Diseases news
Discovery supports theory of Alzheimer's disease as form of diabetes
Sep 26, 2007 |
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Insulin, it turns out, may be as important for the mind as it is for the body. Research in the last few years has raised the possibility that Alzheimer’s memory loss could be due to a novel third form of diabetes.
New study proves that pain is not a symptom of arthritis, pain causes arthritis
Sep 29, 2008 |
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Pain is more than a symptom of osteoarthritis, it is an inherent and damaging part of the disease itself, according to a study published today in journal Arthritis and Rheumatism. More specifically, the study revealed that p ...
Type 2 diabetes may be caused by intestinal dysfunction
Mar 05, 2008 |
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Growing evidence shows that surgery may effectively cure Type 2 diabetes -- an approach that not only may change the way the disease is treated, but that introduces a new way of thinking about diabetes.
How small molecule can take apart Alzheimer's disease protein fibers
May 16, 2008 |
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown, in unprecedented detail, how a small molecule is able to selectively take apart abnormally folded protein fibers connected to ...
Medics solve an ancient riddle -- and offer new tool for diagnosis
May 30, 2008 |
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A puzzling medical condition, identified more than 2,000 years ago by Hippocrates, has finally been explained by researchers at the University of Leeds.
Larger belly in mid-life increases risk of dementia
Mar 25, 2008 |
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People with larger stomachs in their 40s are more likely to have dementia when they reach their 70s, according to a study published in the March 26, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academ ...
Vitamin C lowers levels of inflammation biomarker considered predictor of heart disease
Nov 13, 2008 |
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A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, adds to the evidence that vitamin C supplements can lower concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP), a central biomarker of inflammation that has ...
Keeping slim is good for the planet, say scientists
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Maintaining a healthy body weight is good news for the environment, according to a study which appears today in the International Journal of Epidemiology.
Study links vitamin D, type 1 diabetes
Jun 05, 2008 |
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Sun exposure and vitamin D levels may play a strong role in risk of type 1 diabetes in children, according to new findings by researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the Department ...
Suspected cause of type 1 diabetes caught 'red-handed' for the first time
May 09, 2008 |
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Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis working with diabetic mice have examined in unprecedented detail the immune cells long thought to be responsible for type 1 diabetes.
Strict Mediterranean diet can help reduce deaths from major chronic diseases
Sep 12, 2008 |
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Sticking to a full Mediterranean diet provides substantial protection against major chronic diseases including heart disease, cancer and Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published on bmj.com today.
Scientists find key to avian flu in humans
Jan 06, 2008 |
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MIT researchers have uncovered a critical difference between flu viruses that infect birds and humans, a discovery that could help scientists monitor the evolution of avian flu strains and aid in the development of vaccines ...
Parkinson's disease: Treatment breakthrough in mice opens new path
Feb 07, 2007 |
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Marijuana-like chemicals in the brain may point to a treatment for the debilitating condition of Parkinson's disease. In a study to be published in the Feb. 8 issue of Nature, researchers from the Stanford University School ...
A fruit a day may keep Alzheimer's away
Feb 07, 2008 |
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Eating more apples, bananas and oranges just may help stave off such neurodegenerative diseases as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, suggests a new Cornell study published online in the Journal of Food Science.
'Friendly' bacteria protect against type 1 diabetes
Sep 21, 2008 |
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In a dramatic illustration of the potential for microbes to prevent disease, researchers at Yale University and the University of Chicago showed that mice exposed to common stomach bacteria were protected against the development ...
