LoyolaMedicine.org - A daily dose of vitamin D may just be what Chicagoans need to get through the long winter, according to researchers at Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (MNSON). The researchers propose that adequate vitamin D can help lift moods during cold weather months when days are short and more time [...]

HenryFord.com - Niacin, or vitamin B3, a common water-soluble B vitamin, may help improve neurological function after stroke, according to an early NIH-funded study by Henry Ford Hospital researchers.
When rats with ischemic stroke were given niacin, their brains showed growth of new blood vessels, and sprouting of nerve cells which greatly improved neurological outcome.
Now research [...]

UTHSCSA.edu - Rapamycin, a FDA-approved medication that keeps the immune system from attacking transplanted organs, may have another exciting use: fighting Alzheimer’s disease.
Rapamycin rescued learning and memory deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s, a team from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio reported February 23, 2010.
The study, in the Journal [...]

AFTAU.org - New research from Tel Aviv University with magnesium-L-theronate suggests that magnesium, a key nutrient for the functioning of memory, may be even more critical than previously thought for the neurons of children and healthy brain cells in adults.
Begun at MIT, the research started as a part of a post-doctoral project by Dr. Inna [...]

USCD.edu - A novel way to improve the symptoms of subsyndromal depression (SSD) in seniors is through the regular use of “exergames” – entertaining video games with the Nintendo Wii that combine game play with exercise - according to research from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. In a NIH-funded pilot study, [...]

In reports of two new genetic studies, researchers led by Johns Hopkins say they have identified the mechanisms rooted in two anatomical brain abnormalities that may explain the onset of schizophrenia and the reason symptoms don’t develop until young adulthood. Both types of anatomical glitches are influenced by a gene known as DISC1, whose mutant [...]