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Institute for Aging Research study says dementia is a terminal illness

Nov 30, 1999
The clinical course of advanced dementia, including uncomfortable symptoms such as pain and high mortality, is similar to that experienced by patients of other terminal conditions, according to scientists at the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew...

Diabetes cases to double and costs to triple by 2034

Nov 26, 2009
Contact: John Easton John.Easton@uchospitals.edu 773-702-6241 University of Chicago Medical Center In the next 25 years, the number of Americans living with diabetes will nearly double, increasing from 23.7 million in 2009 to 44.1 million in 2034....

Physician-scientist proves stem cells heal lungs of newborn animals

Nov 25, 2009
Contact: Karen Thomas karen.thomas@ahfmr.ab.ca 403-651-1112 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Study anticipated to benefit premature babies (Edmonton, Alberta) Dr. Bernard Thbaud lives in two very different worlds. As a specialist...

New stress-related gene modulates high blood pressure in mice and men

Nov 24, 2009
Contact: Toranj Marphetia toranj@mcw.edu 414-456-4744 Medical College of Wisconsin Does stress increase blood pressure? This simple question has been the focus of intense research for many years. New Stress-related gene Modulates High Blood...

New genetic cause of cardiac failure discovered

Nov 24, 2009
Contact: Dr. Wolfgang Rottbauer wolfgang.rottbauer@med.uni-heidelberg.de 49-622-1563-8851 University Hospital Heidelberg Unstable structural elements of the heart muscle lead to heart failure; Heidelberg cardiologists publish in Nature...

Vanderbilt scientists report first effective medical therapy for rare stomach disorder

Nov 24, 2009
Contact: Bill Snyder william.snyder@vanderbilt.edu 615-322-4747 Vanderbilt University Medical Center A drug used to treat colorectal cancer also can reverse a rare stomach disorder and should be considered first-line therapy for the disease,...

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