Cardiology

Estrogen may protect against depression after heart attack

Estrogen may protect against heart failure-related depression by preventing the production of inflammation-causing chemicals in the brain. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology—Heart ...

Neuroscience

Overdose antidote promotes stroke recovery in rats

The life-saving drug used to treat opioid overdose, naloxone, reduces brain inflammation in the aftermath of stroke in male rats. The preclinical research, published in eNeuro, lays the groundwork for developing the first ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Measles: New efforts needed to stop an old disease

New diseases grab headlines. The latest influenza scare – H7N9 – has prompted much speculation about the direction the virus might take. And rightly so, as vaccines to fight new viruses can take some time to be produced. ...

Medications

EU medicines agency suspends Zinbryta

The London-based European Medicines Agency announced Wednesday that multiple sclerosis drug Zinbryta has been suspended immediately and recalled due to reports that it sparked brain inflammation.

Medical research

p38beta MAPK not critical to brain inflammation, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—A study by a leading Alzheimer's researcher at the University of Kentucky provides new evidence that will help researchers home in on the molecular mechanisms involved in inflammation of the central nervous ...

Other

Elan moves to deter takeover bid

(AP)—Irish drug maker Elan Corp. announced Monday it will pay shareholders a recurring special dividend linked to the sales of the multiple sclerosis treatment Tysabri.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Ten treated in France after kitten dies of rabies (Update)

Ten people would be preventatively treated for rabies after coming into contact with a kitten that died of the disease, which is potentially deadly to humans, French authorities said Friday.

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