient levels of...
» read full story October 14th, 2008 - 14:00
Scientific Advances in Stem Cell Field: Yamanaka Finds New Method for Safer iPS Cells

Scientific Advances in Stem Cell Field: Yamanaka Finds New Method for Safer iPS Cells

The search for viable alternatives to replace the embryonic stem cells that are derived from the...
» read full story October 13th, 2008 - 14:40
New Discovery in Stem Cell Field: Stem Cells from Testicular Biopsies

New Discovery in Stem Cell Field: Stem Cells from Testicular Biopsies

The search for the best source of stem cells continues, with many scientists supporting the field...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 14:20
New Discovery in Stem Cell Field Improves the Cell Reprogramming Technique

New Discovery in Stem Cell Field Improves the Cell Reprogramming Technique

The results of a study conducted by researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard...
» read full story September 29th, 2008 - 15:27
Google Inc.’s Sergey Brin Is Predisposed To Parkinson’s Disease

Google Inc.’s Sergey Brin Is Predisposed To Parkinson’s Disease

In his recently opened blog page, Google Inc.’s co-founder Sergey Brin revealed the fact that he is...
» read full story September 21st, 2008 - 15:30
Both Newer and Older-Generation Antipsychotics Have Side Effects

Both Newer and Older-Generation Antipsychotics Have Side Effects

It appears that newer antipsychotics, such as Zyprexa from Eli Lilly and Risperdal from Janssen...
» read full story September 16th, 2008 - 14:59
Mediterranean Diet Keeps Us Young, Prevents Diseases

Mediterranean Diet Keeps Us Young, Prevents Diseases

A new study published in the British Medical Journal highlights once again the health benefits of...
» read full story September 15th, 2008 - 16:00
New Drug Slows the Progression of Parkinson’s

New Drug Slows the Progression of Parkinson’s

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. from Israel and Lundbeck from Denmark introduced Azilect,...
» read full story August 26th, 2008 - 23:57
Can Estrogen Relieve Psychotic Symptoms In Women With Schizophrenia?

Can Estrogen Relieve Psychotic Symptoms In Women With Schizophrenia?

Estrogen combined with standard antipsychotic drugs could relieve symptoms of schizophrenia in...
» read full story August 05th, 2008 - 13:27
Researchers Created Stem Cells Using Skin Samples from ALS Patients

Researchers Created Stem Cells Using Skin Samples from ALS Patients

Scientists at Harvard and Columbia universities announced yesterday that they created the first...
» read full story August 01st, 2008 - 14:32
Genetic Variants Could Explain The Onset of Schizophrenia

Genetic Variants Could Explain The Onset of Schizophrenia

Two separate studies have linked schizophrenia to some specific gene variations moving closer to...
» read full story July 31st, 2008 - 13:07
Teva’s Azilect Proves Efficient in Slowing Parkinson’s Disease

Teva’s Azilect Proves Efficient in Slowing Parkinson’s Disease

Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. announced on Monday results of Phase III study, called...
» read full story June 16th, 2008 - 13:55
US Life Expectancy Sets New Record First Time in Years

US Life Expectancy Sets New Record First Time in Years

Finally, some good news is coming from the federal US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 12:07
Brazil Court Votes in Favor of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Brazil Court Votes in Favor of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court voted Thursday in favor of research into embryonic cells in the...
» read full story May 30th, 2008 - 14:29
California: Stem-Cell Research Granted $271 Million

California: Stem-Cell Research Granted $271 Million

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine awarded 12 academic and non-profit institutions...
» read full story May 08th, 2008 - 14:38
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Music

Louie Bellson Passed Away

Louie Bellson Passed Away

Who does not know Louie Bellson, the great jazz drummer, the master musician who had the honor to...
» read full story February 18th, 2009 - 16:57
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Sports

Football Association Wants to Tighten Anti-Drugs Stance

London - The Football Association (FA) is to establish a register of players with previous doping...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 09:18
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Business

Sergey Brin, Google’s Cofounder, Writes On Blog About Parkinson’s Risk

Sergey Brin, Google’s Cofounder, Writes On Blog About Parkinson’s Risk

In a post on its newly opened blog, Too, Sergey Brin, one of the two co-founders of Google, has...
» read full story September 19th, 2008 - 21:49
Teva’s Azilect Drug Slows Down Parkinson Disease

Teva’s Azilect Drug Slows Down Parkinson Disease

Teva Pharmaceuticals Industry Ltd, an Israeli drug manufacturing company based in Tel Aviv, has...
» read full story June 16th, 2008 - 21:03
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Specials

New Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease Proves Successful in Mice

New Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease Proves Successful in Mice

A study published in the 20 March issue of the journal Science concluded that by electrically...
» read full story March 22nd, 2009 - 13:41

Jazz Drummer Louie Bellson Dies at 84

Louie Bellson, a jazz drummer, composer and bandleader who mixed outstanding instrumental skills...
» read full story February 17th, 2009 - 15:01

Antipsychotics in Alzheimer’s Patients – Potentially Fatal After Extensive Use

First of all, Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease with no known cure. Except for...
» read full story January 09th, 2009 - 21:43
Deep Brain Stimulation: A Remedy For Parkinson’s Patients?

