News tagged with persistent disease

You can help reduce your colon cancer risk, expert says

(HealthDay)—Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States, but there are ways you can help prevent it, an expert says.

Cancer Mar 08, 2013 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Persistent ocular tremors appear to be associated with Parkinson's disease

Persistent ocular tremors that prevent eye stability during fixation appear to be common among patients with Parkinson disease (PD) suggesting that precise oculomotor testing could provide an early physiological biomarker ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders Apr 09, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Chronic pain is relieved by cell transplantation in lab study (Update)

(Medical Xpress) -- Chronic pain, by definition, is difficult to manage, but a new study by UCSF scientists shows how a cell therapy might one day be used not only to quell some common types of persistent ...

Neuroscience May 23, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Potential therapy for HIV suggested: Blocking key protein boosts body's ability to clear chronic infection

UCLA scientists have shown that temporarily blocking a protein critical to immune response actually helps the body clear itself of chronic infection. Published in the April 12 edition of Science, the findin ...

HIV & AIDS Apr 11, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |