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Stanford Study Improves Insights into Parkinson's Disease and Possible Treatments |
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Written by David Orenstein
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Friday, 20 March 2009 |
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Stanford, California - About the only thing doctors have understood about deep-brain stimulation, which is widely used to treat Parkinson’s disease symptoms, is that somehow it works for many patients. In a new study that was published March 19 in the online journal Science Express, Stanford University researchers used light to illuminate how the treatment works, generating surprising insights into the diseased circuitry and also suggesting new ideas to improve Parkinson’s therapy. |
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Blocked Enzyme Reverses Schizophrenia-like Symptoms |
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Written by MIT
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Friday, 20 March 2009 |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - Researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have found that inhibiting a key brain enzyme in mice reversed schizophrenia-like symptoms. |
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Vision Center of Excellence Stalled – Veterans Suffer as a Result |
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Written by IVpost
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Friday, 20 March 2009 |
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Washington, DC - the House Veterans’ Affairs Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, led by Chairman Harry Mitchell (D-AZ), conducted a hearing to evaluate the progress the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have made on the Vision Center of Excellence (VCE) and how it has affected veterans in need of vision care. |
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Insulin Pens and Insulin Cartridges Must Not Be Shared |
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Written by IVPost
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Friday, 20 March 2009 |
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Washington, DC - The United States Food and Drug Administration issued an alert to health care professionals reminding them that single-patient insulin pens and insulin cartridges should not be used to administer medication to multiple patients due to the potential risk of transmitting blood-borne pathogens such as HIV and the hepatitis viruses. |
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Researchers Identify Cause for Severe Pediatric Epilepsy Disorder |
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Written by Debra Kain
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Wednesday, 18 March 2009 |
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San Diego, California - Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that convulsive seizures in a form of severe epilepsy are generated, not on the brain’s surface as expected, but from within the memory-forming hippocampus. |
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Arizona Cancer Center Receives Grant to Address Breast Cancer Disparities in Latina Women |
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Written by Ilya Sloan, Arizona Cancer Center
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Wednesday, 18 March 2009 |
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Tucson, Arizona - Researchers at the Arizona Cancer Center have been awarded a $404,709 grant from the Susan B. Komen Foundation to fund a post-graduate training program that will study breast cancer disparities in Mexican and Mexican-American women. |
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Researcher Connects Sexual Dysfunction with High Blood Pressure |
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Written by Al Bravo
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Wednesday, 18 March 2009 |
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Phoenix, Arizona - If you can get past the giggles, researcher Taben Hale, has an important finding to tell you about regarding high blood pressure and erectile dysfunction. |
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