BioControl Medical announced today that it has reached an important clinical trial milestone, reaching 480 randomized subjects – or 70 percent – of the planned 650 subjects with congestive heart failure (HF) in the INOVATE-HF (INcrease Of VAgal TonE in Heart Failure) trial of its…

Coalescing its strengths in computer science, neuroscience, psychology and engineering, Carnegie Mellon University today announced the launch of CMU BrainHub(SM), a new initiative focusing on understanding how the structure and activity of the brain give rise to complex behaviors. CMU scientists and their global partners…

Pfizer Inc.  and Merck & Co. Inc., known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, through a subsidiary, announced today that they have entered into an agreement to explore the therapeutic potential of the combination of Pfizer’s crizotinib (XALKORI®) with Merck’s investigational anti-PD-1 antibody…

Many of us would love nothing more than to have a head full of glorious, long, healthy hair. But is it even possible to make our hair grow faster? I know that mine seems to take an age to grow when I can’t be bothered…

Arthritis is one of the most debilitating conditions in the world, and it affects over 5 million people every single year. You probably have a few relatives suffering from it right now, so it would only take a quick conversation to find out exactly how…

Research On Blood Vessel Proteins Holds Promise For Controlling ‘Blood-Brain Barrier’  – Working with mice, Johns Hopkins researchers have shed light on the activity of a protein pair found in cells that form the walls of blood vessels in the brain and retina, experiments that could…

Immune System Regulator Found to Protect Brain from Effects of Stroke – A small molecule known to regulate white blood cells has a surprising second role in protecting brain cells from the deleterious effects of stroke, Johns Hopkins researchers report. The molecule, microRNA-223, affects how cells…

Research on long term weight gain Eating unprocessed plant foods may help you keeping your middle age smart with not much long term weight gain issues. On the opposite for long term weight gain French fries, meat and sugary drinks can have the effect inverse…