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Credit: Furukawa Lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- The ideal drug is one that only affects the exact cells and neurons it is designed to treat, without unwanted side effects. This concept is especially important when treating the…

Pilot study by Brigham investigators finds that an innovative care-delivery program helped 81 percent of participants achieve blood pressure control in seven weeks Boston, MA -- Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a widespread…

Credit: Lazic et al., 2019 Researchers from the University of Southern California have discovered that a drug currently being developed to treat stroke patients could also prevent Alzheimer's disease. The study, which will be published…

Calcium specks may help detect heart disease in South Asians UCSF finding could guide earlier treatment options in vulnerable population Specks of calcium in the heart's artery walls could be an important prognostic marker of early…

MINNEAPOLIS - Registration is now open for journalists planning to attend the 71st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) in Philadelphia, May 4 to 10, 2019. The AAN Annual Meeting is the world's largest gathering of…

Two longevity biotechnology companies partner to discover drugs that target agingCredit: Insilico Medicine Jan. 9, 2019, San Francisco, CA - On the final day of the largest biotechnology and pharmaceutical partnering week at the…

New narrowly focused approach shows how long-range connections between nerve cells lock brain plasticity into place; could advance treatments for disorders such as autismCredit: Adema Ribic/Tufts University School of Medicine BOSTON (Jan.…

Neuroimaging researchers will look for signs of small vessel disease in the brain to help identify patients at higher risk for strokeCredit: Colleen Kelley, University of Cincinnati Communication Services CINCINNATI--Researchers at the…

Credit: Insilico Medicine Rockville, Maryland, Monday, January 7, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, an artificial intelligence company developing end-to-end drug discovery pipelines for age-related diseases and TARA Biosystems, Inc. a company…

People who have experienced a heart attack (myocardial infarction), stroke or cardiac arrest are significantly less likely to be working than healthy people, and if they are working, on average have lower incomes, found a study…