Beyond improving Parkinson's symptoms, does deep brain stimulation stall their progression?
Michele Tagliati, M.D., new director of Cedars-Sinai's Movement Disorders Program, says certain disabilities "remain remarkably stable" long-term in treated patients
Quandary: Scientists Prefer Reading Over Publishing 'Open Access' Papers
Scientists love open-access papers as readers, but as authors they are still skeptical, according to a new study of available journals and researchers’ attitudes on the topic.
An equation for friendship
Researchers at Cornell expand on the long-established social psychology theory of structural balance. They find that such balance is achieved through incremental shifts in relationships.
In Deadly Frog and Bat Plagues, Eerie Similarities
Bats and frogs share a common plight. Fungi that appeared from nowhere are wiping out whole species of amphibians and more than a million bats just by attacking the skin.
AAN guideline: Plasma exchange effective in treating severe MS relapses, neuropathies
A new guideline from the American Academy of Neurology recommends using plasma exchange to treat people with severe relapses in multiple sclerosis (MS) and related diseases, as well as those with certain kinds of nerve disorders known as neuropathies.
Heart failure patients twice as likely to die if admitted to general wards
Heart failure patients admitted to general wards are twice as likely to die as those admitted to cardiology wards, shows a national audit of the treatment of the condition, published online in the journal Heart.
New molecule could save brain cells from neurodegeneration, stroke
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered a molecule that can make brain cells resistant to programmed cell death or apoptosis.
Weizmann Institute scientists discover: Antioxidants cause fertility problems in females
Antioxidants are sold over the counter everywhere. They're added to food, drink and face cream. But according to Prof. Nava Dekel of the Biological Regulation Department, we still don't have a complete understanding of how they act in our bodies.
Antioxidants may improve chances of conceiving in male subfertility
Antioxidant supplements may benefit couples who have difficulty conceiving naturally, according to a new systematic review published today in The Cochrane Library.
Drug used to treat heavy periods will stop trauma patients bleeding to death
Tranexamic acid (TXA), a drug used to treat heavy menstrual periods, could save the lives of tens of thousands of bleeding accident victims each year and reduce combat deaths, say Cochrane researchers.
New CPR technique for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest increases survival by 53 percent
A study led by Dr. Tom P. Aufderheide, professor of emergency medicine at The Medical College of Wisconsin, shows an alternative method of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation increases long-term survival of patients.
Regimens: Doubt on IV Fluids as Routine for Trauma Victims
Giving intravenous fluids before taking an accident victim to the hospital is routine in many emergency services systems, but a new study suggests that the practice may do more harm than good.
Largest Land-Dwelling "Bug" of All Time
The giant extinct invertebrate Arthropleura resembled some modern millipedes, but could grow to be more than one-and-a-half feet wide, and may sometimes have been more than six feet long.
Study suggests possible new treatment for severe 2009 H1N1 infection
Convalescent plasma therapy―using plasma from patients who have recovered from an infection to treat those with the same infection―has been used to treat multiple diseases
Slime moulds bet the farm on survival
SLIME moulds have added another skill to their impressive resumé: they practise a primitive form of farming.
Contagious cancer thrives in dogs by adopting host's genes
A curious contagious cancer, found in dogs, wolves and coyotes, can repair its own genetic mutations by adopting genes from its host animal, according to a new study in the journal Science.
Scripps Research scientists find measles' natural nemesis
Cells infected by measles virus pull out a heavy weapon in the form of the enzyme ADAR1
Breastfeeding -- added protection for cancer survivors?
Review suggests that breastfeeding can partially offset the long-term side effects of cancer treatment
Brenda Jensen's voice restored after larynx transplant
A woman in the US is able to speak for the first time in 11 years after a pioneering voicebox transplant.
Red blood cell hormone modulates the immune system
New research reveals that a hormone best known for stimulating the production of red blood cells can modulate the immune response.
Feds checking post-vaccine seizures in young kids
  Government officials are investigating an apparent increase in fever-related seizures in young children after they got a flu shot.
Researchers reveal function of novel molecule that underlies human deafness
New research from the University of Sheffield has revealed that the molecular mechanism underlying deafness is caused by a mutation of a specific microRNA called miR-96.
To Really Learn, Quit Studying and Take a Test
Taking a test is not just a passive mechanism for assessing how much people know, according to new research.
World 'running out of Internet addresses'
Vint Cerf said the world will run out of Internet addresses "within weeks"
Drug to Fight Melanoma Prolonged Life in Trial
Advanced melanoma patients taking an experimental drug aimed at a particular mutation in their tumors lived longer than patients who did not receive the drug in a decisive clinical trial, the drug’s manufacturer, Roche, said Wednesday.
Clinical trials cited for ignoring previous relevant research
The vast majority of already published and relevant clinical trials of a given drug, device or procedure are routinely ignored by scientists conducting new research on the same topic, a new Johns Hopkins study suggests.
Fool's gold catches eye of solar energy researchers
Iron pyrite - also known as fool's gold - may be worthless to treasure hunters, but it could become a bonanza to the solar industry.
Pulled teeth stored for stem cells
Naidelys Montoya didn't wait for her son's baby teeth to fall out. She took the boy to an oral surgeon to have two of the loose ones extracted.
An Infusion of Science Where the Arts Reign
Liza Batkin, a first-year student at Bard College, is a dancer whose academic interests run to philosophy and literature. But here she was in a laboratory on a snowy day in January ― while many of her peers across the country were still on winter break ― inserting a piece of DNA into bacteria with a micropipette.
Chimps Wear Personalities on their Mugs
People can gauge aggressiveness in their evolutionary cousins' expressionless faces.
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Unexpected find opens up new front in effort to stop HIV
HIV's trickery within the macrophage revealed
Researchers find smoking gun of world's biggest extinction
Massive volcanic eruption, burning coal and accelerated greenhouse gas choked out life
Wine family tree revealed
FROM Riesling to Merlot, wine grapes from around the world are more closely related than expected, says the largest study so far to produce a family tree of grapes.
TB vaccine protects before and after exposure
A new vaccine that can fight tuberculosis (TB) before and after infection has been developed by Danish scientists.
IU study: Humans' critical ability to throw long distances aided by an illusion
Can't help molding some snow into a ball and hurling it or tossing a stone as far into a lake as you can? New research from Indiana University and the University of Wyoming shows how humans, unlike any other species on Earth, readily learn to throw long distances.