AAN.com – High blood pressure – high diastolic blood pressure in particular  - is linked to memory problems in people over 45, according to research published in the August 25, 2009 issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study found that people with high diastolic blood pressure, which is the [...]

A new technique may help clinicians hone in earlier on a diagnosis of mesothelioma in patients presenting with a pleural effusion of unknown cause. The mesothelioma test research, led by principal investigator Y.C. Gary Lee, Ph.D., appears in the September 1, 2009 issue of the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care [...]

Cholesterol can affect the flow of the electrical currents that generate the heart beat, according to a study from two UBC cardiovascular researchers funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC & Yukon. The research team has just published the important discovery about the causes of cardiac arrhythmias (abnormal heartbeats) in one of the [...]

Elevated insulin levels in the normal range appear to be associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, according to a new study published online August 21, 2009 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Insulin-like growth factors appear to be involved in the development of prostate cancer, but the relationship between circulating insulin [...]

WUSTL.edu – Low levels of vitamin D are known to nearly double the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes, and researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis now think they know why. They have found that diabetics deficient in vitamin D can’t process cholesterol normally, so it builds up in [...]

AANS.org – Every year, there are tragic stories about athletes who suffer life-altering football-related injuries to the brain and spine. According to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), in 2008, football contributed to the second highest number of sports-related head injuries, behind cycling. Of the nearly 41,000 people treated for football-related head injuries at [...]