New research explains drug cravings
World Health Matters (Japan) by Gary Finnegan – Addiction may result from abnormal brain circuitry in the frontal cortex, the part of the brain that controls decision-making, according… read more.
World Health Matters (Japan) by Gary Finnegan – Addiction may result from abnormal brain circuitry in the frontal cortex, the part of the brain that controls decision-making, according… read more.
by Maria Dalby reporting on the presentation by Lucrezia Furian, University of Padova, Italy. Donors are getting older and the quality of organs offered to centres for transplantation… read more.
Severe chronic pain associated with conditions such as bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis often require the use of opioid medication. An alternative treatment strategy increases the levels of a… read more.
Study says early intervention is key to successful treatment of gambling. To successfully treat pathological gambling, you need to intervene at an early stage, according to Susana Jiménez-Murcia… read more.
A UK-based study team has determined that there is a correlation between childhood intelligence and chronic widespread pain (CWP) in adulthood, according to a new study.
Despite a substantial increase in the number of people suffering the debilitating and often deadly effects of heart failure, treatments for the condition have not advanced significantly for… read more.
http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/51742.php?from=230078 Researchers have shown that transplanting stem cells derived from normal mouse blood vessels into the hearts of mice that model the pathology associated with Duchenne muscular dystrophy… read more.
Data demonstrate superior patient outcomes with B-R in first-line treatment of iNHL and MCL, compared with current standard of care.
by Bruce Sylvester – taken from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) – Researchers comparing methods for treating low-grade gliomas have found early surgical resection produced… read more.
by Maria Dalby – Introduction – In many ways waiting lists to receive an organ transplantation look very much the same today as they did a decade ago… read more.
by Thomas R. Collins – A method for cross-matching organ donors and recipients — using beads and human complement — is producing more reliable results, making for transplantation of hearts… read more.
by Gary Finnegan – World Health Matters (South Korea) – Stem cells could be used to restore neuron function to parts of the brain damaged by Huntington’s disease… read more.