Age-Related Dementia May Begin with Neurons' Inability to Rid Themselves of Unwanted Proteins. Newswise — BETHESDA, MD – March 5, 2013 -- A team of European scientists from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) and the Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) at the University of Cologne in Germany has taken an important step closer to understanding the root cause of age-related dementia.
Cell death in retina helps tune our internal clocks. Samer Hattar Related Articles Bright light activates cells in eye that affect brain's center for mood, memory, study shows With every sunrise and sunset, our eyes make note of the light as it waxes and wanes, a process that is critical to aligning our circadian rhythms to match the solar day so we are alert during the day and restful at night.
Watching the sun come and go sounds like a peaceful process, but Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered that behind the scenes, millions of specialized cells in our eyes are fighting for their lives to help the retina set the stage to keep our internal clocks ticking. Understanding this fight could one day lead to victories against several conditions, including autism and some psychiatric disorders, where neural circuits influence our behavior. Dr. Kary Banks Mullis. Chemically Programmable Immunity The History of Disease.
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--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A recent peer-reviewed study, published in BMC Clinical Pathology,[1] reveals a medical breakthrough discovering multiple biomarkers based upon highly sensitive and reproducible medical investigations. Conducted by the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago (UIC) and EpicGenetics, a privately-held biomedical company, the research has led to the development of The FM/a® Test (www.thefmtest.com), the first test to objectively diagnose fibromyalgia.
“Outstanding Research in Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology” Researchers at the UIC Department of Pathology conducted a statistically significant study involving more than 200 patients, comparing those clinically diagnosed with fibromyalgia to healthy patients. The study revealed that patients with fibromyalgia have a dysregulation disorder affecting protein molecules called chemokines and cytokines, produced by white blood cells.
“The elegantly designed study by Dr. What the American Medical Association hopes you never learn about its true history. To most Americans, the concept of "nonprofit" goes hand-in-hand with trust.
If a person or an agency isn't driven by money, they seem more likely to be trustworthy and unbiased. They should have the public's best interests at heart, right? The American Medical Association (AMA) is a nonprofit agency whose mission is "to be an essential part of the professional life of every physician and an essential force for progress in improving the nation's health," according to the AMA's website. The Creative Destruction of Medicine by Eric Topol. The Truth About the Drug Companies by Marcia Angell. Every day Americans are subjected to a barrage of advertising by the pharmaceutical industry.
Mixed in with the pitches for a particular drug—usually featuring beautiful people enjoying themselves in the great outdoors—is a more general message. Boiled down to its essentials, it is this: “Yes, prescription drugs are expensive, but that shows how valuable they are. Besides, our research and development costs are enormous, and we need to cover them somehow. Postmarket Drug Safety Information for Patients and Providers > Information for Healthcare Professionals: Fluoroquinolone Antimicrobial Drugs [ciprofloxacin (marketed as Cipro and generic ciprofloxacin), ciprofloxacin extended-release (marketed as Cipro X.
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Food & Drug Administration Report on Bioterrorism Fluoroquinolone Drugs which are now commonly prescribed by doctors or used in hospitals by doctors throughout the United States. NOTE: Multiple Side-Effects may show up days, weeks or months after taking this drug. If not treated or treated improperly side-effects may become permanent. U.S. FDA LISTING OF FLUOROQUINOLONE DRUGS, BRAND NAMES & MANUFACTURERS: Qjmed.oxfordjournals.org/content/97/11/705.2.full.pdf. Report of 12 cases of ankylosing spondylitis patients treated with Tripterygium wilfordii. Chinese herb Lei Gong Teng stops formation of cysts in polycystic kidney disease in lab. This ability holds out hope for what would be the first treatment, other than kidney transplant or frequent dialysis, for one of the most lethal of all kidney diseases worldwide.
Dr. Crews described the functioning of the compound at Experimental Biology 2007 in Washington, DC. His presentation was part of the scientific program of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Triptolide is derived from a Chinese medicinal herb, named Lei Gong Teng, which has been used in traditional medicine to treat cancer, inflammation, and auto-immune diseases and, more recently, also has been tested in Phase I clinical trials as an anti-tumor agent.
This study, with mice bred to have a disease like human polycystic kidney disease, used triptolide with a less toxic concentration than that used in cancer chemotherapy trials. During normal kidney development, cells lining the kidney tubules continue growing and dividing until they receive a signal that the tubule is fully formed.