The perception of social status and the way we relate to people at the different levels of the hierarchy aren’t just a matter of opinion or upbringing.  Seems it’s actually wired into the circuitry of …

A study published this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that postmenopausal women who take hormone therapy have an increased risk of stroke. The study, which was conducted by Brigham and Women’s Hospital …

Fibromyalgia, a condition which causes exhaustion, sleep disturbances and widespread muscle pain, is still something of a mystery to physicians and to the patients who suffer from it. The condition may affect as …

Officials for the United States met with the Chinese regarding the origin of the tainted heparin that sparked a rash of allergic reactions and several dozen US deaths lately but failed to reach an agreement …

A first-of-kind study was presented to members of the American Academy of Neurology attending that group’s 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting, running from April 12 through 19, in Chicago.  The study measured negative cognitive impact of …

Italian researchers have just announced the impressive findings of a study using an oral medication to combat attacks of the disease and prolong the time between relapses.  The most effective drugs used today – beta …

Unless you’re already hospitalized, the chances of dying after experiencing a heart attack during the weekend is 13.4% greater than if you’d waited to have the heart attack on a week day.  This grim news …

A team of researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital’s Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MGH-MIND) and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have discovered that the rate at which Parkinson’s disease progresses is a reflection …

Nobody wants high blood pressure clouding their lives but researchers in Norway seem to have found a silver lining in that cloud.  Seems the stiff, hardened arteries often associated with high blood pressure may actually …

Nature Medicine has just published the groundbreaking results of a study involving the use of dopamine cell transplants into the brain of a Parkinson’s disease patient. The findings of the study indicate Parkinson’s is caused …