British researchers gave 64 patients with moderate Alzheimer's disease an experimental vaccine designed to eliminate plaque from their brains. Some patients were followed for up to six years. Autopsies on seven patients who died of Alzheimer's during the study showed

Known as Dimebon, the drug was first discovered in 1983 and sold in Russia as an antihistamine, but was dropped when better treatments came on the market. A few years ago, interest in the drug picked up when lab tests

Researchers from the University of Montreal studied 319 Montreal teens who reported their smoking habits every three months for five years. "The study found that teen smokers make their first serious attempt to quit after only two and a half

Lab experiments on mice that furnished such promising results have been reported online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. "We've been able to use magnetic nanoparticles to capture free-floating cancer cells and then take them out of the

US Department of Energy's researchers, along with scientists from China and Singapore, have crystallised the structure of important protein complexes of the H5N1 virus, the bird flu strain. In H5N1, the most important of these proteins is thought to be

Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found a deliberate strategy to recruit and addict young smokers by adjusting menthol to create a milder experience. Menthol masks the harshness or irritation of tobacco, while allowing nicotine, the addictive chemical, to

Males live longer and have the greatest reproductive success with a diet that favours carbohydrates to protein by 8:1, whereas females have greatest success when the ratio is just 1:1. Given a choice, however, females eat only a little more

Sunil Ahuja, however, also points out that once people are infected, the same variant seems to protect against the progression of the disease, enabling those carrying the infection to live about two years longer. "It's well-known that individuals vary in

In the first study of its kind, the researchers have shown that gender plays a major role in determining which diet is better suited to promoting longer life or better reproductive success. In the evolutionary "battle of the sexes", traits

What's more, if you think it's just you whose facing crisis, well think again, for nearly 20 million teeth are extracted each year leaving scores of people to deal with the psychological affects of a less than perfect smile. However,

The worldwide analysis of 31 countries in 5 continents found that black men and women are less likely to survive cancer than white men and women in the United States. The CONCORD study involved analysis of people suffering from cancers

We don't become allergic to lots of things-we eat all kinds of things, we breathe all kinds of things, and what prevents us from developing allergies is that we make regulatory T cells, which specifically recognize this allergen," said Maria

Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) found that the tobacco industry is intentionally adjusting menthol to create a milder experience for the first time smoker. Menthol covers the harshness and irritation of cigarettes, allowing delivery of an effective

K.K. Talwar, who is believed to be close to Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss and others in high places, has been granted a 14-month extension with retrospective effect by the health ministry. He was appointed director of the Chandigarh's Postgraduate Institute

H5N1 continues to pose a major health risk to birds and humans and it is feared that if the virus evolves making human-to-human transmission a reality, it may result into a destructive global influenza pandemic. The only solution to avert