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 | Province asks Albertans to send in ticks, help better understand Lyme disease The province says ticks that carry Lyme disease are setting up shop in Alberta and want Albertans to send in ticks they come across as part of a new program aimed at finding out just how many of the bugs are here and how to deal with the bacteria they ... CTV News - Thu, 23 May 2013 15:26 |
| Lyme disease is preventable with diligent checks Biddeford Journal Tribune - Thu, 23 May 2013 09:10 | |
| Tread lightly in deer tick territory to prevent Lyme disease Tampabay.com - Wed, 22 May 2013 16:23 | |
| SKOL: Danger lurks in the bushes The Courier Life News - Thu, 23 May 2013 15:40 | |
| Increase in temps, increase in ticks: What you need to know about Lyme Disease WGNtv.com - Wed, 22 May 2013 20:17 | |
| Six Investigators Awarded Lyme Research Alliance Grants PR Web (press release) - Thu, 23 May 2013 10:33 | |
 | Largest sequencing study of human disease completed They say the genetic risk of these diseases more likely involves a complex combination of hundreds of weak-effect variants that are each common in the population. For each disease there are probably hundreds such variants and the genetic risk is likely ... Times of India - Thu, 23 May 2013 15:53 |
| Rare Gene Variants Have Little Effect on Autoimmune Disease Medscape - Thu, 23 May 2013 14:28 | |
| Merck ends development of Parkinson's disease drug preladenant based on ... WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. — Merck & Co. says it is ending development of an experimental Parkinson's disease drug because the drug wasn't working. Merck says it reviewed initial data from three late-stage clinical trials and did not find evidence ... Washington Post - Thu, 23 May 2013 14:39 | |
| Merck ends development of Parkinson's disease drug phillyBurbs.com - Thu, 23 May 2013 15:26 | |
| Merck Provides Update on Phase III Clinical Program for Preladenant, the ... The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Thu, 23 May 2013 14:15 | |
 | Kidney Disease: Healthy Heart Lifestyle May Slow Progression To protect against chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression and premature death from kidney failure, it might be wise to look at the heart. An article published online May 23 in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology suggests that improving ... Medscape - Thu, 23 May 2013 14:28 |
| Heart healthy lifestyle may cut kidney disease patients' risk of kidney failure Medical Xpress - Thu, 23 May 2013 14:01 | |
| Kidney disease often goes unchecked Gatton Star - Thu, 23 May 2013 16:12 | |
| Heart patients have high rates of kidney disease Toronto NewsFIX - Thu, 23 May 2013 07:40 | |
| What's Heart Smart Is Kidney Smart Too dailyRx - Thu, 23 May 2013 14:00 | |
| Living a heart healthy lifestyle can lower kidney failure risk UAB News - Thu, 23 May 2013 09:37 | |
| Disease kills mentally ill people in Australia earlier than general population ... A new study has found mental illness sufferers in Australia are dying up to 16 years earlier than the general population, with most deaths due to disease rather than accidents or suicide. A University of Queensland team followed 300,000 people in ... ABC Online - Thu, 23 May 2013 15:32 | |
| Heart Failure Meeting, Disease Burden Both Grow With more than 1,500 abstracts and 4,000 active participants from around the world, the meeting will provide depth across the spectrum of heart failure, including prevention, early detection of those at high risk for the disease, imaging, optimized ... MedPage Today - Thu, 23 May 2013 12:16 | |
 | Drug Reverses Alzheimer's Disease Deficits in Mice, Pitt Research Confirms Dr. Koldamova and her colleagues were studying mice expressing human Apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4), the only established genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease, or APOE3, which is known not to increase the risk for Alzheimer's disease, when ... HealthCanal.com - Thu, 23 May 2013 14:20 |
| Multiple research teams unable to confirm high-profile Alzheimer's study Eureka! Science News - Thu, 23 May 2013 13:28 | |
| Anti-cancer drug viewed as possible Alzheimer's treatment doesn't work in UF ... Science Codex - Thu, 23 May 2013 15:36 | |
| Scientists Can't Replicate Surprising Finding on Alzheimer's Treatment Health.com - Thu, 23 May 2013 11:37 | |
| Labs reject dramatic findings on cancer drug in Alzheimer's mice Chicago Tribune - Thu, 23 May 2013 11:30 | |
| Omeros Says FDA Clears Investigational NDA For Huntington's Disease Treatment Omeros on Thursday also said that it has requested orphan drug designation from the FDA for OMS824 in the treatment of Huntington's disease. Orphan-designated drugs are eligible for incentives such as a faster approval process and additional market ... Wall Street Journal - Thu, 23 May 2013 04:50 | |