Bapineuzumab , a drug designed to block an enzyme responsible for the build-up of sticky deposits, or amyloid plaques, reversed signs of Alzheimer’s disease when injected into the brains of mice and may offer hope for those afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease.
The accumulation of damaging amyloid plaques may be the cause of Alzheimer’s disease.
Bapineuzumab may [...]
As people age, the brain develops inflammation. Levels of certain neurotransmitters go down, and the result is numerous ailments ranging from memory impairment and depression to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. But in a long-term study with implications to treat these and other conditions, researchers have found that an experimental drug, taken chronically, has the ability to [...]
Interventional cardiologists (Drs. Hijazi, Kavinsky and Amin) at Rush University Medical Center ( Chicago,Il ) are performing minimally invasive nonsurgical valve replacement procedure for patients with congenital heart disease that doesn’t involve open heart surgery.
Rush is one of 3 sites participating in an investigational study of minimally-invasive pulmonary valves and successfully implanted the [...]
THC reduces the response to threat in a specific portion of the brain. Volunteers were given delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in marijuana, and shown photographs of emotional faces, which represented signals of social communication. Results, of brain scans showed that THC reduces the response to threat in a brain region called the amygdala. This [...]
Commonly prescribed anticholinergic meds (examples –Detrol LA, Ditropan-XL, Pro-Banthine) , for urinary incontinence and other common problems like motion sickness, could lead to a decline in their thinking skills.
Newly presented research , indicates that the effects of taking medication with anticholinergic properties led to cognitive deterioration as much as one and a half times as [...]
Dementia can occur in younger patients (less than 45 years old). While it is more unusual than the dementia of old age , it may be more serious and is often related to immune system disorders such as lupus, or degenerative nerologic diseases like Huntington’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease. The early onset dementia is more [...]
Loss of a small part of chromosome number 16, (16p11.2), is linked with autism researchers report (University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Chicago Medical Center, and the Roswell Park Cancer Institute)
Researchers think that the 16p11.2 microdeletions may be a risk factor for autism spectrum disorders and may cause mild autism in some [...]
Parkinson’s Disease May Be Treatable With Therapeutic Cloning of Your own Cells–In animal model it appears to work.
A Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Researcher has shown that therapeutic cloning, also known as somatic-cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), can be used to treat Parkinson’s disease in mice.
The nucleus of a skin cell from a subject is placed into [...]
Researchers at the Univ. of Georgia, have been able to identify critical genes used in memory and manipulate them to turn them off, so the memory of mice is impaired, or enhance them.
The smart mouse named “Doogie” (after Doogie Houser MD), is a mouse that over expresses the smart gene in the hippocampus, a part [...]
Botox May be Useful for Dozens Of New Medical Problems — Restless Legs, Asthma And Even Obesity Botox is a toxic compound that blocks cholinergic nerves which control muscles and glands. This causes glands and muscles to become paralysed. When consumed in spoiled foods it can kill you by paralyzig [...]
