Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor

Promising new finding for therapies to treat persistent seizures in epileptic patients

In a promising finding for epileptic patients suffering from persistent seizures known as status epilepticus, researchers reported today that new medication could help halt these devastating seizures. To ...

Neuroscience created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Grandmother's cigarette habit could be the cause of grandchild's asthma

Grandmother's cigarette smoking could be responsible for her grandchild's asthma, and the recent discovery of this multi-generational transmission of disease suggests the environmental factors experienced today could determine ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Novel approaches needed to end growing scourge of 'superbugs'

With the rising awareness of the so-called "superbugs," bacteria that are resistant to most known antibiotics, three infectious disease experts writing in the Jan. 24 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine called ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research identifies effective treatment for common gynecological problem

New research from the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) found a progestogen-only treatment halted bleeding in women suffering from extremely heavy periods, according to the study published online by the ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0