Lecture on AMD announced

A lecture on the effects of Age-Related Macular degeneration (AMD) has been scheduled for next month. ... Continue Reading

Common drugs may combat ageing disease

TWO common drugs have reversed the effects in mice of progeria, a rare genetic disease that causes premature ageing. The drugs have few side effects, so might one day be used to treat children with the disease. ... Continue Reading

Glaxo Scientist's `Aha' May Yield Malaria Vaccine

Drug researcher W. Ripley Ballou remembers the moment he realized that GlaxoSmithKline Plc's experimental malaria vaccine might save millions of lives. ... Continue Reading

The good news in our DNA: Defects you can fix with vitamins and minerals

As the cost of sequencing a single human genome drops rapidly, with one company predicting a price of $100 per person in five years, soon the only reason not to look at your "personal genome" will be fear of what bad news lies in your genes. ... Continue Reading

Nicotine drug 'may slow dementia'

Nicotine-based drugs may help delay the moment a person with dementia has to enter a care home, say researchers. ... Continue Reading

Experts say slowing aging is way to fight diseases in 21st century

A group of aging experts from the United States and the United Kingdom suggest that the best strategy for preventing and fighting a multitude of diseases is to focus on slowing the biological processes of aging. ... Continue Reading

Secret to Treating Tinnitus in Vets May Be Unlocked in Zebrafish

For millions of Americans, including thousands of Iraq War veterans, ringing in the ears is a condition that is annoying at best and disabling at worst. ... Continue Reading

Judge throws out indictment against Signature Compounding Pharmacy

A judge tossed out the indictment against the operators of Signature Compounding Pharmacy Thursday, a sharp rebuke to the two-year, multistate steroid investigation led by Albany County District Attorney David Soares that linked a number of athletes to performance-enhancing drugs. ... Continue Reading

U.S. Still Flunks Healthcare Test, Group Says

Country Lags Behind 18 Other Industrialized Nations in Health Care Quality ... Continue Reading

Population bomb 'ticks louder than climate'

Global population growth is looming as a bigger threat to the world's food production and water supplies than climate change, a leading scientist says. ... Continue Reading

Is cardiovascular screening effective?

British health experts have questioned whether screening patients at high risk of cardiovascular problems will demonstrate large benefits, it has been noted. ... Continue Reading

Hypertension treatment 'may be aided by stress analysis'

Individuals with "out of control" blood pressure may find their treatment aided through the examination of their body's response to daily stresses. ... Continue Reading

'Don't test over-75s for prostate cancer'

Anti-aging physicians have been advised to discontinue screening men over the age of 75 for prostate cancer, it has been stated. ... Continue Reading

Superbugs-The new generation of resistant infections is almost impossible to treat

In August, 2000, Dr. Roger Wetherbee, an infectious-disease expert at New York University’s Tisch Hospital, received a disturbing call from the hospital’s microbiology laboratory. ... Continue Reading

Cleaning Infected Blood-Biologists Develop Machine To Remove Viruses From Blood

Infectious disease experts designed a machine called the hemopurifier. It works much like a dialysis machine, using thin fibers to capture and remove viruses from the blood it filters. The machine requires the drawing of blood through an artery, which is sent through a tube into the machine, then back into the body. It can treat a number of illnesses. ... Continue Reading

New look at Alzheimer's approach

Scientists have revealed that Neuro-Fibrillary Tangles - known as Tau - are more likely to be an effect of Alzheimer's disease rather than a cause, it has been noted. ... Continue Reading

Therapeutic vaccines said to hold big promise

The new chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline Plc said on Wednesday therapeutic vaccines used to treat cancer and other diseases could become a major product line for the world's second-largest drugmaker. ... Continue Reading