Drinking Coffee May Reduce the Risk of Stroke
This could be great news for older women who over the years have loved to sip their cappuccinos. Studies seem to indicate that as long as a woman does not smoke, drinking coffee may actually lower the risk for a stroke. After a 24 year study using data and charts from Nurses Health it was [...]
New Drug to Treat MS?
A drug developed to fight leukemia appears to stop multiple sclerosis in its early stages and restore lost function to patients, British researchers said on Wednesday. The three-year study of Bayer AG and Genzyme Corp‘s alemtuzumab for the first time show long-term improvement in disability, Alasdair Cole, a neurologist at the University of Cambridge, said [...]
AIDS Vaccine Trial Cancelled
The US government has decided not to go ahead with a proposed AIDS vaccine trial called “PAVE 100.” The decision comes a few weeks before the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City – and after a controversy earlier this year about the safety of another AIDS vaccine trial. To find out what it means [...]
New Alzheimer Drug?
Alzheimer’s Disease is robbing Bonnie Lowe of her memories. But the 89-year-old is not giving up. “I want to be like I used to be,” said Bonnie. She joined a new study and will soon start taking an experimental drug called Bapineuzamab, basically an Alzheimer’s vaccine. Currently the only way to treat Alzheimer’s is by [...]
