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What Makes Ticks Tick?

By Guest PostMarch 11, 2012Healthanaplasmosis, antibiotic therapy, apple, arthritis, babesiosis, bacterium, climate change, dengue fever, disease, durland fish, european ancestry, evolution, infectious diseases, iPhone, lyme disease, maine, malaria, michigan, minnesota, neurological problems, North America, Pennsylvania, placebo, ticks, united states, virginia, west nile virus, wisconsin

Durland Fish has researched ticks and their associated diseases for decades. A professor in the Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at the Yale School of Public Health, he has, among other things, contributed to the discovery that the bacterium that causes Lyme disease has European ancestry and that the disease, once nearly eradicated in North America, roared back with reforestation. More recently he helped develop a Lyme disease “app” for the iPhone and other Apple devices that provides users with detailed information about tick populations in any given area in the United States and even comes with a video on how to safely remove a tick. He has also worked on mosquito-borne West Nile virus and dengue fever. Students selected Fish as the school’s mentor of the year in 2010. (more…)

Scientists Pinpoint How Vitamin D May Help Clear Amyloid Plaques Found in Alzheimer’s

By Guest PostMarch 10, 2012Healthalzheimer patient, amyloid beta, amyloid plaques, chloride channel

A team of academic researchers has identified the intracellular mechanisms regulated by vitamin D3 that may help the body clear the brain of amyloid beta, the main component of plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease. (more…)

How to Select the Best Anti Wrinkle Skin Cream?

By Guest PostMarch 8, 20121 commentHealthanti aging, anti wrinkle, anti wrinkle creams, sign of ageing, skin cream, wrinkle cream

There are several anti wrinkle skin creams that are available in the market these days. Different types of anti aging products are being introduced in the market. Almost all the products claim to be best for your skin. It is better to find out from people who have used various anti aging creams to know the best wrinkle cream for your skin. (more…)

Hyperactivity in Brain May Explain Multiple Symptoms of Depression

By Guest PostFebruary 28, 2012Health, Scienceabnormal patterns, abnormal rhythms, aimee m hunter, andrew leuchter, brain chemistry, brain dysfunction, brain networks, brain regions, brain waves, chaochao cai, connection, depressed brain, depression, electrical activity, electrical signal, function, ian a cook, lilly research laboratories, major depressive disorder, mark wheeler, mdd, pfizer pharmaceuticals, steve horvath, symptoms, synchronization, ucla

*Electrical signals can’t shut off, suggest UCLA researchers*

Most of us know what it means when it’s said that someone is depressed. But commonly, true clinical depression brings with it a number of other symptoms. These can include anxiety, poor attention and concentration, memory issues, and sleep disturbances.

Traditionally, depression researchers have sought to identify the individual brain areas responsible for causing these symptoms. But the combination of so many symptoms suggested to UCLA researchers that the multiple symptoms of depression may be linked to a malfunction involving brain networks — the connections that link different brain regions. (more…)

UA Professor to Attend Lady Gaga Foundation Launch

By Guest PostFebruary 27, 2012Healthanti bullying ethos, anti bullying foundation, anti cyberbullying, cyberbullying, lady gaga foundation, scholar

UA professor Sheri Bauman, an expert in cyberbullying, is among those invited to attend the launch of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation, a nationwide education and advocacy organization. (more…)

Project Aims To Improve HIV/AIDS Prevention Materials For African-American Women

By Guest PostFebruary 25, 2012Healthafrican-american women, aids, aids prevention, cultural competency, fay cobb payton, hiv, hiv infection, james kiwanuka tondo, kathy gore, latina women, lynette kvasny, pi, primary investigator, united states, white women

African-American women make up a disproportionate number of HIV/AIDS cases in the United States. Researchers from North Carolina State University are trying to change that, leading a National Science Foundation project aimed at developing HIV/AIDS prevention materials that resonate with African-American female college students.

African-Americans represent approximately 14 percent of the U.S. population, but accounted for an estimated 44 percent of new HIV infections in 2009. The estimated rate of new HIV infections among African-American women was 15 times that of white women and over three times that of Latina women. (more…)

Phobia’s Effect on Perception of Feared Object Allows Fear To Persist

By Guest PostFebruary 25, 2012Healthafraid of spiders, automatic negative attitude, exposure therapy, fear of spiders, perception, phobia, spider phobia, why phobias persist

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The more afraid a person is of a spider, the bigger that individual perceives the spider to be, new research suggests. (more…)

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