Insomnia and other sleep disturbances are common among perimenopausal and postmenopausal women and may increase their risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Evidence that a combination of altered sleep duration and insomnia among women ages 50-79 doubled their...
Having a pet might lower your risk of heart disease, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement. The statement is published online in the association's journal Circulation. "Pet ownership, particularly dog ownership, is probably associated with a decreased risk of heart...
New research reveals that Solanaceae - a flowering plant family with some species producing foods that are edible sources of nicotine - may provide a protective effect against Parkinson's disease. The study appearing in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Neurological Association and...
The real reason eggs contribute to heart trouble may have little to do with cholesterol and everything to do with the way they're digested by gut bacteria. More »
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Cell-Permeable Peptide Hampers Inflammation and Atherosclerosis in Mice, Report Investigators in Atherosclerosis - sometimes called "hardening of the arteries" - is a leading cause of death and morbidity in Western countries. A cell-permeable peptide containing the NF-kB nuclear localization...
New light has been shed on how neuronal metabolism relates to the development of Alzheimer's disease in a recent study. The research was conducted by scientists from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)...
Kidney disease patients who have slower walking speed on physical performance tests seem to be more burdened by their disease than patients who perform well on lower extremity physical performance tests, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society...
A randomized controlled trial by Kaisu H. Pitkala, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Helsinki, Finland, and colleagues suggests an intensive and long-term exercise program has beneficial effects on the physical functioning of patients with Alzheimer Disease without increasing costs of health and...
Researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine collaborated with an international team to identify a new gene associated with Alzheimer's disease in African Americans. Published April 10 in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association, their study, "Variants in...
Scientists have revealed a new technique to introduce disease-blocking bacteria into mosquitoes, with promising results that may halt the spread of diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and potentially malaria. When infected with the bacteria Wolbachia, mosquitoes are unable to spread viruses...
Early diagnosis is critical in treating Lyme disease. However, nearly one quarter of Lyme disease patients are initially misdiagnosed because currently available serological tests have poor sensitivity and specificity during the early stages of infection. Misdiagnosed patients may go untreated...
At the dawn of the third millennium medical researchers still know very little about gender-specific differences in illness, particularly when it comes to disease symptoms, influencing social and psychological factors, and the ramifications of these differences for treatment and prevention...
In new research published in the April 4, 2013 issue of The American Journal of Human Genetics, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) demonstrate that some variants in our genes that could put a person at risk for inflammatory diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease or...
Virginia Tech researchers successfully used a gene disruption technique to change the eye color of a mosquito - a critical step toward new genetic strategies aimed at disrupting the transmission of diseases such as dengue fever. Zach Adelman and Kevin Myles, both associate professors of...
Long term treatment by carmustine, a chemical relative of mustard gas and already used to treat some types of brain cancer, can decrease the amount of amyloid β and number of amyloid plaques in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. The research is published in Biomed Central's open access...
Microbes from the human mouth are telling Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists something about periodontitis and more after they cracked the genetic code of bacteria linked to the condition. The finding, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, profiles the SR1 bacteria...
A research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) released their results on the structure and molecular details of the neurodegenerative disease-associated protein Ataxin-1. Mutations in Ataxin-1 cause the neurological disease, Spinocerebella Ataxia Type 1...
The University of Manchester is leading a 12 million euro systems medicine research network to identify better treatments for Inflammatory Bowel Disease like Crohn's Disease. Professor Werner Müller from the Faculty of Life Sciences is the Scientific Co-ordinator for the network called...
The transistors and wires that power our electronic devices need to be mounted on a base material known as a "motherboard." Our human brain is not so different - neurons, the cells that transmit electrical and chemical signals, are connected to one another through synapses, similar to...
A new study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows that alcohol is now the third leading cause of the global burden of disease and injury, despite the fact most adults worldwide abstain from drinking. This research, part of the 2010 Global Burden of Disease study, was...