http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A new study suggests that the relationship between brain shrinkage and memory loss in Alzheimer's disease changes across the age spectrum. The research is published in the August 10, 2011, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-alzheimer-disease-symptoms-subtle-people.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:08:07 EST news232214857 VIB researchers have developed a mouse model for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) neuropathy, a hereditary disease of the peripheral nervous system. They also found a potential therapy for this incurable disease. The treatment not only halted the damage to the nerves and the atrophy of the muscles, it even succeeded in reversing the symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-mice-therapy-charcot-marie-tooth-disease.html Dentistry Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:10:07 EST news231505760 Researchers in Ottawa report new hope for the treatment of infants born with serious genetic disorder. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-insight-therapeutic-approach-spinal-muscular.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:20:53 EST news230818844 The Westie Foundation of America (WFA) announced today preliminary findings in two major studies involving the health of West Highland White Terriers also known as Westies. Findings in these and other studies of Westies and other dogs may hold answers for similar human conditions like Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The studies are jointly funded by the WFA and the AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-westie-dogs-similar-human-diseases.html Medical research Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:44:39 EST news230226262 Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is the leading genetic cause of death in children under 2, with no treatment other than supportive care. In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston show how loss or mutation of the SMA gene causes progressive muscle degeneration and weakness, and suggest a promising approach to treating the condition, sometimes referred to as a "Lou Gehrig's disease of babies." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-failure-nerve-fiber-zebrafish-possibility-drug.html Medical research Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:00:09 EST news226576963 Using geriatric mice, a Johns Hopkins research team has shown that losartan, a commonly used blood pressure drug, not only improves regeneration of injured muscle but also protects against its wasting away from inactivity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-losartan-loss-muscle.html Medical research Wed, 11 May 2011 14:00:16 EST news224338835 Elevated pressure inside the eye, cornea thinning, and visual field loss are all markers that glaucoma may progress, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-factors-glaucoma.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 09 May 2011 17:06:59 EST news224179593 The drug laquinimod reduced the number of relapses for people with multiple sclerosis (MS), in a large, long-term Phase III clinical study that will be presented as late-breaking research at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, April 9-16, 2011, in Honolulu. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-oral-drug-ms-significantly-disease.html Neuroscience Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:00:02 EST news221758418 (PhysOrg.com) -- A phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of a severe form of age-related macular degeneration called geographic atrophy (GA) has become the first study to show the benefit of a therapy to slow the progression of vision loss for this disease. The results highlight the benefit of the use of a neurotrophic factor to treat GA and provide hope to nearly one million Americans suffering from GA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-vision-loss-encapsulated-cell-therapy.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:51:13 EST news221381418