Archive for September, 2009

Treating depression helps improve productivity.

Title: Does Vitamin D Protect Against High BP?
Category: Health News
Created: 9/25/2009 10:59:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/25/2009 10:59:09 AM

Title: Can Early Treatment With Azilect Slow Parkinson’s?
Category: Health News
Created: 9/24/2009 10:27:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/24/2009 10:27:13 AM

For scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy, what seemed like a disappointing result turned out to be an important discovery. Their findings, published online this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), provide conclusive proof that, when a muscle is injured, white blood cells called macrophages play a crucial role in its regeneration.

Disability charities Leonard Cheshire Disability, Mencap and the MS Society are moving away from the traditional political party conference fringe event this year by organising a ’speed-debating’ event on adult social care. The charity trio are holding the innovative events, which will also incorporate Twitter, at the upcoming party conferences in a bid to seek cross-party views from MPs on social care reform.

Smoking cessation medications and depression: Be on the lookout for severe side effects.

Roads were closed in central London on Saturday as a new high-powered, six tonne MRI scanner was installed at the UCL Institute of Neurology in Queen Square. Funded by the MS Society, the £1.4million, high-field 3 Tesla scanner was installed by crane and will enable a new programme of dedicated imaging research into the debilitating neurological condition multiple sclerosis (MS).

Title: Kids Have Strokes More Often Than Thought
Category: Health News
Created: 9/18/2009 11:29:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/18/2009 11:29:21 AM

Title: 1976 Swine Flu Outbreak Offers Echoes, Lessons Today
Category: Health News
Created: 5/4/2009 10:38:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/17/2009

With over $41 million raised, five regional research and training centres launched and a growing number of educational events aimed at MS researchers and trainees, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada proudly marked one year since the launch of its endMS capital campaign. “The achievements since the