Neurology
Eye Test May Be Able To Detect Alzheimer’s
The developers of this eye test say it can predict the onset of Alzheimer’s 15 to 20 years before clinical diagnosis.
July 14, 2014
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Rheumatology
Daytime sleepiness tied to Osteoporosis
Orexins are a type of protein used by nerve cells to communicate with each other, and have been found to regulate a number of behaviors
June 17, 2014
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Neurology
Dose Of Measles Virus Destroys Woman’s Incurable Cancer
Doctors in the US were able to keep a woman with deadly multiple myeloma – an incurable bone marrow cancer – free of all signs of living cancer cells for over 6 months.
May 20, 2014
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Neurology
Commonly Misdiagnosed Alzheimer’s Subtype
A video recently presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, analyzed 1,821 brains with confirmed Alzheimer’s disease.
May 6, 2014
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Psychiatry
Depression Is Detectable In The Blood
The possibility of using a blood test to detect depression has been demonstrated by researchers, and indicates may become reality in the future.
May 2, 2014
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Medicine/Hospitalists
Penn Medicine Uncovers General Anesthesia Mechanisms
Despite decades of common use for surgeries of all kinds, the precise mechanism through which general anesthesia works on the body remains a mystery.
April 25, 2014
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Neurology
Lessening the Impact Of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s
Assistant professor of neurobiology & behavior Kim Green and colleagues discovered that the drugs, which can be delivered orally, eradicated microglia, the primary immune cells of the brain
April 22, 2014
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Technology Widens Care Options for Rural Hospitals
Rapidly advancing technological developments are helping rural hospitals save patients—and themselves.
February 14, 2014
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