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Weight Loss Improves Sleep ApneaClinical Trials

Weight Loss Improves Sleep Apnea

Obesity related to sleep apnea

July 4, 2011·1 min read
Reason for Higher Heart Risk in Blacks FoundClinical Trials

Reason for Higher Heart Risk in Blacks Found

Elevated levels of non-calcified plaque increase heart attack risk in African-Americans

July 4, 2011·2 min read
Exercise More to Combat Sleep Disorders and DiabetesClinical Trials

Exercise More to Combat Sleep Disorders and Diabetes

Men who work out more improve their survival rate for several diseases

July 4, 2011·1 min read
Patients Receive Blood Vessels Made From Donor CellsClinical Trials

Patients Receive Blood Vessels Made From Donor Cells

End Stage Renal Disease patients get first vascular grafts from vessels grown in lab

July 3, 2011·2 min read
New Heart Failure Gene Therapy UnveiledClinical Trials

New Heart Failure Gene Therapy Unveiled

Gene therapy stabilizes cardiac function for heart failure patients

July 3, 2011·2 min read
Trigger for Rare, Fatal Disease UncoveredClinical Trials

Trigger for Rare, Fatal Disease Uncovered

Finding trigger for neurodegenerative disease could have wide implications

June 28, 2011·1 min read
Cause of Hereditary Blindness Potentially DiscoveredClinical Trials

Cause of Hereditary Blindness Potentially Discovered

Protein linked to visual defect causes hereditary blindness

June 27, 2011·1 min read
Death Rate Lower for Stroke Patients with TherapyClinical Trials

Death Rate Lower for Stroke Patients with Therapy

Counseling reduces depression for stroke patients

June 27, 2011·2 min read
Mechanism Behind Parkinson's and Gaucher Link FoundClinical Trials

Mechanism Behind Parkinson's and Gaucher Link Found

Discovery could lead to new ways to treat Parkinson's

June 26, 2011·2 min read
New Gene Discovered in Kidney CancerClinical Trials

New Gene Discovered in Kidney Cancer

Sprycel could block Src gene in renal cancers

June 25, 2011·2 min read
Lithium May Prevent Brain Damage from Parkinson'sClinical Trials

Lithium May Prevent Brain Damage from Parkinson's

Buck Institute working toward human trials of lithium for Parkinson's patients

June 24, 2011·1 min read
Smoking and Prostate CancerClinical Trials

Smoking and Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer smokers face risky future

June 24, 2011·2 min read
New Genetic Clues About Rare Brain DisorderClinical Trials

New Genetic Clues About Rare Brain Disorder

Genes discovered for parkinson's and alzheimer's diseases

June 23, 2011·2 min read
 Safer, Better Treatment for Bladder Cancer Clinical Trials

Safer, Better Treatment for Bladder Cancer

Bladder cancer drug Urocidin may become most effective treatment

June 23, 2011·1 min read
Eye Shoot the MessengerClinical Trials

Eye Shoot the Messenger

Degenerative Eye Disorders may benefit from manipulating 2 RNA messengers

June 23, 2011·1 min read
New Data Discovered in Blood Clot FormationClinical Trials

New Data Discovered in Blood Clot Formation

Blood clots could lead to new ways to prevent strokes, heart attacks

June 16, 2011·2 min read
Sugar's Role With HIVClinical Trials

Sugar's Role With HIV

HIV impacted by sugar-binding protein

June 16, 2011·2 min read
Calls for Vulnerable Plaque ResearchClinical Trials

Calls for Vulnerable Plaque Research

Stabilizing vulnerable plaques could cut need for invasive treatment

June 16, 2011·2 min read
Genes Linked to Migraines DiscoveredClinical Trials

Genes Linked to Migraines Discovered

Genetic variations LRP1, PRDM16, and TRPM8 associated with migraines

June 14, 2011·1 min read
New Parkinson's Treatment in DevelopmentClinical Trials

New Parkinson's Treatment in Development

Parkinson's disease therapy which injects Sinamet shows promise

June 14, 2011·2 min read
Flu Prevention UpdateClinical Trials

Flu Prevention Update

Influenza vaccine VAX 102 in development shows promise

June 13, 2011·2 min read
Drug Resistent Epilepsy Responds to StimulationClinical Trials

Drug Resistent Epilepsy Responds to Stimulation

Trigeminal nerve stimulation helps epilepsy patients

June 13, 2011·1 min read
Imaging Technology That Can Diagnose Heart DiseaseClinical Trials

Imaging Technology That Can Diagnose Heart Disease

Cardiovascular technology shows three dimensional plaque structures

June 13, 2011·2 min read
Blood Test for Breast Cancer PatientsClinical Trials

Blood Test for Breast Cancer Patients

Metastatic breast cancer treatment could be guided with new blood test

June 13, 2011·1 min read