A study recently took place at Kyushu University in Japan that looked at any links between Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes. The researchers studied insulin resistance, type two diabetes, and neurofibrillary tangles or plaque deposits which are commonly found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s.
There are 135 people studied, with a median age of 67. [...]
There may be a new hope for patients suffering from the latest stages of Melanoma. Known as the deadliest form of skin cancer, almost 9,000 American die from the disease every year. The disease is thought to be caused by overexposure to the sun, or too much time in a tanning bed.
A new drug has [...]
Recent findings have shown that Lamotrigine can cause aseptic meningitis, in a warning recently issued by the FDA. Lamotrigine (Lamictal) is an antiepileptic drug, as well as a maintenance therapy drug for bipolar disorder.
Healthcare professionals are recommended to discontinue prescribing lamotrigine for patients who may be showing signs of meningitis. However, a thorough examination should [...]
There is one animal that scientists are keeping a close eye on in order to determine how big of a hit the animal life in the Gulf has taken from the BP oil spill: the blue crab.
The blue crab is named for it’s blue-tinted claws. They also have thick shells and 10 legs, which help [...]
Three Democrat congressman have introduced the Safe Cosmetic Act of 2010. The new legislation attacks laws that allow harmful chemicals to be used in products that are applied to the body.
Representatives Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc co-authored the Bill that was introduced to Congress on Wednesday.
“Harmful chemicals have no place [...]
US cigarettes contain more cancer causing chemicals than other countries, according to a new study.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a study of seventeen brands and 126 smokers in the U.S., Britain, Canada, and Australia.
“All of these cigarettes contain harmful levels of carcinogens, but these findings show that amounts of tobacco-specific nitrosamines [...]
A new study to be published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine will state that researchers in the Netherlands have developed an investigational vaccine for mesothelioma.
Mesothelioma is a rare type of cancer usually caused by prolonged exposure to asbestos. Over 2500 new cased of the cancer spring up each year. The [...]
A woman in Texas has filed a wrongful death suit against the manufacturers and suppliers of the asbestos responsible for her husband’s passing.
Katherine Brashers says that her husband, Michael Brashers, was exposed to asbestos on the job at Union Oil Company of California, which was located in Jefferson County Texas. Brasher dies within a month [...]
A drug that is commonly used to treat herpes has been found to delay the need for HIV drugs in patients that suffer from both infections, researchers say.
American researchers in Africa studying over 3,000 patients found that the drug aciclovir has reduced the risk of HIV progression by more that 16 percent. Researchers are saying [...]
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