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A new century of Alzheimer's disease research

... made up of 42 amino acids -- just slightly longer than the typical 40 amino acid AB fragment. Dr. Younki...ly help our patients,” Dr. Younkin says. Now more than 100 mutations have been found in the three genes that cause early Alzheimer’s, and all increase prod...

White Blood Cell Booster May Help Cancer Patients Avoid Deadly Complications

...y compiled the results of 17 trials involving more than 3,000 patients receiving chemotherapy of varying i...s when at-risk patients begin chemotherapy, rather than waiting for complications to develop," said Jeffrey Crawford, M.D., chief of the division of medical...

Structure of TB Enzyme Points the Way to New Drugs: Study

...that the new drugs by targeting different pathways than those used by existing antibiotics should side-step various problems with these drugs, specifically their inability to destroy the bacteria in its dormant form, which is one of the reasons that resistance has emerged. The study appears in the Proce...

Singapore Dengue Cases Return to Epidemic Level

...2005 when 19 people died from the disease and more than 13,000 were infected. Three people have died from dengue and there have been 3,597 cases in the first 26 weeks of the year, the ministry said. Singapore has launched a massive publicity campaign to educate residents about dengue. It has also st...

Tougher Tobacco Rules Urged at Global Anti-smoking Talks

...hat the illicit cigarette trade accounted for more than 10 percent of the total global trade in cigarettes...nd counterfeit cigarettes are sold at lower prices than legal products, contributing to higher consumption and greater rate of smoking-related illness and d...

M-rated Violent Video Games Most Popular Among Young Teens

...s 12 to 14), including two-thirds of boys and more than one in four girls regularly played violent M-rated video games 'a lot in the past six months'. 'Grand Theft Auto', which is rated M for blood and gore, intense violence, strong language, strong sexual content, and use of drugs, was the most popular...

Inability to Recognize Familiar Smells Could Signal Alzheimers

...re 50 percent more likely to develop the condition than those who scored above average," the authors of the study wrote. "The findings suggest that olfactory dysfunction can be an early manifestation of Alzheimer's disease." However, "the neurological bases of age-associated olfactory dysfunction are ...

Bat Virus Renamed After Protests from Malaysia State

...viruses including the Nipah virus that killed more than 100 people in Malaysia in 1999....

Pharaoh Hatshepsut Died in Pain Due to Cancer

...re more likely caused by the mummification process than dermatosis. Certain aspects of the resins could...ed that this tumour is a metastatic deposit rather than a primary tumour," said Selim. Though Selim doesn't rule out bone cancer, he believes it was more ...

Impaired Odour Identification Predicts Cognitive Decline for the Elderly

...e 50 per cent more likely to develop the condition than those who scored above average. Dr. Wilson says that the association between cognitive impairment and reduction in odour identification did not change even when it was considered that factors like stroke and smoking habits might have influenced th...

One-third of Adults Have Had Some Form of Alcohol Use Disorder During Their Lifetimes

...with alcohol dependence manifested less disability than those with drug dependence and anxiety disorders, but their disability was comparable with that among respondents who had drug abuse, mood and personality disorders," the authors write. It was also observed that alcohol abuse and dependence were st...

Annual Tobacco-related Deaths to Reach 8.3 Million by 2030

...old in 2006. The protocol, which would take more than three years to discuss and ratify, would include p...nd counterfeit cigarettes are sold at lower prices than legal products, contributing to higher consumption and greater rates of smoking-related illness and ...

Electric Field Therapy to Zap Cancerous Tumours

... using electrical field therapy, which could more than double the survival rates for people with one of t...ancer cells typically divide at a much faster rate than most normal cells, making them a prime target for TTF. Treatments such as chemotherapy and radiati...

Scot's National Drink, Now Available at 1,000 Pounds a Nip

...renowned Austrian glass manufacturer Riedel rather than the traditional tumbler - the whisky's makers beli...nfident there will be a market for the 1805 sonner than later. The Johnnie Walker 1805's nearest competitor in the Gleneagles bar is a 40-year-old Bowmore...

Blood Protein may Hold Key to Why Healthy People Get Heart Attacks

...cantly higher in those who developed heart disease than in those who remained healthy. The study suggested that although MPO is intended to kill harmful bacteria, it might instead inflame the body's arteries and cripple protective substances in the blood. Elevated MPO levels signalled increased risk ...

Live Earth Will Make the World More Aware of the Crisis Facing the Earth, Hopes Al Gore

... coverage from TV, radio, the internet and at more than 6,000 parties in 119 countries. Gore will use it... by 90 per cent in developed countries and by more than half worldwide. It also asks people to cut their own pollution, make their homes, businesses, school...

Acute Mountain Sickness may Lead to Pulmonary or Cerebral Edema

...ental mode of treatment, oxygen, was known to less than 10 percent of travellers. 47 percent of those surveyed suffered from AMS and nearly 25 percent of the participants did not know that AMS could be prevented. Additionally, 15 percent of those surveyed believed AMS to start above 4,000m, placing them...

Rosehips may Be an Effective Alternative for Rheumatoid Arthritis

...f the supplement retails over-the-counter for less than $30. The new research was prompted by RA suffere...e RA is a far more serious and challenging disease than osteo-arthritis. A total of 89, mostly female patients with an average age of 57 were recruited, a...

Bird Flu in Asia Still High Risk Says WHO Official

...nesia alone, the WHO estimates that there are more than 13,000 poultry markets, where birds from many different places are exposed to each other, raising the danger of transmission. Since 2003, the H5N1 virus has infected 310 people, including 190 who later died, according to WHO figures. Some 250 milli...

Alcohol Abuse, Addiction Hits 3 of 10 Americans

...nking and dependency. Some 12.5 percent of more than 43,000 people surveyed reported having succumbed to alcohol dependence during their lives, including 3.8 percent who had had the problem during the year prior to the 2001-2002 survey. In addition, researchers led by Deborah Hasin of Columbia Univer...

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