Parkinson's disease

Impaired decision-making may contribute to motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease

21 Jun 2016

UCLA researchers have discovered that people with Parkinson's disease have a form of impaired decision-making that may be a major contributor to the movement problems that characterize the disease....

Parkinson's disease

Researchers have engineered monkeys with Parkinson's disease

21 Jun 2016

Scientists in Japan have successfully bred a set of genetically modified marmosets with Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and motor neurone (Lou Gehrig's) disease, The New Scientist reports...

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

Blood test could pick up diabetes five years before it develops

13 Jun 2016 • 1 comment

A simple blood test to show the chance of developing Type 2 diabetes within five years so that people could change their unhealthy lifestyles, is on the horizon.   The finger prick test, which could...

Multiple sclerosis

New treatment can halt aggressive multiple sclerosis

13 Jun 2016 • 9 comments

A radical treatment that wipes out and then regenerates the immune system can halt progression of aggressive multiple sclerosis (MS) and even reverse its symptoms, research has shown. Scientists in...

Arthritis

New drug clears psoriasis in clinical trials

13 Jun 2016

About 80 percent of patients with moderate to severe psoriasis saw their disease completely or almost completely cleared with a new drug called ixekizumab, according to three large, long-term...

Breast cancer

New compound shows potential for triple-negative breast cancer

13 Jun 2016

Researchers at the University of Michigan have identified a promising new compound for targeting one of the most aggressive types of breast cancer.   The compound, currently called UM-164, goes...

Ulcerative colitis

Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and colon cancer treated with experimental breakthrough therapy

7 Jun 2016

Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis and colon cancer can be treated with experimental breakthrough therapy. The findings come from UCLA where researchers have found a way to suppress the...

Breast cancer

Breast cancer drugs should be given for 10 years, study shows

7 Jun 2016 • 6 comments

Women should be offered 10 years of drugs to prevent the return of breast cancer, rather than five as now, according to a major study showed longer-term treatment reduced the numbers whose disease...

Parkinson's disease

Muhammad Ali: Boxer's battle with Parkinson’s

6 Jun 2016 • 2 comments

Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali died at the age of 74, decades after developing the degenerative brain disease Parkinson's. Parkinson's happens when nerve cells are lost in the brain. It attacks a very...

Breast cancer

Scientists block breast cancer cells from hiding in bones of mice, prompting hope for human trials

30 May 2016

Scientists have successfully blocked breast cancer cells from entering and hiding in the bones of mice, where they can survive chemotherapy treatment.   Researchers at Duke University have also...

Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes (Type 2)

Specialists Call for Gastric Surgery to Be Standard Diabetes Treatment

30 May 2016 • 13 comments

Gastric surgery should be offered as a standard treatment option for people with diabetes and could help them control their condition for years without medication, the world's leading diabetes...

Asthma

Adult Onset Asthma Is Not A Myth; Experts Hard At Work To Find Relief For Older Sufferers

30 May 2016

Like the Loch Ness Monster and leprechauns, adult onset asthma isn’t something people believe in. It’s a long-term disease children develop and deal with into adulthood, but getting a first-ever...