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Researchers develop new approach to screening potential treatments for Alzheimer's disease

According to a 2012 World Health Organization report, over 35 million people worldwide currently have dementia, a number that is expected to double by 2030 (66 million) and triple by 2050 (115 million).

11 Mar 2013

Scientists develop new method for replacing missing teeth

Scientists have developed a new method of replacing missing teeth with a bioengineered material generated from a person's own gum cells.

11 Mar 2013

Viruses and genes may increase risk of schizophrenia

Viruses and genes interact in a way that may increase the risk of developing schizophrenia significantly. This happens already in the developing foetus.

11 Mar 2013

Addiction risk increased after mild traumatic brain injury

A study of military personnel suggests that individuals who have suffered a mild traumatic brain injury are at increased for addiction-related disorders.

8 Mar 2013

Halometasone and fusidic acid optimal for infected eczema

Results from a randomized, open-label phase III trial suggest that a combination cream of halometasone and fusidic acid reduces symptoms of eczema to a similar degree to a betamethasone and neomycin sulphate cream, but is more effective at treating infected lesions.

8 Mar 2013

Family-focused therapy improves mood symptoms in youth at risk of bipolar disorder

A study published in the February 2013 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found that children and adolescents with major depression or subthreshold forms of bipolar disorder - and who had at least one first-degree relative with bipolar disorder - responded better to a 12-session family-focused treatment than to a briefer educational treatment.

8 Mar 2013

Nearly 90% of young children continue to struggle with ADHD symptoms despite treatment

A study published in the March 2013 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found that 9 out of 10 young children with moderate to severe attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) continue to experience serious to severe symptoms and impairment long after their original diagnoses, and in many cases, despite treatment.

8 Mar 2013

Boosting hypocretin could elevate both mood and alertness in humans

What makes us happy? Family? Money? Love? How about a peptide? The neurochemical changes underlying human emotions and social behavior are largely unknown. Now though, for the first time in humans, scientists at UCLA have measured the release of a specific peptide, a neurotransmitter called hypocretin, that greatly increased when subjects were happy but decreased when they were sad.

8 Mar 2013

Tranexamic acid role in coronary bypass surgery

Tranexamic acid balances the increased bleeding risk associated with recent clopidogrel use in patients undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting, shows a randomized trial.

7 Mar 2013

Vitamin B12 and folate alleviate negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia

Adding the dietary supplements folate and vitamin B12 to treatment with antipsychotic medication improved a core symptom component of schizophrenia in a study of more than 100 patients.

7 Mar 2013

Fractional anisotropy examines age-related decline in cerebral white matter in schizophrenia, MDD

Many lines of evidence indicate that schizophrenia is a disorder of neurodevelopment. For example, genes implicated in the heritable risk for schizophrenia are also implicated in the development of nerve cells and their connections.

7 Mar 2013

Selective activation of the dentate gyrus can reduce anxiety without affecting learning

Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have found the first evidence that selective activation of the dentate gyrus, a portion of the hippocampus, can reduce anxiety without affecting learning.

7 Mar 2013

Primary Practice Physician Program for Chronic Pain and its impact on patients and providers

Patients who experience chronic pain may experience improvement in symptoms if their primary care providers are specifically trained in multiple aspects of pain, including emotional consequences.

6 Mar 2013

DBS helps anorexia patients achieve and maintain improvements in body weight, mood and anxiety

In a world first, a team of researchers at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre and the University Health Network have shown that Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in patients with chronic, severe and treatment-resistant Anorexia Nervosa (anorexia) helps some patients achieve and maintain improvements in body weight, mood, and anxiety.

6 Mar 2013

Fewer malaria cases, more artesunate resistance on Thai border

Results from an observational study show that the number of reported malaria cases in children and pregnant women on the Thai–Myanmar border has decreased significantly over the past decade.

6 Mar 2013

Non-social cognitive deficits outweigh social ones in bipolar disorder

Patients with bipolar disorder have relatively greater impairments in non-social cognition than social cognition, whereas the opposite is true for patients with schizophrenia, researchers report.

6 Mar 2013

Foreign-born adoptees most at risk for psychiatric disorders

Foreign-born adoptees have the highest rates of psychiatric disorders among migrants, show the results of a large, Danish population-based cohort study.

6 Mar 2013

UK’s health performance declining compared with 14 EU countries over past 20 years

Six decades of universal free health care, the introduction of widespread public health initiatives (eg, tobacco control, cancer screening, and immunisation), and substantial increases in health expenditure have failed to improve the UK’s health outcomes or longevity ranking against the average of 14 other original members of the European Union, Australia, Canada, Norway, and the USA (EU15+) over the past 20 years.

6 Mar 2013

Researchers discover how LRRK2 mutations in familial Parkinson's damage brain cells

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), with collaborators at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, have discovered how the most common genetic mutations in familial Parkinson's disease damage brain cells.

6 Mar 2013

New research findings could lead to development of effective therapies for anxiety disorders

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine have, for the first time, identified a specific group of cells in the brainstem whose activation during rapid eye movement sleep is critical for the regulation of emotional memory processing.

6 Mar 2013

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Researchers develop new approach to screening potential treatments for Alzheimer's disease

Scientists develop new method for replacing missing teeth

Viruses and genes may increase risk of schizophrenia

Addiction risk increased after mild traumatic brain injury

Halometasone and fusidic acid optimal for infected eczema

Family-focused therapy improves mood symptoms in youth at risk of bipolar disorder

Nearly 90% of young children continue to struggle with ADHD symptoms despite treatment

Boosting hypocretin could elevate both mood and alertness in humans

Tranexamic acid role in coronary bypass surgery

Vitamin B12 and folate alleviate negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia

Fractional anisotropy examines age-related decline in cerebral white matter in schizophrenia, MDD

Selective activation of the dentate gyrus can reduce anxiety without affecting learning

Primary Practice Physician Program for Chronic Pain and its impact on patients and providers

DBS helps anorexia patients achieve and maintain improvements in body weight, mood and anxiety

Fewer malaria cases, more artesunate resistance on Thai border

Non-social cognitive deficits outweigh social ones in bipolar disorder

Foreign-born adoptees most at risk for psychiatric disorders

UK’s health performance declining compared with 14 EU countries over past 20 years

Researchers discover how LRRK2 mutations in familial Parkinson's damage brain cells

New research findings could lead to development of effective therapies for anxiety disorders

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