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Health

Novartis says its new oral MS drug prevents relapses

Geneva - Swiss drugmaker Novartis said Wednesday that 80 to 83 per cent of patients in a year-long...
» read full story April 29th, 2009 - 11:20
Obesity Raises Risk of Joint Replacement in People with Osteoarthritis

Obesity Raises Risk of Joint Replacement in People with Osteoarthritis

We know for a fact that obese people have a high risk for high blood pressure, diabetes and...
» read full story March 05th, 2009 - 18:22
Discovery May Offer New Targets for Drug Development to Slow Alzheimer’s

Discovery May Offer New Targets for Drug Development to Slow Alzheimer’s

Researchers at Genentech of South San Francisco and the Salk Institute of La Jolla have...
» read full story February 19th, 2009 - 15:57
Insulin And Diabetes Drug Avandia May Prevent Alzheimer’s

Insulin And Diabetes Drug Avandia May Prevent Alzheimer’s

  A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that...
» read full story February 03rd, 2009 - 14:29
Fewer Calories Equals Improved Memory

Fewer Calories Equals Improved Memory

According to the findings of a new study, eating fewer calories may be the answer to memory...
» read full story January 28th, 2009 - 13:40
Relaxed People Less Likely to Develop Dementia

Relaxed People Less Likely to Develop Dementia

People who are more relaxed, calm and not easily stressed are less likely to develop dementia in...
» read full story January 20th, 2009 - 15:40
Alzheimer’s Sufferers Taking Antipsychotics At Risk Of Death

Alzheimer’s Sufferers Taking Antipsychotics At Risk Of Death

  Thousands of Alzheimer’s sufferers being prescribed antipsychotic-medication are at...
» read full story January 09th, 2009 - 15:58
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
Ginkgo Biloba Does Not Prevent Alzheimer’s, Study Shows

Ginkgo Biloba Does Not Prevent Alzheimer’s, Study Shows

Millions of people take the herbal supplement, hoping that it will cut their risk of developing...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 15:40
Study Shows Tai Chi May Benefit Patients with Knee Arthritis

Study Shows Tai Chi May Benefit Patients with Knee Arthritis

The traditional Chinese form of exercise – tai chi – proved to be efficient in reducing pain and...
» read full story October 26th, 2008 - 13:30
Fatty Acid Study Points to New Strategies for Tacking Alzheimer’s

Fatty Acid Study Points to New Strategies for Tacking Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s disease has long been associated with an unhealthy lifestyle based on a wrong diet,...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 16:00
New Institute Dedicated to Alzheimer’s Study

New Institute Dedicated to Alzheimer’s Study

The Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute (BRNI) opened its doors on Friday to...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 15:00
Vitamin B Supplements Show No Benefit in Alzheimer’s Study

Vitamin B Supplements Show No Benefit in Alzheimer’s Study

A new study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, found no difference in the...
» read full story October 15th, 2008 - 14:00
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
Excess Drinking Linked To Brain Shrinkage

Excess Drinking Linked To Brain Shrinkage

It appears that heavy drinkers have smaller brains than non-drinkers, a new study published in the...
» read full story October 14th, 2008 - 15:30
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 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
Regular Exercise Improves Memory, May Delay the Onset of Dementia

Regular Exercise Improves Memory, May Delay the Onset of Dementia

Physical exercise may help improve memory in older people and delay the onset of dementia, a new...
» read full story September 03rd, 2008 - 13:30
Harvard Scientists Created A Library of Stem Cells

Harvard Scientists Created A Library of Stem Cells

Harvard scientists have produced a library of stem cells based on ordinary skin and bone marrow...
» read full story August 08th, 2008 - 12:41
Stem Cell Library Created By Researchers In Massachusetts

Stem Cell Library Created By Researchers In Massachusetts

Researchers at Harvard Medical School announced that they have created a stem cell library based on...
» read full story August 07th, 2008 - 21:15
Wyeth, Elan Shares Plunged after Phase 2 Alzheimer’s Experimental Treatment

Wyeth, Elan Shares Plunged after Phase 2 Alzheimer’s Experimental Treatment

Shares in the drug makers Wyeth and Elan plunged on Wednesday after their experimental Alzheimer’s...
» read full story July 31st, 2008 - 14:02
MRIs Could Provide Answers For Delaying Alzheimer’s Progression

MRIs Could Provide Answers For Delaying Alzheimer’s Progression

During the 2008 International Conference on Alzheimer ’s Disease taking place in Chicago this...
» read full story July 28th, 2008 - 15:36

Cape Cod: Elderly Woman Tests Positive for Rare Brain Disease

An elderly woman hospitalized at the Cape Cod Hospital in Massachusetts has tested positive for...
» read full story July 22nd, 2008 - 14:52
Health Care System Not Ready for Baby Boomers

Health Care System Not Ready for Baby Boomers

A new report released Monday shows that the US health care system is not ready to handle the...
» read full story April 14th, 2008 - 23:42
Big Belly Indicates High Dementia Risk

Big Belly Indicates High Dementia Risk

A new study has found that having fat on your belly in your 40s indicates a high risk of developing...
» read full story March 26th, 2008 - 22:35
Stem Cells Curing Parkinson’s in Mice – Big Leap into the Future

Stem Cells Curing Parkinson’s in Mice – Big Leap into the Future

Mice with Parkinson’s disease seem to improve their condition after receiving their own modified...
» read full story March 24th, 2008 - 00:24
One in Eight US Baby Boomers Will Likely Develop Alzheimer's

One in Eight US Baby Boomers Will Likely Develop Alzheimer's

About 14 million or nearly 18 percent of the United States’ 79 million baby boomers will...
» read full story March 18th, 2008 - 15:54
French Medical Officials Stand Trial over CJD Scandal

French Medical Officials Stand Trial over CJD Scandal

Seven French former medical officials went on trial in Paris today over the deaths of more than...
» read full story February 06th, 2008 - 15:59
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Science

Oetzi Adds To Our Understanding Of Human Evolution

Oetzi Adds To Our Understanding Of Human Evolution

Oetzi is the oldest European mummy ever discovered and it has provided very detailed information...
» read full story October 30th, 2008 - 21:33
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Specials

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
Purple Tomatoes May Be The Answer To A Healthy, Long Life

Purple Tomatoes May Be The Answer To A Healthy, Long Life

Scientists have long praised tomatoes’ cancer-fighting powers because of their enriched levels of...
» read full story October 27th, 2008 - 18:30
Popular Supplements Glucosamine and Chondroitin No Good for Arthritis

Popular Supplements Glucosamine and Chondroitin No Good for Arthritis

Popular dietary supplements – glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate – proved no better than placebos...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 15:46
New Discovery Marks a Step Forward in Stem Cell Research

New Discovery Marks a Step Forward in Stem Cell Research

The team of scientists from Harvard Medical School, Children’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts...
» read full story August 10th, 2008 - 13:48
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World

Former Gardena Councilman Behind Bars Due To Child Molestation

A former Gardena city councilman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of child molestation,...
» read full story March 14th, 2008 - 14:40
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Business

Medtronic Buys Kyphon for $3.9 Billion

Medtronic Buys Kyphon for $3.9 Billion

The medical company Medtronic announced it will acquire the device maker Kyphon in a transaction...
» read full story July 27th, 2007 - 17:05
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