Posted December 3, 2013:

• Gene Therapy Bolsters Enzyme Activity to Combat Alzheimer's Disease in Mice


• Tongue-Drive Wheelchair Works Better Than Sip-and-Puff System


• Alzheimer's Risk Gene May Begin to Affect Brains in Childhood, Research Shows


• 1950s Pandemic Influenza Virus Remains a Health Threat, Particularly to Those Under 50


• Obesity, Smoking Increase Risk After Immediate Breast Reconstruction With Implants


• New Compound for Slowing Aging Process Can Lead to Treatments for Brain Diseases


• Manufacturing New Gut to Treat GI Diseases


• Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol Disrupts Brain Circuitry: No Safe Level of Drinking During Pregnancy, Neuroscientist Says


• Current Sound-Localization Theories Turned 'on Their Ear'


• Dual Protein Knockout Could Lead to New Male Contraceptive


• New Research Shows Promise for Possible HIV Cure


• Talk Therapy May Reverse Biological Changes in PTSD Patients

Posted December 2, 2013:

• 'Designer Sperm' Inserts Custom Genes Into Offspring


• Bothersome Pain Afflicts Half of Older Americans


• Micromovements Hold Hidden Information About Severity of Autism


• Energy Drinks Plus Alcohol Pose a Public Health Threat


• Single Spray of Oxytocin Improves Brain Function in Children With Autism, Study Suggests


• Biological Interactions Make Some Malaria Parasites Specific to Host Species


• Don't Ignore Hip Pain: Impingement a Growing Problem Among Young, Active


• Osteoporosis Drugs Compared for Side Effects, Efficacy


• Do Sports Concussions Really Cause Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy?


• Vitamin D Decreases Pain in Women With Type 2 Diabetes, Depression


• Age-Related Cognitive Decline Linked to Energy Available to Synapses in Prefrontal Cortex


• New Weapon in War Against Superbugs


• New Drug Cuts Risk of Deadly Transplant Side Effect in Half


• Bronchial Thermoplasty Shows Long-Term Effectiveness for Asthma


• Microplastic Transfers Chemicals, Impacting Health: Plastic Ingestion Delivers Pollutants and Additives Into Animal Tissue


• Short-Term Energy Deficits Increase Factors Related to Muscle Degradation


• Kids Whose Bond With Mother Was Disrupted Early in Life Show Changes in Brain


• Information Technologies Could Remove 'Shroud of Secrecy' Draped Across Private Health Care Cost


• Scientists Crack Riddle of Important Drug Target


• Molecular Imaging Tracers Help Determine Treatment Plans for Brain Metastases


• Unfolded Protein Response Contributes to Sudden Death in Heart Failure


• Understanding Hearing


• US Mothers from 1965 to 2010: More TV, Less Housework


• Newly Discovered Human Peptide May Become New Treatment for Diabetes


• Cuts in Medicare to Breast Imaging May Delay Diagnosis, Treatment, Increase Patient Anxiety


• New Means of Growing Intestinal Stem Cells


• New Report Illustrates Persistent Global Burden of Anemia Among High-Risk Populations


• Importance of Standardizing Drug Screening Studies


• Oxygen Levels Affect Effectiveness of Anti-Inflammatory Therapies


• Nanorobot for Transporting Drugs in the Body


• Driver's Eye Movements Key to Controlled Curve Driving


• First Nations Adults Have More Than Double Risk of End-Stage Kidney Disease


• Blocking Antioxidants in Cancer Cells Reduces Tumor Growth in Mice


• Predicting Outcome for High-Dose IL-2 Therapy in Cancer Patients


• Prescription Opioid Abusers Prefer to Get High on Oxycodone, Hydrocodone


• Increased Risk for Cardiac Ischemia in Patients With PTSD


• New Study Suggests Low Vitamin D Causes Damage to Brain


• Sports Bras Don't Hold Up, Says Researcher Developing More Supportive Undergarment