COPD

COPD exacerbations linked to quality of life, history of pneumonia

4 Jul 2016

In patients with mild-to-moderate COPD, exacerbation is associated with the patient's quality of life, previous exacerbation history, and history of pneumonia, according to research published in the...

Ankylosing spondylitis

Axial spondyloarthritis: Patients see sustained benefit with certolizumab pegol

4 Jul 2016

Dr. Desiree van der Heijde, with Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands, and colleagues elsewhere examined outcomes at week 204 in patients who were randomized to certolizumab pegol or...

Rheumatoid arthritis

In fibromyalgia, cognitive symptoms are worse than in rheumatoid arthritis

28 Jun 2016 • 21 comments

A team of researchers from Rush Medical College, Chicago, and colleagues at other institutions recently did a comparative study of the cognitive functions of fibromyalgia (FM) patients versus...

Depression

People with depression are 60% more likely to develop diabetes

27 Jun 2016 • 14 comments

Depressed patients are up to 60 per cent more likely to develop diabetes, a study found. Researchers discovered a genetic link between the two illnesses to explain why they often occur at the same...

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

Heart attack death increased by more than 50 percent for diabetes patients

27 Jun 2016

e risk of death from heart attack could rise by more than 50 percent for people with diabetes, finds a new study by researchers from the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom.   According to the...

Multiple sclerosis

PET detects neuroinflammation in multiple sclerosis

21 Jun 2016

The triggers of autoimmune inflammation in multiple sclerosis (MS) have eluded scientists for many years, but molecular imaging is bringing researchers closer to identifying them, while providing a...

Arthritis

Possible psoriasis drug target identified

21 Jun 2016

Psoriasis is one of the most common human skin diseases. People with severe cases sometimes resort to immunosuppressive treatment to quell the skin scaling, itching and joint arthritis that are...

Lung cancer

Middle aged more likely to be diagnosed with advanced lung cancer

21 Jun 2016 • 2 comments

Younger patients – aged 50 to 64 – are more likely to be diagnosed with late stage lung cancer than older patients according to new data* being presented at the Cancer Outcomes and Data...

Crohn's disease

Crohn’s disease rates highest in states with high smoking rates: Study

21 Jun 2016

According to a research study conducted at the Price Institute of Surgical Research, in Louisville, Kentucky, and published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, U.S. states that report the...

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...