"Heading The Ball" Riskier For Female Players: Study

Aug 7, 2018

Brain damage from heading a football may be five times more extensive in women than men, said a US study Tuesday based on nearly 100 amateur players. The report in the journal Radiology suggested...

COPD

Cannabis Doesn’t Help Exercising COPD Patients

Jul 30, 2018 • 1 comment

At first blush, it would seem almost obvious that individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) did not show improvement after inhaling vaporized cannabis. However, with real clinical...

New Study Finally Identifies Neural Connection Between Depression and Bad Sleep

Jul 30, 2018 • 7 comments

The link between sleeping problems and depression has been observed for over a hundred years. Now scientists have found the neural mechanism responsible for this relationship. The effects of sleep...

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Could Gut Microbes Hinder Your Cancer Treatment? A New First-In-Human Trial Investigates

Jul 30, 2018

Could the poop of some cancer patients hold the key to treating certain cancers in all people? What does cancer have to do with poop? In the past few years, researchers around the world, including...

Multiple sclerosis

MS News that Caught My Eye Last Week: Popular DMTs, Data Analysis Predicts MS, Remyelination Study

Jul 30, 2018 • 3 comments

Oral DMTs Still Common 1st Therapy for New MS Patients but Ocrevus Having Impact, Market Report Says Deciding on what therapy to use is a tough decision for people with MS and their doctors. That’s...

Lupus

Rheumatoid Arthritis Medicine Seen to Ease Lupus Symptoms at Higher Dose in Phase 2 Trial

Jul 28, 2018

Baricitinib — a medicine approved in the U.S., Europe, and Japan for rheumatoid arthritis — can significantly improve symptoms of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the treatment’s...

HIV/AIDS

Scientists Seek End To 'Unscientific' HIV Laws

Jul 27, 2018

AIDS experts called Wednesday for an end to laws that can see HIV-positive people jailed for exposing others to the virus, saying the approach was "unscientific" and worsening the killer epidemic. At...

Ankylosing spondylitis

Eli Lilly Announces Positive Results From Its 2nd Phase 3 Trial Of Ixekizumab

Jul 27, 2018

Treatment with Eli Lilly’s monoclonal antibody Taltz (ixekizumab) significantly improved the signs and symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis in patients participating in a Phase 3 clinical...

Multiple sclerosis

Cleveland Researchers Develop A New Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis And Launch a Company to Test It

Jul 27, 2018 • 2 comments

A team at Case Western Reserve University has come up with a new approach to treating Multiple Sclerosis. They have also launched a business to bring the new therapy to market. The company is...

Lupus

Skin’s Immune ‘Alarm’ May Explain Light-Induced Rashes In Lupus Patients

Jul 26, 2018 • 1 comment

U-M researchers are studying an overabundant signaling protein tied to UV light sensitivity in patients with lupus. Imagine being so sensitive to the sun’s rays that you’re forced to either...

COPD

FDA-Approved Valve Treatment For COPD Seeing Positive Results

Jul 26, 2018

Approximately, 15 million Americans have a debilitating lung condition called COPD. It’s currently the third-leading cause of death.  However, there’s a minimally-invasive treatment, that was just...

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation - Alternative Depression Treatment Seeing Success

Jul 26, 2018 • 1 comment

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) uses magnetic pulses to target an area of the brain that's less active in people with depression. A psychiatrist in the metro [Independence, MO] is using a...