Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NASDAQ: ASPV; TSX: ASV), an emerging pharmaceutical company focused on increasing the pool of evidence-based medicines available for patients living with less common diseases, today reported Aspreva's a...

Three UCSF faculty scientists are among the 65 members elected to the Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute announced today. The UCSF members are: * Kathleen Giacomini, PhD, professor and ch...

Using robotics to manipulate the brain's perception of jaw movement while words are spoken, researchers have deepened our understanding of the importance of non-auditory sensory cues in the brain's control of speech. The findings are repor...

While obesity is famously tied to increasing risks for heart disease and diabetes, now comes another reason to lose weight: being obese may contribute to a greater likelihood of complications in delicate spine surgery. John Ratliff, M.D.,...

Mayo Clinic researchers have uncovered a link between celiac disease, a digestive condition triggered by consumption of gluten, and dementia or other forms of cognitive decline. The investigators' case series analysis -- an examination...

A St. Louis-area teenage boy and a computer game have gone hands-off, thanks to a unique experiment conducted by a team of neurosurgeons, neurologists, and engineers at Washington University in St. Louis. The boy, a 14-year-old who suffers...

New reports of AZILECT(R) (rasagiline tablets) as initial monotherapy, AZILECT(R) as first adjunctive therapy in moderate patients, and AZILECT(R) in combination with other adjunct agents in moderate to advanced patients were presented at...

Ever watch a jittery video made with a hand-held camera that made you almost ill? With our eyes constantly darting back and forth and our body hardly ever holding still, that is exactly what our brain is faced with. Yet despite the shaky v...

Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) neuroscientists from The University of Queensland will visit Shanghai this week to formalise a growing relationship between QBI and the Chinese Academy of Science,Institute of Neuroscience (ION). QBI Direct...

A man and a woman in Toronto, Canada, have become paralyzed after drinking carrot juice imported from California, USA, say public health officials in Toronto. The patients were poisoned with the botulism toxin. A medical officer says the t...