No strong evidence linking mercury levels with worse neurobehavioral performance in older adults
...on with Alzheimer disease. Since the aging nervous system is more sensitive to neurotoxicants, there is reason for concern about mercury contamination in fish. Megan Weil, M.H.S., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore and colleagues conducted a study to examine associations betwe...Study links cigarette smoking with progression of multiple sclerosis
...tting smoking could limit or delay central nervous system deterioration. This is the first time that a modifiable risk factor for MS progression has been identified, providing a new strategy for patients hoping to control neurological damage from the disease. Study results appear in the March 9, 2005 issu...Study shows antibiotic treatment does not reduce risk of secondary cardiac events
...ve reasoned that removal of C. pneumoniae from the system could reduce the risk of subsequent cardiac events. Prescription of antibiotics for this purpose had not been tested through a randomized clinical trial. The investigation of whether antibiotics could be used to treat the bacteria, and therefore redu...Feeling safe and secure? CUMC scientists find it's all in the caudoputamen
... 21 issue of Neuron. "This work points to a second system in addition to the brain's well-known fear circuits that probably malfunctions in some people with anxiety disorders," says the study's first author, Michael Rogan, Ph.D., of Columbia's Center for Neurobiology and Behavior. "This opens up hope for ...Study finds possible mechanism for link between sleep disturbances and metabolic syndrome
A new mouse study suggests that a brain system that controls the sleep/wakecycle might also play a role in regulating appetite and metabolism. Micewith a mutation in a gene called "Clock," which helps drive circadianrhythm, ate significantly more and gained more weight. The finding couldhelp ex...Monoclonal antibody cures West Nile virus-infected mice
...irus antibodies from mouse cells. The human immune system would clear out these foreign antibodies quickly, ...d be less likely to induce an adverse human immune system response. A second round of tests in mice confirmed that the new antibodies retained their ability t...Promising new West Nile therapy cures disease in mice
...le in others the virus invades the central nervous system and causes paralysis or coma. "We could give this antibody to mice as long as five days after infection, when West Nile virus had entered the brain, and it could still cure them," says Washington University senior investigator Michael Diamond, M.D., ...Class effect of statins in elderly patients
...ty to reduce costs to patients and the health care system while still achieving optimal health outcomes for their patients....Jefferson Lab scientists build small-animal imager for German Cancer Research Center
...aging device, get it up and running, and conduct a system calibration," Smith explained. "We'll also use thi...ile cart and be integrated with an optical-imaging system to provide dual modality, small-animal imaging. "We're very excited about getting the system operati...Fatal brain disease holds clues to dementia
...is an incurable, inherited disorder of the nervous system that affects specific brain regions and inevitably leads to death. Symptoms range from disrupted control of movements and thought processes, and emotional problems. These include: jerky arm or leg movements; difficulties with speech, swallowing, conc...Orqis Medical receives unconditional FDA approval for pivotal trial of percutaneous CHF therapy
...roprietary catheter-based Cancion cardiac recovery system (CRS TM ) to treat congestive heart failure (CHF), today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unconditional approval for researchers to treat up to 200 CHF patients at 40 centers participating in the company's MOMENTUM pivotal clinical t...Exercise slows development of Alzheimer's-like brain changes in mice, new study finds
...tudy, scientists have now shown in an animal model system that one simple behavioral intervention--exercise--could delay, or even prevent, development of AD-like pathology by decreasing beta-amyloid levels. Results of this study, conducted by Paul A. Adlard, Ph.D., Carl W. Cotman, Ph.D., and colleagues at t...New portable device developed by Georgia Tech and Emory checks for concussions on the sidelines
...device is a fast, easy to administer and sensitive system for assessing problems associated with concussions. The DETECT device is an integrated system that includes software applications, a portable computer and an LCD display in the headgear. While ...UT Southwestern lead site for study of a new multiple sclerosis drug
...hairs. "Rituxan works on a component of the immune system called B-cells," Dr. Hawker said. "The drug depletes B-cells and has been used to treat other autoimmune diseases such as lupus." As the lead testing site, UT Southwestern doctors in the MS Program and Clinical Center were involved in developing the ...Guava and AHF Global Immunity bring low cost AIDS diagnosis to resource-limited countries
...will initially focus on making Guava's EasyCD4 TM system for direct, absolute CD4 T cell counts available a...a. Once the feasibility of using the Guava EasyCD4 system in these regions is demonstrated, AHF Global Immunity and Guava Technologies plan to cooperate in mo...Antibiotic might fight HIV-induced neurological problems
...nflammation, and less virus in the central nervous system than six infected monkeys that received no treatment, the researchers report in the April 27 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. "In people, antiretroviral treatments do a great job of controlling HIV in blood, but most of the d...Rush University Medical Center studies advanced 3D imaging system for radiation therapy
CHICAGO - An advanced 3D display system initially developed with automobile design in mind...orld exploring the use of the Perspecta Spatial 3D system to improve evaluation and planning of radiation treatments. This unique system, developed by Actuali...New insights into HIV immunity suggest alternative approach to vaccines
... researchers as to how HIV evades the human immune system may offer a new approach for developing HIV vaccin... a class of antibodies that a patient's own immune system is programmed to destroy. The Duke team discovered that certain broadly protective antibodies, which...Officials simulate bioterrorist attack to test APL-developed disease surveillance
...ge in over-the-counter drug sales. It is the first system to integrate military and civilian data. Each loca...blic health programs, the NCR disease surveillance system offers a first line of defense in the national capital area. Wednesday's exercise was designed to te...... with the VentrAssist TM implantable heart assist system as part of its CE Mark Trial. Ventracor Limited Ch...d with the VentrAssist TM left ventricular assist system 11 as part of the current CE Mark Trial which is gathering data to support an application for permi...