New test takes guesswork out of diagnosing early-stage Alzheimer's disease

New research in the FASEB Journal reports that a novel enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay could be a critical diagnostic tool for the detection of A-Beta oligomers, proteins which cause Alzheimer’s disease

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New gateway to treat leukemia and other cancers

Canadian researchers have discovered a previously hidden channel to attack leukemia and other cancer cells, according to a new study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. The findings from the Université de Montréal, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital and Université Laval may change the way doctors treat cancer patients.

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Hair Dye and Smoking Linked to Progressive Liver Disease

Hair dye and smoking both increase the risk of progressive liver disease, suggests research involving around 5000 people published in the journal Gut.

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Vaccine Could Delay Bowel Inflammation and Colon Cancer

An experimental vaccine against an abnormal protein found in some tumors has the potential to delay the onset of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and in turn prevent progression to colon cancer, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

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Memory May Decline Rapidly Even in Stage Before Alzheimer's Disease

Memory and thinking skills may decline rapidly for people who have mild cognitive impairment, which is the stage before Alzheimer's disease when people have mild memory problems but no dementia symptoms, and even more rapidly when dementia begins, which is when Alzheimer's disease is usually diagnosed.

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High dietary phosphate intake may promote skin cancer formation

A high dietary intake of phosphate promotes tumor formation in an animal model of skin cancer, researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have found. The results, published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, suggest that a high intake of phosphates may promote tumor development and contribute to tumor growth in skin cancer, while restricting phosphate intake may help prevent cancer.

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Gene Is Linked to Lung Cancer Development in Never-Smokers: One Third Have Gene Variant

A five-center collaborative study that scanned the genomes of thousands of "never smokers" diagnosed with lung cancer as well as healthy never smokers has found a gene they say could be responsible for a significant number of those cancers.

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Einstein Researchers Discover Two New Ways to Kill TB

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found two novel ways of killing the bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB), a disease responsible for an estimated two million deaths each year. The findings, published in the March 21 online issue of Nature Chemical Biology, could lead to a potent TB therapy that would also prevent resistant TB strains from developing.

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Shutting out Soft Tissue Cancers in the Cold

Cryotherapy, an interventional radiology treatment to freeze cancer tumors, may become the treatment of the future for cancer that has metastasized in soft tissues (such as ovarian cancer) and in bone tumors. Such patients are often not candidates for surgery and would benefit from minimally invasive treatment, say researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 35th Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa, Fla.

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Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Fare Well in Statin Trial

Chronic kidney disease patients in the landmark JUPITER trial achieved a 44% reduction in mortality if they were assigned to the potent cholesterol-lowering agent rosuvastatin (Crestor) when compared with patients who were on placebo, researchers said here.

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Anti-Obesity Drugs Unlikely to Provide Lasting Benefit, According to Scientists

Scientists at the University of Liverpool argue that anti-obesity drugs fail to provide lasting benefits for health and wellbeing because they tackle the biological consequences of obesity, and not the important psychological causes of overconsumption and weight gain.

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New attack on cancer forces cells to grow old and die

Instead of killing off cancer cells with toxic drugs, scientists have discovered a molecular pathway that forces them to grow old and die, they said on Wednesday.

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Brain Plaques May Explain Higher Risk of Alzheimer's Based on Mom's History

A family history of Alzheimer's is one of the biggest risk factors for developing the memory-robbing disease, which affects more than 5 million Americans and is the most common form of senile dementia. Now an international collaboration led by NYU Langone Medical Center researchers has found the likely basis for this heightened familial risk -- especially from the maternal side.

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Potential New Drug for Type 2 Diabetes

An experimental oral drug has lowered blood sugar levels and inflammation in mice with Type 2 diabetes, suggesting that the medication could someday be added to the arsenal of drugs used by millions of Americans with this disease, according to new research.

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Using new approach, Mayo Clinic researchers find level of gene alters risk of Alzheimer's disease

Using sophisticated techniques that scan the genomes of patients, researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have found that a gene appears to either help protect against development of Alzheimer's disease, or promote the disorder depending on the level of gene in the brain.

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Babies Are Born to Dance, New Research Shows

Researchers have discovered that infants respond to the rhythm and tempo of music and find it more engaging than speech.

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Hip fractures more deadly to men

Hip fractures. They're breaks in the upper part of the femur or thigh bone, most often caused by a fall. People 65 and older are most vulnerable, and according to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, women have two to three times as many fractures as men. But a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine says men are at greater risk of dying because of it.

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Discovery of 'Fat' Taste Could Hold the Key to Reducing Obesity

A newly discovered ability for people to taste fat could hold the key to reducing obesity, Deakin University health researchers believe.

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Your best diet? It might be in your genes

Can't lose weight on a low-fat diet? Maybe you need to cut carbs instead, and a new genetic test may point the way, maker Interleukin Genetics Inc reported on Wednesday.

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Blueberry Juice Shown to Improve Memory in Older Adults

Scientists are reporting the first evidence from human research that blueberries--one of the richest sources of healthful antioxidants and other so-called phytochemicals--improve memory. They reported that the study establishes a foundation for comprehensive human clinical trials to determine whether blueberries really deserve their growing reputation as a memory enhancer.

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How You Think About Your Age May Affect How You Age

The saying "You're only as old as you feel" really seems to resonate with older adults, according to research from Purdue University.

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Vaccine may shift odds against deadly brain cancer

The first week of each month, Karen and Jerry Vaneman pack their car for a four-hour drive from Asheville, North Carolina, to the medical complex at Duke University. Inside the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, Karen waits patiently as a parade of doctors and technicians pokes and prods, taking samples of all kinds. On this day alone, she gives 21 vials of blood.


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Stroke Incidence Rising Among Younger Adults, Decreasing Among Elderly

More young people are having strokes while older people are having fewer, according to data from Ohio and Kentucky presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2010.

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