Memory Pill :: Memory pill to be reality soon
The development of a drug to treat memory loss would be a reality very soon as researchers revealed that a mind-altering mutation in mice results in an enhanced long-term memory.
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BMI :: Study finds dietary fat interacts with genes
Research published in the Journal of Molecular Medicine examines how calories from fat, carbohydrate, and protein might interact with genes to affect body mass index (BMI), or body weight-for-height, and risk of obesity among adults in the Framingham Heart Study.
Diabetes :: Diabetes increases risk of memory loss, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease
Individuals with diabetes may have a higher risk of developing mild cognitive impairment, a condition that involves difficulties with thinking and learning and may be an intermediate step toward Alzheimer’s disease, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Childbirth :: Decline in male births in the US and Japan
A study published in this week?s online edition of Environmental Health Perspectives reports that during the past thirty years, the number of male births has decreased each year in the U.S. and Japan.
Parkinson’s Disease :: Coffee reduces Parkinson’s disease risk
Individuals with Parkinson’s disease are less likely to smoke or consume high doses of caffeine than their family members who do not have the disease, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Homeopathy :: New Delhi celebrating Hahnemann’s Birthday
Samuel Christian Hahnemann created and developed the system called homeopathy. It is also known as similia similibus curentor or “let like be cured by like.”.
Multiple Sclerosis :: Modified bone marrow cells can help recovery in an animal model of multiple sclerosis
A new study published in PLoS Medicine has shown that modified bone marrow cells can help recovery in an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS).
Obesity :: New guidelines to address growing obesity epidemic
The first-ever Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) on the Management and Prevention of Obesity in Adults and Children, published April 10, 2007 in theCanadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), recommend that waist circumference be measured in all Canadian adults, and that a national surveillance system be developed that incorporates this measurement along with height and weight.
Eye :: 1 donor cornea may treat 3 patients
One donor cornea may be divided and transplanted into multiple patients with eye disease or damage, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Foot Care :: Lavery and Armstrong receive major NIH grant for podiatry
Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH, and David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD, Professors of Surgery at Scott and White?s University Medical Center and Texas A&M College of Medicine, and Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, respectively, have received a $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.