South Korea To Get Controlled Risk Status On Mad Cow Disease (Bernama)

March 13th, 2010 by Miriam


SEOUL, March 13 (Bernama) — World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) will grant South Korea the controlled risk status regarding mad cow disease, a move which may improve consumer’s confidence in local beef products, Yonhap news agency cited a government source as saying on Saturday.

Right Nutrition May Help to Avoid Cardiovascular Disease (Pravda)

February 9th, 2010 by Miriam


Adopting healthy eating habits is one way to reduce the risk of developing heart disease and stroke, scientists believe. - Choose lean meats and poultry without skin and prepare them without added saturated and trans fat.

Medication Appears Well Tolerated And May Have Beneficial Effects In Patients With Huntington’s Disease (Medical News Today)

February 9th, 2010 by Andrianq


A medication previously studied in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (latrepirdine) appears well tolerated and may improve thinking, learning and memory skills among individuals with Huntington’s disease, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. “Huntington’s disease is a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder that affects movement …

Antibodies From Plants May Help Fight Disease (Medical News Today)

February 9th, 2010 by MikeWink


The first head-to-head comparison of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies produced from plants versus the same antibodies produced from mammalian cells has shown that plant-produced antibodies can fight infection equally well. Scientists from Washington University School of Medicine in St.

Drug shows promise for Huntington’s disease (Science Daily)

February 8th, 2010 by intextbon


An early stage clinical trial of the experimental drug dimebon (latrepirdine) in people with Huntington’s disease appears to be safe and may improve cognition.