Deep Brain Stimulation: A Remedy For Parkinson’s Patients?

  Deep brain stimulation improves both physical function and quality of life in...
» read full story January 09th, 2009 - 14:32
Vitamin D Deficiency Could Result in Parkinson’s Disease

Vitamin D Deficiency Could Result in Parkinson’s Disease

Vitamin D deficiency might be linked, among other diseases, to an increased risk of Parkinson’s...
» read full story October 14th, 2008 - 15:40
European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells: Human Testes

European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells: Human Testes

European researchers made a huge step in stem cell research by converting cells from human...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 15:06
Google Co-founder Sergey Brin Blogs About His Parkinson’s Risk

Google Co-founder Sergey Brin Blogs About His Parkinson’s Risk

How would you react if you found out there are high chances that you develop a certain condition...
» read full story September 19th, 2008 - 14:30
Archuleta’s Pushy Dad Kicked Out From “Idol”

Archuleta’s Pushy Dad Kicked Out From “Idol”

After being a nuisance backstage, annoying the show’s producers, the band, and even other...
» read full story May 12th, 2008 - 12:49

First Animal-Human Embryo Created in U.K.

The creation of the first part-human, part-animal hybrid embryo in the U.K. by researchers in...
» read full story April 02nd, 2008 - 18:27
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Video Games

The Folding@home Reaches 1 Million PS3 Users Milestone

The Folding@home Reaches 1 Million PS3 Users Milestone

Sony announced today that the total number of users who donated their PlayStation 3’s power for...
» read full story February 04th, 2008 - 23:35
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World

Pope Calls for John Paul’s Sainthood

Pope Calls for John Paul’s Sainthood

On the third anniversary of John Paul’s death, Pope Benedict XVI talked about the possibility of...
» read full story April 03rd, 2008 - 12:32
Former Gov. Supports Doctor-Assisted Suicide

Former Gov. Supports Doctor-Assisted Suicide

A controversial initiative has been announced on Wednesday, concerning the approval of a...
» read full story January 11th, 2008 - 15:41
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Science

European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells

European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells

European researchers made a huge step in stem cell research by converting cells from human...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 09:11
Stem Cells From Germ Cells

Stem Cells From Germ Cells

Recent studies show that testicular germ cells resemble very much the much controversial embryonic...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 08:38
Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer

Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer

Researchers took one more step toward so-called regenerative medicine by developing a safer way of...
» read full story September 26th, 2008 - 14:40
Monkeys Successfully Brain-Control Robotic Arm

Monkeys Successfully Brain-Control Robotic Arm

Restoring motor functions to paralyzed patients is more than a theory; it is an objective to be...
» read full story May 29th, 2008 - 12:20
Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

No need to worry about the ethical implications of stem-cell research anymore: American scientists...
» read full story December 23rd, 2007 - 23:47
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Technology

Sergey Brin, Google’s Co-Founder, Writes About Parkinson’s Risk

Sergey Brin, Google’s Co-Founder, Writes About Parkinson’s Risk

In a post on its newly opened blog, Too, Sergey Brin, one of the two co-founders of Google, has...
» read full story September 19th, 2008 - 09:44
Folding@Home Project Gets Updated Version

Folding@Home Project Gets Updated Version

Sony announced an update for the distributed Folding@Home project initiated by the Stanford...
» read full story August 22nd, 2007 - 17:28
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People

Google Cofounder Launches Blog by Revealing His Parkinson’s Predisposition

Google Cofounder Launches Blog by Revealing His Parkinson’s Predisposition

Sergey Brin, one of Google’s co-founders, has launched his personal blog. The first of Google’s...
» read full story September 19th, 2008 - 19:11
Photojournalist Cornell Capa Dies at 90

Photojournalist Cornell Capa Dies at 90

Noted photojournalist Cornell Capa, the founder of the International Center of Photography, first...
» read full story May 25th, 2008 - 23:17

Ruth Graham Has Passed Away

Ruth Graham, the wife of iconic spiritual leader Billy Graham, passed away Thursday evening at her...
» read full story June 18th, 2007 - 12:28
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