Enhancing a natural pain-filtering mechanism in the spine helped relieve chronic pain in mice without the unwanted side effects of current pain relievers, Swiss researchers said on Wednesday. Reuters Health Information
Older men with depressive symptoms who are also positive for the APOE epsilon-4 allele are at "markedly" higher risk of dementia, researchers report in the August issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry. Reuters Health Information
New research suggests that endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) plays a key role in Ras signaling pathways and could serve as a therapeutic target. Reuters Health Information
Hemoglobin levels less than 15 g/dL or more than 17 g/dL are associated with the development of coronary artery disease in men, according to a study reported in the March issue of the American Heart Journal. Reuters Health Information
Quarterly updates of the table by the US Food and Drug Administration should help keep clinicians and patients informed about potential drug response and risk for adverse reactions. Medscape Medical News
