Neurology

                   

Alzheimer’s Gene Slows Export of Toxic Protein

health.am
14-Nov-2008 12 related
        

The only known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease slows down the brain’s ability to export a toxic protein known as amyloid-beta that is central to the damage the disease causes, scientists have found. The research,...

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Dr. Shawbitz seeing patients at Baptist-Navarre and Jay Hospital

pensacolanewsjournal.com
15-Nov-2008
        

From staff reports • November 15, 2008 Michael L. Shawbitz, M.D., is now seeing patients at two Baptist Health Care affiliates, Baptist Medical Park in Navarre and Jay Hospital. A board-certified neurologist, Shawbitz earned...

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Researchers identify toehold for HIV's assault on brain

eurekalert.org
14-Nov-2008 82 related
        

Scientists have unraveled in unprecedented detail the cascade of events that go wrong in brain cells affected by HIV, a virus whose assault on the nervous system continues unabated despite antiviral medications that can keep...

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Genetic disease treatments and pharmacogenetics: From scientific discovery to medical delivery

eurekalert.org
14-Nov-2008 2 related
        

ASHG will host a press briefing session to highlight some of the top research presentations at the Society’s 58th Annual Meeting that report findings on important breakthroughs in the successful treatment of disease through...

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Biovail appoints new VP neurologic and psychiatric development

pharmiweb.co.uk
13-Nov-2008
        

Biovail Corporation, a company focused on the development and commercialization of medicines that address unment medical needs in niche specialty central nervous system (CNS) markets, has appointed Dr. Neil M. Sussman as...

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Benefits of epilepsy surgery predicted pre-op

reuters.com
13-Nov-2008 4 related
        

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Whether brain surgery is likely to improve or worsen memory in a patient with epilepsy can be predicted before the operation is performed, according to findings in the journal Neurology.

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Induction Of PGC-1 Alpha Expression In Huntington's Disease Transgenic Mice Rescues Neuronal...

medicalnewstoday.com
13-Nov-2008
        

Neurodegenerative diseases pose a considerable burden to our aging population. Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurological disorder that affects as many as 40,000 people in the U.S. alone. HD causes degeneration of...

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Eleanor and Miles Shore 50th Anniversary Fellowship Program for Scholars in Medicine

harvard.edu
13-Nov-2008
        

The Eleanor and Miles Shore 50th Anniversary Fellowship Program for Scholars in Medicine has announced the selection of more than 90 junior faculty members, researchers, and clinicians as fellows for the 2008-09 academic year....

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Interferon Treatment For MS Reduces Lesions In About Half Of Patients

medicalnewstoday.com
13-Nov-2008 1 related
        

According to an article published early online and in the January 2009 issue of Archives of Neurology, about half of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who are treated with three years of interferon beta are able to achieve and...

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Kuwait to host int'l conf. on neurosurgery

zawya.com
13-Nov-2008
        

KUWAIT, Nov 13 (KUNA) -- Dozens of world-renowned neurologists will gather here at the Neurosurgery Conference which will kick off on Sunday, chief of neurology division of Ibn-Sina Hospital Dr. Youssef Al-Awadhi announced on...

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