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Neuroimaging Study may Pave way for Effective Alzheimer's Treatments
Published February 9, 2010, 10:00 pm, PRWeb
Scientists have determined that a new instrument known as PIB-PET is effective in detecting deposits of amyloid-beta protein plaques in the brains of living people, and that these deposits are predictive of who will develop Alzheimer’s disease. (PRWeb Feb 9, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/02/prweb3585704.htm
Dementia: A Focused Review
Published February 9, 2010, 5:17 pm, Psychiatric Times
Dr Kalapatapu is a fellow in the department of addiction psychiatry at Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York. He completed a fellowship in geriatric psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York in July 2009. The author reports no conflicts of interest concerning the subject matter of this article and has declined the honorarium for this article.
Neuroimaging study may pave way for effective Alzheimer's treatments
Published February 9, 2010, 3:29 pm, EurekAlert!
( University of California - San Francisco ) Scientists have determined that a new instrument known as PIB-PET is effective in detecting deposits of amyloid-beta protein plaques in the brains of living people, and that these deposits are predictive of who will develop Alzheimer's disease.
Molecular pathways linked to sex, age affect outcomes in lung cancer
Published February 9, 2010, 1:52 pm, PhysOrg
The biology of lung cancer differs from one patient to the next, depending on age and sex, according to scientists at Duke University Medical Center. The findings may help explain why certain groups of patients do better than others, even though they appear to have the same disease.
Neuroimaging study may pave way for effective Alzheimer's treatments
Published February 9, 2010, 1:37 pm, PhysOrg
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have determined that a new instrument known as PIB-PET is effective in detecting deposits of amyloid-beta protein plaques in the brains of living people, and that these deposits are predictive of who will develop Alzheimer`s disease.
Marijuana Ineffective As An Alzheimer's Treatment: UBC-Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Published February 9, 2010, 6:36 am, Medical News Today
The benefits of marijuana in tempering or reversing the effects of Alzheimer's disease have been challenged in a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. The findings, published in the current issue of the journal Current Alzheimer Research, could lower expectations about the benefits of medical marijuana in combating various ...
Marijuana ineffective as an Alzheimer's treatment
Published February 8, 2010, 7:28 am, Science Daily
The benefits of marijuana in tempering or reversing the effects of Alzheimer's disease have been challenged in a new study.
Marijuana ineffective as an Alzheimer's treatment: research
Published February 8, 2010, 2:27 am, PhysOrg
The benefits of marijuana in tempering or reversing the effects of Alzheimer's disease have been challenged in a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.
Workers exposed to TCE may be at higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease
Published February 7, 2010, 9:01 pm, News-Medical-Net
Workers exposed to tricholorethylene (TCE), a chemical once widely used to clean metal such as auto parts, may be at a significantly higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto April 10 to April 17, 2010.
'Anti-Medical School' challenges engineering students with real-world problems in medicine
Published February 5, 2010, 5:40 pm, UC Berkeley NewsCenter
In a seminar provocatively titled "Anti-Medical School," Berkeley bioengineering grad students sit down with UCSF physicians to learn about unsolved clinical problems in need of engineering solutions. The goal: to encourage students to take on these real-world challenges as part of their master's or doctoral research.
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