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Family history of Alzheimer's affects functional connectivity(HealthDay) -- Cognitively normal individuals with a family history of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) may display lower resting state functional connectivity in the default mode network (DMN) of the brain, and this effect is detectable even in t...

Hospital for Special Surgery, Official Hospital of The PGA of America, Launches Website Dedicated to Tracking Steps While Playing GolfNEW YORK, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the Official Hospital of The PGA of America, announced today the launch of an interactive Website dedicated to The PGA of America's "Let's Move on Course!" health and fitness initiative. Entering its second year as the exclusive supporting sponsor of the program, HSS has customized hss.edu/golf to encourage golfers and golf...

TB4 Provides Both Neuroprotection and Neurorestoration When Administered Shortly after Traumatic Brain Injury in Rat ModelRegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: RGRX) (“the Company” or “RegeneRx”) reported that data showing that Thymosin beta 4 (Tβ4) “provides both neuroprotection and neurorestoration after traumatic brain injury (TBI),” was published in the current (May 2012) edition of the Journal of Neurosurgery, 116:1081–1092. As re...

FDA Advisory Committee Finds Data Support Effectiveness of Tafamidis MegluminePfizer Inc. has announced that the FDA's Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee voted on Pfizer's clinical data package for tafamidis meglumine.

FDA advisory panel gives mixed views on Pfizer's tafamidisThe US Food and Drug Administration's peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee yesterday voted on pharma behemoth Pfizer's (NYSE: PFE) clinical data package for tafamidis meglumine expressing mixed views on the data submitted, w...

Post-stroke in-hospital statin therapy linked to better outcomesNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Statin use before a stroke and during hospitalization is associated with a greater likelihood of being discharged home, while statin therapy withdrawal in hospital is associated with reduced likelihood of a good ou...

Man Meets Acadian Medics Who Helped Save His LifeAt a reunion in Pineville, Louisiana, 36-year-old Brendan Young was able to meet the Acadian Ambulance medics and dispatchers who instructed his wife in hands-only CPR and helped save him after he suffered a heart attack. (PRWEB) May 24, 2012 This week is National EMS Week, which recognizes and honors emergency professionals and their efforts to provide the best emergency care and to improve heal...

FDA advisory committee votes in favor of Pfizer's tafamidis megluminePfizer Inc. announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee voted on Pfizer's clinical data package for tafamidis meglumine.

Kaiser Permanente Study Finds Childhood Obesity Greatly Increases Likelihood of a Cranial Disorder that may Cause BlindnessPASADENA, Calif., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Children who are overweight or obese — particularly older, non-Hispanic white girls — are more likely to have a neurological disorder known as idiopathic intracranial hypertension, a rare condition that can result in blindness, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in The Journal of Pediatrics. In a cross-se...

FDA Advisory Committee Finds Data Support Effectiveness of Tafamidis Meglumine, Pfizer’s Novel Investigational Treatment for Transthyretin Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy (TTR-FAP)Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee voted on Pfizer’s clinical data package for tafamidis meglumine. Tafamidis is a novel, investigational, oral therapy for the treatment of Transthyretin Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy (TTR-FAP) in...

Pfizer’s Vyndaqel Splits Advisory Committee; Now It Must Move FDAIn mirror-image votes, FDA’s Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee says that there is substantial evidence for surrogate endpoints but not for clinical endpoints for the drug to treat familial amyloid polyneuropathy.

Genomind Supports Neuroscience Institute (NEI) with Grant to Further Knowledge of Personalized Medicine Among Health ProfessionalsFunding for New Interactive Learning Module Helps Clinicians Put Pharmacogenomics into Practice. Chalfont, PA (PRWEB) May 24, 2012 Genomind, LLC. has awarded an education grant to the Neuroscience Education Institute (NEI) to further knowledge of personalized medicine among mental health professionals. The Genomind grant will support the development of NEI’s new Mixed Media Activity (MMA) entit...

