Synchronous neuronal firing may underlie Parkinson's disease
...'s disease and to develop new therapeutics for the debilitating disorder, said lead study investigator Rui Costa, D.V.M., Ph.D., chief of the section of in vivo neural function at the National Institutes of Health, who launched this study as a postdoctoral fellow in Nicolelis' laboratory. "Therapeutic interventi...Omega-3 fatty acids may slow down early Alzheimer's in some cases
...ives journals. Alzheimer's disease is a severely debilitating condition that affects thinking, learning and memory, beginning with declines in episodic memory. Medications are available to treat the symptoms, but these drugs do not affect the underlying cause and progression of the disease. Several studies have...Omega-3 fatty acids may slow cognitive decline in some patients with very mild Alzheimer's disease
...hives journals. Alzheimer's disease is a severely debilitating condition that affects thinking, learning and memory, beginning with declines in episodic memory (including memory about events in one's own life), according to background information in the article. Medications are available to treat the symptoms, ...Mediterranean diet associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease
...iet could also help prevent Alzheimer's disease--a debilitating neurodegenerative disease--in a group of 1,984 adults with an average age of 76.3. The participants, 194 of whom already had Alzheimer's disease and 1,790 of whom did not, were given complete physical and neurological examinations and a series of tes...Infants targeted in the fight against skin disease
...ces the likelihood of them going on to suffer from debilitating kidney and heat disease" she concluded. Bundhala Bhuiikay, Senior Aboriginal Health Worker at Galiwinku community said that since the introduction of the Healthy Skin Program and associated training she and her fellow workers had been better able t...Heartburn drug may help to slow progression of chronic heart failure
... and acid reflux also appears to help decrease the debilitating effects of chronic heart failure, preliminary research shows. But more testing must be done before the drug is recommended for use by heart failure patients, doctors say. According to the research, the same type of chemical reaction that allows sto...Risk factors linked to pain after breast cancer surgery
...n addition to age, the women most likely to suffer debilitating chronic pain had more extensive surgery followed by radiation, and reported the most severe pain in the first week after their operation. Researchers were surprised to find that a woman's anxiety before surgery did not emerge as a direct risk facto...Therapeutic role found for carbon monoxide
...ulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), an extremely debilitating condition that typically leads to right heart failure and eventual death. The new findings, made in an animal study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and the University of Pittsburgh, are described in the September 2...M. D. Anderson, BCM, launch research effort targeting asthma and allergic diseases
...seases." The incidence and severity of asthma, a debilitating and potentially life-threatening constriction and inflammation of the airways, has increased over the past 20 years, with more than 155 million people affected in developed countries alone. Earlier research by Liu established that inhalation of all...Hopkins scientists link immune response to 'ghost' parasites and severely congested sinuses
...ck the inflammatory chemical pathway but also have debilitating side effects, including loss of bone density, cataracts in the eye and weight gain. An estimated 32 million Americans suffer from persistent inflammation of the tissue that lines the nasal and sinus cavities, according to the United States Centers...Women on oxygen therapy for COPD more likely to die than men
....7 million U.S. adults were estimated to have this debilitating disease. In 2004, the cost to the nation for COPD was $37.2 billion in direct and indirect health care costs. "The only therapeutic regimen that has been shown to improve life expectancy in these patients is oxygen therapy," said Dr. Machado. "Inte......han half of all women will experience some form of debilitating urinary tract disease or discomfort, including infections, incontinence, pelvic floor prolapse, and interstitial cystitis. Until recently, there has been only scant attention paid to this very common group of disorders. A Seat on the Aisle, Please! ...Arthritis drug helps debilitating inflammatory disease
...ildren and young adults who suffer from a rare and debilitating disorder called neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID), a drug called anakinra brings marked improvement both in symptoms and the inflammation underlying the disease, a new study shows. The study, published in the August 10 issue of ...Strong evidence of a genetic risk factor for Parkinson's disease
...f Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's disease is a debilitating neurological disease that affects about 1 million people in the United States. Little is known about its causes and hence there is no cure. "This is an important step forward because the contribution of common genetic risk factors to the developmen...Experimental medication kicks depression in hours instead of weeks
...o examine the effects of ketamine on depression, a debilitating illness that affects 14.8 million people in any given year. Used in very low doses, the medication is important for research, but is unlikely to become a widely used clinical treatment for depression because of potential side effects, including hallu...Increased odds of rheumatoid arthritis in women smokers without genetic risk factor
...acks the joint linings. It is the most serious and debilitating form of arthritis. Interaction between genes and environmental factors is considered to be fundamentally important in complex autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis. The authors base their findings on a comparison of 115 postmenopaus...Ninety-eight percent of Gaza's children experience or witness war trauma -- Queen's study
...an children in the Gaza Strip that has serious and debilitating psychiatric and psychological effects. "Gaza has been an occupied territory for a long time, and still is; Israel controls its borders, its air and water access. It has been described as a vast open-air detention centre" says Queen's community heal...Researchers aim to give nurses a lift
...pedic nurses and 58 per cent of ICU nurses develop debilitating low back pain at some point in their careers. "If a patient is unconscious, nurses will try to turn him every two hours or so to prevent him from getting bed sores. If you consider that nurses often work 12 hours shifts, the amount of lifting in on...NICE gives backing for the use of advanced biological therapies to treat severe psoriasis
... to biological therapies. Psoriasis can be highly debilitating and painful condition. If patients fulfill the criteria for a biological therapy then, I believe, it is important that treatment is started with minimal delay.5" Stevo Knezevic, MD, PhD, chief medical officer of Wyeth Europa commented: "This endors...Duke researchers link newly discovered gene to hereditary neurological disease
... mid-50s, and the symptoms grow progressively more debilitating with time. With no cure available, physicians can only treat symptoms with physical therapy to improve muscle strength and preserve range of motion. In their study, the Duke researchers found that one form of hereditary spastic paraplegia is linke...