Archive: 14/03/2014
Research reveals new therapeutic targets for Huntington's and Parkinson's disease
(Medical Xpress)—Research from Western University has revealed a possible new target for treating movement disorders such as Huntington's disease (HD) and Parkinson's disease. Stephen Ferguson, PhD, a scientist at Western's ...
Mar 14, 2014
Young women more affected than men by emotional stress after heart attack
(Medical Xpress)—Younger women with a recent heart attack are more likely than men of the same age to experience myocardial ischemia, or inadequate blood flow to the heart, in response to emotional stress according to researchers ...
Mar 14, 2014
Vitamin supplements may prevent drug-induced hearing loss
(Medical Xpress)—The drug gentamicin can provide effective treatment for people with bacterial infections that are resistant to other antibiotics, but this medication can cause a serious side effect, too: hearing loss.
Mar 14, 2014
Scientists create new technique to study how disease is inherited
(Medical Xpress)—Human reproduction is simple. A sperm cell carries the man's genome into the egg. There, during fertilization, male and female genomes comingle in a way that fuses different traits from each parent into ...
Mar 14, 2014