Transgenomic Acquires Clinical Sample Biorepository from Gene LogicTransgenomic, Inc. (OTCBB: TBIO) today announced it has entered into an agreement with Gene Logic, Inc., an Ocimum Biosolutions Company, to acquire its biorepository assets for $250,000 in cash. The biorepository contains thousands of human biological samples that can be used to validate diagnostic assays developed by Transgenomic. Transgenomic will use th...

Boundary stops molecule right where it needs to beA molecule responsible for the proper formation of a key portion of the nervous system finds its way to the proper place not because it is actively recruited, but instead because it can't go anywhere else.

Nervous system: Cellular boundary key to neuronal functionA molecule responsible for the proper formation of a key portion of the nervous system finds its way to the proper place not because it is actively recruited, but instead because it can't go anywhere else. Researchers have identified a distal axonal...

Stryker Announces Positive Clinical Results From The Trevo® Retriever SystemKALAMAZOO, Mich., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at the European Stroke Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, Stryker announced the results of the TREVO 2 clinical trial. The study met the primary effectiveness endpoint, with the Trevo® Retriever achieving significantly better post-device revascularization than the Merci® Retriever (86.4% in the Trevo® Retriever arm compared to 6...

Genetic 'reset switch' enables signaling pathway to induce multiple developmental outcomes for olfactory neuronsWithin the nervous system, a handful of signaling pathways modulate development of a cornucopia of different neuronal subtypes. “Even small alterations in neuron differentiation pathways can disrupt subsequent circuit organization and catalyze t...

Valeant Pharmaceuticals Agrees to Acquire Certain Assets from Swiss HerbalMONTREAL, Quebec, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE: VRX and TSX: VRX) announced today that Valeant has agreed to acquire certain assets from Swiss Herbal Remedies Limited, a nutraceutical company that manufactures and markets a broad range of scientifically formulated vitamins, minerals and supplements, for less than one times sales. Total...

Great HealthWorks Announces New Study: Omega-3s May Benefit Brain Proteins Linked to Alzheimer’sAccording to a recent study published online in Neurology, Omega-3 fatty acids, like those found in Omega XL fish oil extract containing DHA and EPA from the New Zealand green-lipped mussel, may provide more benefits for elderly people suffering from Alzheimer’s. According to the study, Researchers for the Neurology study examined the health and...

Omega-3 fatty acids may provide more benefits for elderly people with Alzheimer'sAccording to a recent study published online in Neurology, Omega-3 fatty acids, like those found in Omega XL fish oil extract containing DHA and EPA from the New Zealand green-lipped mussel, may provide more benefits for elderly people suffering from...

FDA panel backs accelerated approval for tafamidisFDA's Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee voted 13-4 that surrogate endpoint data for tafamidis from Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) were robust enough to predict a clinical benefit in patients with transthyretin (TTR) familial amyl...

Discovery of a sensory organ that coordinates lunge feeding in rorqual whalesTop ocean predators have evolved multiple solutions to the challenges of feeding in the water. At the largest scale, rorqual whales (Balaenopteridae) engulf and filter prey-laden water by lunge feeding, a strategy that is unique among vertebrates. Lu...

Curious anatomysbmj;344/may23_1/e3617/FIG1F1fig1This dissection of the human nervous system is among the medical artefacts and other rare exhibits assembled by the Royal College of Physicians over its 500 year...

Cell Transplant Tested as Treatment for Nerve Pain in MiceWEDNESDAY, May 23 -- A new study in mice suggests that scientists may someday be able to treat nerve pain by transplanting embryonic nerve cells to restore a broken nervous system. There are plenty of caveats. It's not clear if the treatment will......

Musculoskeletal Network Reports from American Pain Society MeetingNORWALK, Conn., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US today announced that Musculoskeletal Network, an online resource for unique and efficient updates on management of musculoskeletal disorders, now provides research highlights from the 31st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society (APS) held in Honolulu. More than 1.5 billion persons worldwide experience chronic pain, ac...

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