Health & Medicine : Science World Report

Feb 20, 2012 07:04 AM EST

Study: New Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury Shows Promise in Animals

A new drug is showing promise in shielding against the harmful effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in rats, according to a study that was released today and will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual Meeting in New Orleans April 21 to April 28, 2012.

Feb 20, 2012 06:44 AM EST

UofL Research Shows Substituting with Smokeless Tobacco Saves Lives

Substituting smokeless tobacco products can save smokers' lives, and there is a scientific foundation that proves it. That is the message Brad Rodu, D.D.S., professor of medicine at the University of Louisville (UofL) School of Medicine and the Endowed Chair in Tobacco Harm Reduction at UofL's Jame...

Feb 19, 2012 02:37 PM EST

UGA Animal Vaccine may Slow Deadly Spread of Chagas Disease

Chagas disease is the single most common cause of congestive heart failure and sudden death in the world. The devastating parasitic infection affects millions of people throughout Central and South America. But as global travel increases, it's becoming a greater threat in the United States and Europ...

Feb 18, 2012 04:40 PM EST

The Pathway Into the Cell: Dynamin Dynamics Modelling

"Imagine an inflated balloon attached to a pump, but much, much smaller. By pinching off the neck of the balloon with a noose, it is detached from the pump and is able to move about freely."

Feb 18, 2012 04:18 PM EST

Alzheimer's Drugs may have Adverse Side Effects

Alzheimer's disease drugs now being tested in clinical trials may have potentially adverse side effects, according to new Northwestern Medicine research. A study with mice suggests the drugs could act like a bad electrician, causing neurons to be miswired and interfering with their ability to send m...

Feb 18, 2012 04:09 PM EST

Switching Antiepileptic Drugs could Increase Risk of Seizures

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration claims generic antiepileptic drugs have the same dosage, purity and strength as their brand-name counterparts and the two are interchangeable. But doctors and people with epilepsy remain concerned, citing widespread reports of individuals suffering seizures afte...

Feb 18, 2012 03:05 PM EST

A New EEG Shows how Brain Tracts are Formed

In the past few years, researchers at the University of Helsinki have made several breakthroughs in discovering how the brain of preterm babies work, in developing treatments to protect the brain, and in developing research methods suitable for hospital use.

Feb 18, 2012 06:33 AM EST

Cranky Today? Even Mild Dehydration can Alter our Moods

Most people only think about drinking water when they are thirsty; but by then it may already be too late. Even mild dehydration can alter a person's mood, energy level, and ability to think clearly, according to two studies recently conducted at the University of Connecticut's Human Performance La...

Feb 17, 2012 04:18 PM EST

Vitamin B and Omega-3 Supplementation and Cancer: New data

However, women with a previous history of cardiovascular pathologies seem to have a higher cancer risk after five years of supplementation. The research is published in detail in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Feb 17, 2012 03:42 PM EST

Nasty 'Superbug' is being Studied by UB Researchers

University at Buffalo researchers are expressing concern about a new, under-recognized, much more potent variant of a common bacterium that has surfaced in the U.S.

Feb 17, 2012 03:24 PM EST

A Single Protein Helps the Body Keep Watch over the Epstein-Barr Virus

Some 90 percent of people are exposed to the Epstein Barr virus (EBV) at some point in their life. Even though it is quickly cleared from the body, the virus can linger silently for years in small numbers of infected B cells. According to researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and the Immune Dise...

Feb 17, 2012 02:56 PM EST

Study Finds Caribbean-American Women at Higher Risk for Elevated Mercury Levels

A new study published by researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center's School of Public Health assesses mercury levels in pregnant women and examines dietary and environmental sources of exposure to mercury. The research, which focuses on an urban immigrant community, examined risk factors that may...