Category: 5. Health

  • Vision loss fear may keep some from having cataract surgery

    Vision loss fear may keep some from having cataract surgery

    Fear of vision loss may deter some patients from undergoing necessary cataract surgery, according to a newly published study. Cataracts are the leading cause of reversible blindness, and surgery remains the only effective treatment.

    The study, recently published in The Journal of Clinical…

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  • Clinical trials to test vaccine against Alzheimer’s-promoting tau protein

    Clinical trials to test vaccine against Alzheimer’s-promoting tau protein

    University of New Mexico Health Sciences researchers hope to launch human clinical trials in their quest for a vaccine to prevent the buildup of pathological tau — a protein in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s dementia.

    In a new paper published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia: The Journal of…

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  • B cells found to be crucial for long-term vaccine protection, new study shows

    B cells found to be crucial for long-term vaccine protection, new study shows

    Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have uncovered a critical, previously underappreciated role for B cells in vaccine protection. Best known for producing antibodies, B cells also guide other immune cells, specifically CD8 T cells, teaching them how to mount…

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  • ATP prevents harmful aggregation of proteins associated with Parkinson’s and ALS

    ATP prevents harmful aggregation of proteins associated with Parkinson’s and ALS

    Neurodegenerative disease like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) are debilitating conditions that affect millions of people worldwide every year. These pathologies are notoriously difficult to prevent or effectively treat due to a complex interplay of genetics,…

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  • The antibiotic that takes the bite out of Lyme

    The antibiotic that takes the bite out of Lyme

    Lyme disease, a disease transmitted when deer ticks feed on infected animals like deer and rodents, and then bite humans, impacts nearly half a million individuals in the U.S. annually. Even in acute cases, Lyme can be devastating; but early treatment with antibiotics can prevent chronic…

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