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Impaired decision-making may contribute to motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease

Impaired decision-making may contribute to motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease

21 Jun 2016

UCLA researchers have discovered that people with Parkinson's disease have a form of impaired decision-making that may be a major contributor to the movement problems that characterize the disease....

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Researchers have engineered monkeys with Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease

Researchers have engineered monkeys with Parkinson's disease

21 Jun 2016

Scientists in Japan have successfully bred a set of genetically modified marmosets with Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and motor neurone (Lou Gehrig's) disease, The New Scientist reports...

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Vegan & Gluten-free Apple & Oat Biscuits

Vegan & Gluten-free Apple & Oat Biscuits

16 Jun 2016

In the kitchen: read the "Vegan & Gluten-free Apple & Oat Biscuits" recipe quickly and reproduce it at home!

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Blood test could pick up diabetes five years before it develops

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

Blood test could pick up diabetes five years before it develops

13 Jun 2016 • 1 comment

A simple blood test to show the chance of developing Type 2 diabetes within five years so that people could change their unhealthy lifestyles, is on the horizon.   The finger prick test, which could...

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Overtreating Diabetes Can Have Serious Consequences, Experts Warn

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

Overtreating Diabetes Can Have Serious Consequences, Experts Warn

13 Jun 2016

Too-low blood sugar can cause hypoglycemia, fainting, comas and seizures   With type-2 diabetes, it’s important to keep blood sugar under control, but there’s also a danger in using too many drugs to...

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New treatment can halt aggressive multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis

New treatment can halt aggressive multiple sclerosis

13 Jun 2016 • 9 comments

A radical treatment that wipes out and then regenerates the immune system can halt progression of aggressive multiple sclerosis (MS) and even reverse its symptoms, research has shown. Scientists in...

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'It was really the last option': one woman's multiple sclerosis recovery

Multiple sclerosis

'It was really the last option': one woman's multiple sclerosis recovery

13 Jun 2016

Jennifer Moulson had the first symptoms of multiple sclerosis when she was 21. Five years later, she was in a wheelchair, unable to dress herself or cut up her own food. Today she skis and goes...

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New drug clears psoriasis in clinical trials

Arthritis

New drug clears psoriasis in clinical trials

13 Jun 2016

About 80 percent of patients with moderate to severe psoriasis saw their disease completely or almost completely cleared with a new drug called ixekizumab, according to three large, long-term...

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New compound shows potential for triple-negative breast cancer

Breast cancer

New compound shows potential for triple-negative breast cancer

13 Jun 2016

Researchers at the University of Michigan have identified a promising new compound for targeting one of the most aggressive types of breast cancer.   The compound, currently called UM-164, goes after...

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Nut, Quinoa & Chocolate Bars

Nut, Quinoa & Chocolate Bars

9 Jun 2016

In the kitchen: read the "Nut, Quinoa & Chocolate Bars" recipe quickly and reproduce it at home!

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Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and colon cancer treated with experimental breakthrough therapy

Ulcerative colitis

Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and colon cancer treated with experimental breakthrough therapy

7 Jun 2016

Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis and colon cancer can be treated with experimental breakthrough therapy. The findings come from UCLA where researchers have found a way to suppress the development...

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Breast cancer drugs should be given for 10 years, study shows

Breast cancer

Breast cancer drugs should be given for 10 years, study shows

7 Jun 2016 • 6 comments

Women should be offered 10 years of drugs to prevent the return of breast cancer, rather than five as now, according to a major study showed longer-term treatment reduced the numbers whose disease...

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