Hypomagnesemia and its association with atrial fibrillation!
By: Nishant Kumar A recent study established a possible relationship between magnesium and atrial fibrillation (AF). Hypomagnesemia is now being considered as a potential risk factor for developing AF....
View ArticleMRI proved superior to CT in detection of traumatic brain injury.
By: Thomas Wooldridge. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (SFGH) partnered in a clinical trial from which the...
View ArticleTrials of new duchenne muscle dystrophy treatment shows astronomical results
By: Reza Karimianpour. A new gene modifying therapy for duchenne muscle dystrophy (DMD) is on the horizon and has shown mind-blowing results in phase 2 clinical trials. In mid December of 2012, Sarepta...
View ArticleFecal implantation successful for recurrent Clostridium difficile disease!
By: Reza Karimianpour. The use of fecal implantation for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile (C. dif) infections have been discussed for several years based on our understanding of the...
View Article‘Search & Destroy’ protocol effectively lowers MRSA rates!
By: Nishant Kumar. Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections have been progressively troubling to health care providers and hospitalized patients for the past few decades. In a...
View ArticleNew study confirms association between antidepressants and QT prolongation.
By: Reza Karimianpour. For many years, research and FDA warnings indicated that antidepressants may be associated with QT prolongation on electrocardiogram (ECG), especially tricyclic antidepressants....
View ArticleMyomectomy proven more beneficial in treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
By: Nishant Kumar. New research from Mayo Clinic suggests that a surgical approach to treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy may be better as a first line approach when compared to medical...
View ArticleNeurotransmitter hypocretin associated with depression and mood changes!
Researchers at UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior have announced findings that may change the frontier many mood and psychiatric disorders. The new study which was published in...
View ArticleLarge-scale study shows benefit of coffee and green tea in stroke prophylaxis!
A recent study published in the American Heart Association’s Stroke journal examined the effect of green tea and coffee in decreasing stroke risk. Dr. Yoshihiro Kokubo, M.D., who headed the project at...
View ArticleBreakthrough in molecular understanding of cocaine addiction and its reversal!
By: Thomas Wooldridge. Neuroscientist A.J. Robinson and his colleagues at the Michigan State University claim that cocaine changes the brain’s nucleus accumbens. The nucleus accumbens (or nucleus...
View ArticleMetagenomics: A Promising Culture-Independent Method in Identifying Bacterial...
By: Elias Baied. The 2011 German Shiga-Toxin Escherichia coli (STEC) outbreak prompted researchers at the University of Birmingham and Warwick Medical School to investigate new methods of identifying...
View ArticleEnd of diabetes: a potential cure on the horizon!
In 2007, diabetes contributed to more than 200,000 deaths in the United States. In 2011, 25.8 million children and adults in the United States had diabetes, and an additional 79 million had...
View ArticleAntipurinergic therapy effectively corrects autism in mouse model!
By: Tim Beals. Could an effective medical treatment of autism spectrum disorders be on the horizon? New research from the University of California- San Diego shows that Suramin, a competitive inhibitor...
View ArticleNew research fails to show cardiovascular benefit with omega-3 fatty acid use!
By: Reza Karimianpour. The benefit of the use of omega-3 fatty acids (n-3-polyunsaturated fatty acids) has been a long discussed issue. There have been many studies published which support the use of...
View ArticleNeurotransmitter hypocretin associated with depression and mood changes!
Researchers at UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior have announced findings that may change the frontier many mood and psychiatric disorders. The new study which was published in...
View ArticleMedical Students: Participate in a survey about childhood obesity prevention...
By: Natalie Cooke. Childhood obesity is a nationwide epidemic affecting seventeen percent of children and adolescents between the ages of two and nineteen. Childhood obesity is unique because it...
View ArticleUnlocking the Ageing Process: Researchers identify hypothalamus as the key to...
By: Omer Ali. It is inevitable that as we age, our body and the systems that run it will unfortunately dwindle and deteriorate. One system that results in the most noticeable decline during old age is...
View ArticleScientists use stem cells to recreate functional inner-ear structures!
By: Reza Karimianpour. Eri Hashino, Ph.D. and associates at Indiana University have opened new doors to our understanding of the human inner-ear with their latest research which utilized...
View ArticleOmega-3 fish oils linked to increased risk of prostate cancer!
By: Victoria Locke. In a recent study published by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, high levels of EPA, DPA and DHA- fatty acids derived from fish oil supplements where associated with the...
View ArticleEnd of diabetes: A potential cure on the horizon!
In 2007, diabetes contributed to more than 200,000 deaths in the United States. In 2011, 25.8 million children and adults in the United States had diabetes, and an additional 79 million had...
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