Scientists are gaining a new level of understanding of multiple sclerosis that may lead to new treatments and approaches to controlling the chronic disease, according to new research released today at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world's largest source of emerging news about...

Physical and chemical changes in the brain during development can potentially play a role in some delinquent and deviant behaviors, according to research released today. Studies looking at the underlying mechanisms that influence our ability to exercise self-control were presented at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the...

Could figuring out how much dopamine a patient with Parkinson's disease has lost be as simple as completing a dot test? Researchers hope the easy task might lead to ways of improving clinical treatment of Parkinson's patients. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/Y...

New research suggests that preeclampsia during pregnancy is associated with an increased likelihood of developing kidney failure. However, after adjusting for diabetes and hypertension, the association was attenuated and no longer significant. Additional studies are needed to confirm the...

New research suggests that consuming extra fruits and vegetables, which are highly alkaline, improves kidney health. In patients with chronic kidney disease, those with high dietary acid levels experienced accelerated kidney function decline. In chronic kidney disease patients with low...

A word like 'Huh?' -- used when one has not caught what someone just said -- appears to be universal: it is found to have very similar form and function in languages across the globe. Researchers found that words that signal problems with understanding are similar across languages. Fuente :...

Researchers are investigating polymers that "snap" when triggered by light, converting light energy into mechanical work. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/d...

Supernovae are intensely bright objects. They are formed when a star reaches the end of its life with a dramatic explosion, expelling most of its material out into space. Another star has now exploded, forming supernova SN 2013ek. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/D...

A team of scientists has identified a novel therapeutic approach for the most frequent genetic cause of ALS, a disorder of the regions of the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement, and frontal temporal degeneration, the second most frequent dementia. Fuente :...

Doctors will present late-breaking data showing that an investigational drug Triferic is well tolerated and effective in treating iron deficiency in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/j...

For the first time, researchers have linked high levels of inhaled particulate matter by first responders at Ground Zero to kidney damage. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/E...

Could figuring out how much dopamine a patient with Parkinson's disease has lost be as simple as completing a dot test? Researchers hope the easy task might lead to ways of improving clinical treatment of Parkinson's patients. "It is very difficult now to assess the extent of dopamine loss…," says...

New research provides direct evidence that genetic variations in some African Americans with chronic kidney disease contribute to a more rapid decline in kidney function compared with white Americans. The research, led by investigators from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Johns...

Genetic factors in African-Americans with chronic kidney disease put them at a greater risk for end-stage renal disease compared to white Americans, according to a new study released today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland...

Doctors at the North Shore-LIJ Health System on Saturday will present late-breaking data showing that an investigational drug Triferic is well tolerated and effective in treating iron deficiency in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis. Fuente :...

Combining blood pressure-lowering drugs can cause serious side effects in patients with Type 2 diabetes and decreased kidney function. Among dialysis patients with hypertension and thickened heart muscles, certain antihypertensives are better than others for preventing cardiovascular disease and...

An investigational drug called ZS-9 demonstrated promising Phase 2 clinical trial results for treating abnormally high potassium levels in patients with chronic kidney disease.The immune drug abatacept did not provide benefits above standard treatment for patients with kidney inflammation caused by...

For the first time, researchers have linked high levels of inhaled particulate matter by first responders at Ground Zero to kidney damage. Researchers from the WTC-CHEST Program, a subset of the World Trade Center Health Program Clinical Center for Excellence at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount...

Lumosity, the online cognitive training and neuroscience research company, is presenting today at the annual 2013 Society for Neuroscience meeting showing that optimizing training tasks can accelerate and lengthen learning rates. The study found that altering various psychophysical task parameters...

Among older adults taking a calcium-channel blocker, simultaneous use of the antibiotic clarithromycin, compared with azithromycin, was associated with a small but statistically significant greater 30-day risk of hospitalization with acute kidney injury, according to a study published by JAMA....

A gene variant common in African-Americans predicts that people with that gene who also have chronic kidney disease (CKD) are twice as likely to progress to kidney failure as African-Americans without the high-risk gene and white people with CKD. People with the high-risk gene also tend to lose...

La persistencia en indagar las causas de la muerte del cantautor Víctor Jara, de los expresidentes Eduardo Frei Montalva y Salvador Allende y del poeta Pablo Neruda da implícita visibilidad a otros miles de chilenos que sufrieron crímenes de la dictadura (1973-1990) que todavía no han sido...

Un equipo de investigadores del Centro Max Plank de Psicolingüística de Nijmegen (Holanda) ha analizado el uso de una interjección que denota falta de entendimiento en diez idiomas de todo el mundo. Su pronunciación es muy similar en todos ellos. Fuente : http://www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/La-expresion-eh...

An international team of high-energy physicists says the discovery of an electrically charged subatomic particle called Zc(4020) is a sign that they have begun to unveil a whole new family of four-quark objects. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/z...

A team of researchers is reporting that treatment with abatacept appeared to halt the course of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in five patients, preventing four from losing transplanted kidneys and achieving disease remission in the fifth. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/b...

El conflicto en Siria, que se acerca ya a los tres años, ha sido también una “guerra silenciosa contra el desarrollo humano y económico”, y ha destruido la capacidad de los habitantes de ese país de Medio Oriente para mantener un sustento básico. Así lo señala un informe divulgado el miércoles 6 por el Programa […]El...

A surgical team has performed the first surgery using a virtual augmented reality technology called VIPAAR in conjunction with Google Glass, a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display. The combination of the two technologies could be an important step toward the development of useful, practical telemedicine....

Deutsche und ägyptische Wissenschaftler untersuchen Leitbegriffe des Wandels Die Umbrüche in den Ländern des Arabischen Frühlings stehen im Mittelpunkt des internationalen Workshops "Invitation to Discourse - Normative Concepts in Transformation in the Arab Spring and Beyond" vom 16. bis 24. November an der Freien Universität...

Cuando, a mediados de septiembre, los primeros trenes en casi dos décadas y media empezaron a funcionar en esta localidad de Sri Lanka devastada por la guerra, Sinngamuththu Jesudasan no pudo resistir la tentación y fue a echar un vistazo… o varios. Este hombre de 62 años no veía un ferrocarril en las vías de […]El...