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Brain alterations make it difficult for Parkinson’s disease patients to turn while walking

April 8, 2019 alterations, brain, difficult, disease, for, It, Make, Parkinson's, patients, to, turn, walking, While

The ability to turn while walking is impaired among patients with Parkinson’s disease. This difficulty is also associated with freezing

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New ALS gene expression atlas offers unprecedented detail into disease progression

April 4, 2019 ALS, atlas, detail, disease, expression, gene, into, New, offers, progression, unprecedented

ALS researchers at the New York Genome Center (NYGC) have utilized new technologies for mapping gene expression in spinal cord

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New way to tackle mitochondrial disease

April 4, 2019 disease, mitochondrial, New, tackle, to, Way

Diseases affecting mitochondria, the powerhouses of cells, are often caused by mutations in the mitochondrial DNA. Symptoms of such mitochondrial

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Lung disease bronchiectasis associated with high frequency of allergy

April 4, 2019 allergy, associated, bronchiectasis, disease, frequency, high, lung, of, with

An international research team led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found that patients with the lung disease

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Mini microscope is the new GoPro for studies of brain disease in living mice

March 27, 2019 brain, disease, for, GoPro, in, is, Living, mice, microscope, Mini, New, of, Studies, the

Working with mice, a team of Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers has developed a relatively inexpensive, portable mini microscope that could

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Sleep, heart disease link leads from brain to bone marrow

March 20, 2019 bone, brain, disease, From, heart, leads, Link, marrow, sleep, to

Researchers have known for some time that poor sleep raises heart disease risk. Now, they’ve found a chemical chain reaction

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Catheter ablation reduces dementia risk in A-Fib, heart disease patients more than medications

March 17, 2019 A-Fib, ablation, catheter, Dementia, disease, heart, in, medications, more, patients, reduces, risk, than

Even though most medical practitioners may opt not to perform procedures on higher-risk patients, new research finds that it may

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The effect of climate change on disease

March 15, 2019 Change, Climate, disease, effect, of, on, the

Just as snowbirds flock to warmer climes when winter settles in, wild creatures seek out weather that suits them. But

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Novel YSPH framework helps identify genes associated with disease

March 15, 2019 associated, disease, framework, genes, helps, identify, novel, with, YSPH

A powerful analytical tool, known as UTMOST, developed by Hongyu Zhao, Ph.D., the Ira V. Hiscock Professor of Biostatistics at

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Non-invasive imaging technique valid for identifying small airway disease in lung

March 14, 2019 airway, disease, for, identifying, imaging, in, lung, non-invasive, Small, technique, valid

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an inflammatory disease of the small airways in the lungs, affects 16 million Americans and

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