Heart Rate as a Measure of Life Span
Source: The New York Times Health Blog
Copenhagen :: Denmark | updated 2013-04-19 08:58:11 -0700 | health-news
27 am A new study, published in Heart , suggests that a higher resting heart rate is an independent predictor of mortality even in healthy people in good physical condition. Danish researchers gave physical exams to 5,249 healthy middle-aged and...
Scientists make migrane trigger discovery
Source: New Zealand Herald
Copenhagen :: Denmark | updated 2013-04-17 12:29:32 -0700 | health-news
They say their findings contradict a long-held theory about why the head hurts during an attack. It's long been thought that the throbbing pain of migraine is caused by an expansion of the arteries on the outside of the skull....
Neuralgene to initiate animal studies evaluating amyotrophic lateral sclerosisgene therapy
Source: Pharmaceutical Industry News
Als :: Denmark | updated 2013-04-16 03:50:38 -0700 | health-news
The therapy agent with AAV9 viral vector will deliver multiple genes such as Factor H, neural growth factors and regulators of TDP-43 to treat neurodegenerative disease ALS. Neuralgene founder and CEO Jason Williams said the technology addresses several key aspects...
Les Turner ALS volunteers hit street for Tag Days
Source: The Daily Herald
Als :: Denmark | updated 2013-04-15 10:11:32 -0700 | health-news
These fundraising drives will be held throughout the month of May in approximately 30 communities across the Chicago area. Volunteers will be stationed at intersections, shopping areas, train stations, and other places throughout communities collecting donations to help fight ALS,...
Rethinking health care with PatientsLikeMe
Source: CNN
Als :: Denmark | updated 2013-04-15 05:03:24 -0700 | health-news
They grew frustrated by the lack of reliable information and support online and, in 2004, launched PatientsLikeMe, a destination for visitors to share personal stories, medical histories, and responses to online questionnaires. Today the site has about 200,000 users and...
New Genetic Test Reveals If You Can Post A Good Marathon Time
Source: BusinessInsider
Copenhagen :: Denmark | updated 2013-04-14 10:21:34 -0700 | health-news
Julie Zeveloff/Business Insider A new genetic test can reveal whether runners are likely to be able to complete a marathon in a good time...Scientists have discovered that to run a marathon in a good time requires the right combination of...
Stephen Hawking tours Cedars-Sinai lab that studies his disease
Source: Los Angeles Times
Als :: Denmark | updated 2013-04-13 09:35:27 -0700 | health-news
Clive Svendsen doesn't get rattled easily, but the neurobiologist couldn't help sweating when Stephen Hawking paid a visit to his lab this week. Hawking is one of the world's foremost theoretical physicists. He pioneered groundbreaking research into how particles behave...
Water Street invests in pharmaceutical services company
Source: Pharmaceutical Industry News
Copenhagen :: Denmark | updated 2013-04-12 05:35:08 -0700 | health-news
The investment marks the health care firm's first investment from its new fund, Water Street Healthcare Partners III, L.P., which it closed last year after receiving $750m of investor commitments in less than eight weeks...Copenhagen, Denmark and recruits patients from...
Ketogenic Diet for Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders
Source: Brain Blogger
Als :: Denmark | updated 2013-04-10 04:20:15 -0700 | health-news
In recent years, clinicians have utilized a somewhat surprising tool to treat their patients with refractory epilepsy-diet. The majority of people with epilepsy can become free from seizures with the use of antiepileptic medications, but in about 20-30% of people...
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to support BrainStorm's phase 2 ALS trial
Source: Pharmaceutical Industry News
Als :: Denmark | updated 2013-04-10 02:28:45 -0700 | health-news
The trial will be conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Hospital and the Mayo Clinic. Dana-Farber's Connell and O'Reilly Cell Manipulation Core plant will manufacture NurOwn for the MGH and UMass Hospital clinical sites.
Red wine provides no health benefits if you are overweight
Source: Mail Online UK
Copenhagen :: Denmark | updated 2013-04-09 10:05:41 -0700 | health-news
9 April 2013 It's been touted as a cure-all for diabetes, dementia, heart disease and even hearing loss, but the miraculous health benefits of red wine cannot be reaped if you are obese, say researchers. Resveratrol, the active compound found...
UNFPA boosts decentralized obstetric care in Fiji
Source: Scoop
Copenhagen :: Denmark | updated 2013-04-04 21:59:21 -0700 | health-news
The equipment which includes ultrasounds, cardiotocographic (CTG) machines which monitor babies' heart rate during labour, delivery beds, foetal dopplers, electrocardiography machines and more cost about $0.5million. MOH since an (EmOC) assessment in Fiji in 2009 which found that except for...
Living a Full Life with Chronic Illness
Source: World of Psychology & Mental Health
Als :: Denmark | updated 2013-04-02 04:03:26 -0700 | health-news
Ein-shei Chen was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease) in 1995. Yet she hasn't let the degenerative disease derail her daily life or dull her dreams. Chen is the president of the Motor Neuron Disease Association...
Stanford researchers develop disease-detecting biological 'computer'
Source: FierceHealthIT
Copenhagen :: Denmark | updated 2013-04-01 12:33:39 -0700 | health-news
Share Tools A new biological computer developed by Stanford University researchers could potentially detect disease and kill off rogue cells, according to a new study published in Science magazine. The advancements, according to an article in the San Jose Mercury News...
Researchers Discover New Clues About How Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Develops
Source: Newswise
Als :: Denmark | updated 2013-03-31 11:51:40 -0700 | health-news
Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Description Johns Hopkins scientists say they have evidence from animal studies that a type of central nervous system cell other than motor neurons plays a fundamental role in the development of amyotrophic lateral...
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