http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Cushing disease is a life-threatening disorder most commonly triggered by tumors, often benign, in the pituitary glands, resulting in excess production of adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH). The condition is marked by progressive weight gain, excessive fatty tissue deposits and a rounding of facial features, known as "moon face," and can lead to diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, obesity and psychological disturbances. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-ucla-led-team-key-cushing-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 31 May 2013 11:31:27 EST news289218620 Findings from a Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study could lead to the development of new drugs to treat gout. The study, led by Liang Qiao, MD, and his colleagues and collaborators, was published March 19 in the journal Nature Communications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-aid-drugs-gout.html Immunology Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:02:20 EST news282927733 Pre-clinical trials—the stage at which medications or therapies are tested on animals like laboratory mice—is a crucial part of drug development. It's only then that scientists can assess benefits and side effects before a drug is administered to patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-uncovering-flaw-drug-chronic-anxiety.html Medical research Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:43:48 EST news274628622 New research proves the validity of one of the most promising approaches for combating Alzheimer's disease (AD) with medicines that treat not just some of the symptoms, but actually stop or prevent the disease itself, scientists are reporting. The study, in the journal ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, also identifies a potential new oral drug that the scientists say could lead the way. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-evidence-easing-inflammation-brain-cells.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:50:25 EST news268494610 Some stem cells can lay dormant for more than two weeks in a dead person and then be revived to divide into new, functioning cells, scientists in France said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-stem-cells-harvested-death.html Medical research Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:40:11 EST news258741599 Using computational methods, Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have strongly implicated a novel gene in the triggering of type-2 diabetes. Their experiments in lab mice and in human blood and tissue samples further showed that this gene not only is associated with the disease, as predicted computationally, but is also likely to play a major causal role. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-databases-flag-gene-key-role.html Genetics Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:00:48 EST news253186233 With a 95 percent genomic similarity to humans, mice have long been used to learn about the genetic causes of human disease. Once researchers can shine a light on the genetic factors that cause disease in mice, they can start to develop prevention and treatment options to protect the human population. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-lab-mice-genetic-links-disease.html Genetics Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:25:38 EST news252843923 Genetic information provided by a large group of specially-designed mice could pave the way to faster human health discoveries and transform the ways people battle and prevent disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-genetic-special-mice-rapid-human.html Genetics Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:07:07 EST news248609207 A new study seems to confirm what exhausted parents have long suspected but may have been too tired to articulate: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-toll-memory-formation.html Health Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:34:15 EST news231053632