New Parkinson's treatment slows diseases progress
http://www.king5.com/story/news/health/body/2014/09/03/parkinsons-lsvt-treatment/15045787/
"The earlier on in the disease progression that we can see people and teach them these exercises, this is a lifelong activity that they want to continue with and the exercise has been shown to slow the progression of the disease," said physical ...
'Biopharming' Offers A Powerful New Approach To Ebola And Other Diseases
http://www.forbes.com/sites/henrymiller/2014/09/03/biopharming-offers-a-powerful-new-approach-to-ebola-and-other-diseases/
Due to the largest-ever Ebola virus outbreak in Africa and the treatment of a handful of patients with an experimental drug, there has been a resurgence of interest in therapeutics to treat the disease. One aspect that has been largely ignored is that ...
Breakthrough hope for MS treatment as scientists discover how to 'switch off ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2741867/Breakthrough-hope-MS-treatment-scientists-discover-switch-autoimmune-diseases.html
Scientists believe they have discovered how to 'switch off' autoimmune diseases, prompting hope the breakthrough could pave the way for a new treatment for multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the University of Bristol, who describe the work as an ...
UGA gets $1.1 million to study tropical disease drugs
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-09-04/uga-gets-11-million-study-tropical-disease-drugs
Elephantiasis is a serious human tropical disease caused by several species of parasitic roundworm and is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitos. More than 120 million people are infected with elephantiasis, and 1.3 billion people in 73 countries ...
Federal grant awarded to study diseases of the nerves in SC
http://www.thestate.com/2014/09/04/3657826/federal-grant-awarded-to-study.html
The grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will provide $500,000 a year over five years to the state Department of Health and Environmental Control and the University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health to ...
UPDATE 2-Google's Calico, AbbVie forge deal against diseases of aging
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/03/health-abbvie-google-idUSL1N0R41Q720140903
Calico is run separately from Google, the world's largest Internet search company, and focuses on such issues as life-threatening diseases and problems affecting mental and physical agility due to aging. Google increasingly is placing itself at the ...
Propeller Health, of Madison, raises $14.5 million, looks to expand
http://www.jsonline.com/business/propeller-health-maker-of-digital-system-for-patients-with-respiratory-diseases-raises-145-milli-b99-273850201.html
The company received clearance in May from federal regulators for its product to be used to predict asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease attacks. Its system can be used to reduce the frequency of symptoms and attacks by reminding users to ...
Is Your Horse at Risk for Infectious Disease?
http://www.thehorse.com/media/13477
Like colds and the flu in humans, horses are at risk for contracting a number of common diseases such as mild respiratory ailments (colds) and flu, along with others that can have mild to devastating consequences. Fortunately, most of these diseases ...
