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Non-motor Parkinson’s disease symptoms show variable course

The non-motor symptoms of patients with Parkinson’s disease show a variable evolution that does not follow motor deterioration and is symptom specific, results of a 2-year follow-up study show.

19 Jul 2012

Micrographia prevalent in Parkinson’s

Around half of patients with Parkinson’s disease display symptoms of micrographia, a case–control study shows.

19 Jul 2012

Proton pump inhibitors for clopidogrel patients ‘not so dangerous’

The interaction between proton pump inhibitors and clopidogrel is “clinically unimportant,” say researchers in the BMJ.

19 Jul 2012

Carotid stenosis, ECG anomalies foreshadow Parkinson’s disease

Individuals aged 65 years and over who have carotid stenosis or electrocardiography abnormalities face an elevated risk for subsequently being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, results of a 14-year longitudinal study show.

19 Jul 2012

Surgeon-performed ultrasonography ‘indispensable’ for thyroid disease detection

Ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy, when performed by a surgeon, offers benefits in terms of clinical accuracy in detecting thyroid disease, show Turkish study results.

19 Jul 2012

Brain study assesses effect of fat on the processing of flavour perception

A joint study carried out by The University of Nottingham and the multinational food company Unilever has found for the first time that fat in food can reduce activity in several areas of the brain which are responsible for processing taste, aroma and reward.

19 Jul 2012

AOA honors Medical College of Georgia student with Kuckein Fellowship

A student at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University is among 47 recipients of the 2012 Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship from the national medical honor society Alpha Omega Alpha.

19 Jul 2012

Egg allergies in children can be treated with oral immunotherapy

Giving children with egg allergies increasingly higher doses of the very food they are allergic to can eliminate or ease reactions in most of them, according to results from a federally funded study conducted at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and four other U.S. institutions.

19 Jul 2012

Sleep deprivation after severe traumatic event decreases risk of PTSD

Sleep deprivation in the first few hours after exposure to a significantly stressful threat actually reduces the risk of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), according to a study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Tel Aviv University.

19 Jul 2012

Police officers with sleep deprivation more susceptible to chronic fatigue and health problems

Researchers at the University of Iowa have found that police officers who sleep fewer than six hours per night are more susceptible to chronic fatigue and health problems, such as being overweight or obese, and contracting diabetes or heart disease.

19 Jul 2012

People with schizophrenia more likely to develop cancer

People with serious mental illness —schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and disabling depression — are 2.6 times more likely to develop cancer than the general population, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.

19 Jul 2012

Duke receives Gates Foundation grant for HIV vaccine study

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a new grant to Duke University Medical Center for work developing vaccines that can induce IgA antibodies for preventing HIV-1 infection. This award comes from the Gates' Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery (CAVD) program.

19 Jul 2012

Six young scientists to receive 2012 Klerman and Freedman Awards

Six young scientists will be recognized with the Annual Klerman and Freedman Awards by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation on Friday July 27, 2012 at Le Parker Meriden Hotel in New York City on Friday, July 27.

18 Jul 2012

Study identifies professional networks among physicians across geographic areas

Physicians tend to share patients with colleagues who have similar personal traits and practice styles, and there is substantial variation in physician network characteristics across geographic areas, according to a study in the July 18 issue of JAMA.

18 Jul 2012

Hospital performance at mercy of stroke severity

Accounting for stroke severity has a major impact on the accuracy of models that rank the performance of hospitals in acute stroke care, show findings published in JAMA.

18 Jul 2012

Vaccination more reliable than observation for bovine herpesvirus

Vaccination halts the circulation of bovine herpesvirus type 1 in dairy herds and should been seen as the best way to eradicate the virus, despite it disappearing without intervention in some herds after long periods, report researchers in the Veterinary Record.

18 Jul 2012