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Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia Genome Has Been Deciphered By The Scientists

51 researchers from 23 centers in 6 countries have deciphered how the complete chronic lymphatic leukemia genome functions. Chronic lymphatic leukemia is the most common type of leukemia and this study paves the roads to developing new treatments for this…

May 23, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Bringing Back the Vaccine for Lyme Disease

Lyme disease is starting to spread in Canada through black-legged ticks due to warmer climate, but only dogs and horses get vaccinated against it. Such climate conditions have lead to about 20% of bugs being able to spread this disease.…

May 23, 2018 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Mediterranean Diet Reduces The Health Damage Of Air Pollution

Air pollution, beyond its negative effects on the environment and the economy, has harmful and lethal consequences for health. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 8 million people die due to air pollution each year. However, a diet…

May 22, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

Ebola Vaccination Campaign In Congo Will Face Several Big Challenges In Tackling The Ebola Outbreak

This Monday, Ebola vaccination began in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), hit by a massive Ebola outbreak. The vaccines will reach 600 people in the first instance. To this end, 4,000 doses are being transported from Kinshasa to the…

May 22, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

A New Stroke Treatment Gel Regenerates Neural Cells And Brain Tissues In Brain Areas Damaged By Stroke

A new stroke treatment gel regenerates neural cells and blood vessels in lab animals suffering from brain damage caused by strokes, according to scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in the United States. “We tested this on…

May 22, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Vaping Electronic Cigs Almost Killed An 18-Year-Old Girl From Pennsylvania Who Needed Hospitalization To Recover

An 18-year-old girl from Pennsylvania was hospitalized with respiratory failure after just three weeks of vaping, which, according to doctors, directly caused her condition. According to the press releases, this is the first case in which the inhalation of aromatic…

May 21, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

New Types Of Neurons Have Been Found During A Study That Involved 250K Video Game Players

With the help of a quarter of a million video game players, researchers from the Princeton Neuroscience Institute (PNI) have created detailed maps containing more than 1,000 neurons. This mapping led scientists to discover new types of neurons. Sebastian Seung,…

May 21, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

Cortical Gray Matter And Brain Health, In General, Are Linked To The Socioeconomic Position, A Study Revealed

A team of scientists from the University of Texas (USA) has shown that a person’s socioeconomic position is related to how is his/her brain functioning. Also, they discovered that a person’s brain anatomy is also influencing that person’s position in…

May 21, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis Method By Scanning Patients’ Retinas Has Been Discovered

The accumulation of a protein known as alpha-synuclein in the retina is a good biomarker that could help detect Parkinson’s disease, as well as the degree of severity of the disease, according to research involving scientists from the United States…

May 21, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Erectile Dysfunction Drugs And Flu Vaccine Are Effective Against Cancer Cells Spreading

It might come as a shocker for many of you but a recent study has discovered that Viagra-like medicines and flu vaccine can prevent cancer cells from spreading after surgery, as reported by Advocator. The new research, issued in the OncuImunnology…

May 20, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

New Migraines Treatment, The Revolutionary Aimovig Medication, Approved By The FDA

Migraines are the main reason for visiting the neurology clinic. In fact, headaches and migraines are the main reason for outpatient consultation, with a prevalence ranging between 2% of the world’s population for chronic migraines and about 15% for episodic migraines,…

May 20, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

A New Global Issue Appears as Levels Of Resistance To Antifungal Drugs Grow

The level of resistance to treatments for fungal infections is continuously growing. This is a significant problem that might turn into a global one. Cancer patients are even more vulnerable because they cannot fight off the infections with their immune…

May 19, 2018 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Physical Activity Is Not Preventing The Loss Of Cognitive Abilities In Dementia Patients

Physical activity is known to be one of the means of reducing the risk of dementia but a new study has proven that once dementia is installed, physical exercises cannot preclude the loss of cognitive abilities. Being more active “does not…

May 18, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

Several Analytical Labs Are Testing Nootropic Dietary Supplements

In the past 3 to 5 years there have been numerous requests for nootropic studies. This is something that has been confirmed by several analytical labs. Josh Baisley, B.Sc., director of clinical trials at Nutrasource talked about this subject. He…

May 18, 2018 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Colorectal Cancer Cells Change The Signaling Pathways To Evade Treatments And Continue To Progress

Researchers at the Charite University Hospital in Berlin, in Germany, have discovered one of the key reasons why colorectal cancer develops resistance to treatments and, most importantly, how to break it down. Specifically, the study, published in the Journal of Experimental…

May 17, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0