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Evidence Links Protein Damage to Neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's

...is one of the building blocks of the brain lesions characteristic in patients with neurodegenerative diseases. Oxidative damage, normally occurs when the body's cells are overwhelmed by molecules that have changed because they have combined with nitrogen (nitration) or oxygen (oxidation). Both types of oxidants da...

Miracle cure for Alzheimer’s around the corner

...ent in reducing plaque formation in mice, which is characteristic of Alzheimer’s. Latest reports say that it also improves mental functioning. It has gone into human testing ,the first stages of which have been successful and the vaccine declared safe to be administered. If proven successful it would be an enormou...

Detecting anomalies in heart rythm

...s completed its analysis, it outputs atleast three characteristic values describing the heart rythm to cardiologists. Regular checkups and ECG tests help doctors to decide whether patients require treatment with drugs to combat arrhythmia or may be implant a defibrillator, a device similar to a pacemaker, which o...

Is Smallpox Threat Real ?

...ude high fever, fatigue, and head and back pain. A characteristic rash also appears about two or three days later on the face, arms and legs. The rash starts with flat red lesions, but then become pus-filled and begins to crust in the second week. The threat of smallpox as a bioterrorist weapon is real and health...

Over-The-Counter Drugs May Prevent Alzheimer's

...ion of a protein linked to the amyloid-beta plaque characteristic of Alzheimer's disease. The plaque collects in the brain and interferes with the ability of nerves to communicate with each other. The study showed that ibuprofen, indomethacin and sulindac sulphide lowered the production of the amyloid-beta 42 (AB...

The alarm clock in you

...that anticipation, which is widely thought to be a characteristic unique to conscious action, also pervades sleep and may facilitate spontaneous waking....

Control of inflammation

...ons to one’s own tissues. Chronic inflammation is characteristic of such disorders as asthma, chronic hepatitis, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. Little is known about the body,s own mechanism for controlling inflammation and the tissue damage that accompanies it. According to Dr.Sitkovsky, there must be some way f...

New oral antiviral treatment of cold sores approved

...y, causing damage to skin cells that could lead to characteristic blisters. Valtrex, is now, the only drug which offers the convenience of a one-day treatment for cold sores. It is also the only drug which offers the convenience of once-daily dosing for the suppression of genital herpes outbreaks, as well as a th...

Cells critical for asthma development found

...is triggered by the immune system and leads to the characteristic wheezing and coughing symptoms of an asthma attack. Researchers at Stanford University have been studying mice that lack a specific type of// immune cell called natural killer (NK) cells. These mice do not get asthma, despite being exposed to the usu...

Painkillers may protect against Alzheimer's disease

...in the formation of harmful brain plaques that are characteristic of the degenerative brain disease that afflicts millions of people worldwide. Etminan stressed that although the results are encouraging and could provide clues for the development of new drugs for Alzheimer's disease, people should not take an NSAID...

Key enzyme protects against Alzheimer's

...revent tangles of protein in the brain which are a characteristic sign of Alzheimer's disease. "This will allow people to look in different directions in thinking about how Alzheimer's disease develops in the first place," Dr. Kun Ping Lu, //of Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, said in an interview....

Lifestyle changes Can Delay the Onset Of Dementia

...ood way to avoid the memory and reasoning problems characteristic of dementia might be to make lifestyle changes now aimed at avoiding stroke, say researchers who followed participants in a long-running study. Results suggest people who have a stroke are twice as likely to develop dementia as those who have never h...

Lifestyle changes Can Delay the Onset Of Dementia

...ood way to avoid the memory and reasoning problems characteristic of dementia might be to make lifestyle changes now aimed at avoiding stroke, say researchers who followed participants in a long-running study. Results suggest people who have a stroke are twice as likely to develop dementia as those who have never h...

Lifestyle changes Can Delay the Onset Of Dementia

...ood way to avoid the memory and reasoning problems characteristic of dementia might be to make lifestyle changes now aimed at avoiding stroke, say researchers who followed participants in a long-running study. Results suggest people who have a stroke are twice as likely to develop dementia as those who have never h...

Sun The Reason To Blame for eye Disease

...s likely to develop increased retinal pigment -- a characteristic of age-related maculopathy. These patients were also twice as likely to develop early age-related maculopathy over 10 years, compared to patients who reported spending less than two hours a day in the sun. Results also show participants who reported...

Food Supplements Can Prevent Alzheimer’

...to carry the gene known to cause the brain lesions characteristic of the disease. Initially various environmental factors affecting the symptoms were studied but the mice only showed minimal memory or other brain-related problems. Researchers wondered if the reason was because they were living on a diet rich in so...

Dogs Can Sense Bladder Cancer

...howed that the dogs' capacity to recognize an odor characteristic of bladder cancer was independent of other chemical aspects of the urine, such as the presence of blood. Thus researchers say, their study provides the first piece of experimental evidence to show that dogs can detect cancer by olfactory means more s...

Valerian was first epilepsy drug

..."As they dry, exposed valerian roots ... develop a characteristic offensive odour resembling that of sweaty socks or dirty underwear," Eadie told ABC Science Online. This is due to formation of isovaleric acid, believed to be valerian's active ingredient.That's why it is unlikely valerian itself will be developed ...

Controlling High Blood Can Reduce Eye Problems In Diabetics

... risk for microaneurysms // in the eye, which are characteristic of eye disorders like retinopathy. A new study done in England shows good blood pressure control significantly lowered the risk of developing microaneurysms in the eye, which can ultimately lead to blindness. For the study researchers randomly assi...

New Treatment Option For Alzheimer's Disease

...rase have the potential to prevent the memory loss characteristic of Alzheimer's disease....

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