Drug Combination A new clinical trial demonstrated positive effects caused by the drug combination lapatinib and trastuzumab against HER2 positive breast...
New Alzheimer’s test can predict age when disease will appear
Diffusion Tensor MRIshowing a normal brain on the left and a brain probably affected by Alzheimer’s disease on the right....
A new test can detect your blood type with color-changing paper
The paper turns teal or brown, depending on whether the right combination of antigens and antibodies are present. H. Zhang...
Routine blood tests can help measure a patient’s future risk for chronic disease, new study finds
A new study by researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City finds that combining information...
First Blood Test To Accurately Diagnose Depression And Schizophrenia Developed
After The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York announced last week the development of a blood test to identify autism in children,...
New approach uses ultrasound to measure fluid in the lungs
A team of engineering and medical researchers has found a way to use ultrasound to monitor fluid levels in the...
Scientific discovery may change treatment of Parkinson’s disease
When monitoring Parkinson’s disease, SPECT imaging of the brain is used for acquiring information on the dopamine activity. A new...
FDA approves drug to treat Parkinson’s disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Xadago (safinamide) tablets as an add-on treatment for patients with Parkinson’s disease...
Researchers make major brain repair discovery in fight against Multiple Sclerosis
Queen’s University Belfast scientists have discovered that specific cells from the immune system are key players in brain repair –...
When our world turns ‘upside-down,’ serotonin helps us deal with it
Serotonin, one of the major chemical messengers serving neuronal communication, is usually associated with the direct regulation of affective states...