Rate of dementia on the decline—but beware of growing numbers
The good news? The rate of older Americans with dementia is on the decline.
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Study finds increased survival and cure rates for patients with HIV and MDR-TB when infections treated concurrently
Patients co-infected with HIV and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) can achieve similar survival and tuberculosis cure rates to those infected with MDR-TB but not HIV when treated concurrently for both infections, ...
Apr 17, 2018
New study finds knocking out p63 gene as means of converting scar tissue into muscle tissue in the heart
Following a heart attack, the parts of the heart muscle that die do not regenerate into new heart tissue and instead are replaced by scar tissue. Using rodent models, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine are looking ...
Apr 17, 2018
Early life stress and depression associated with sleep disturbances
Early life stress, sleep disturbances and alterations in neuronal plasticity have been associated with depression, yet the relation between these factors and depression remains poorly understood.
Apr 17, 2018
New paper suggests that tumor cells may develop resistance to potential Ras inhibitors
Researchers have long sought a treatment aimed specifically at the Ras family of genes, the most common oncogenes and those that initiate many of the most lethal tumours. However, the results of a hypothetical treatment may ...
Apr 17, 2018
