In Arthur Conan Doyle’s A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA, detective Sherlock Holmes instructs Watson on the difference between seeing and observing: “When I hear you give your reasons, ” I remarked, “the thing always appears to me to be so ridiculously simple that I could easily do it myself, though at each successive instance of your […]

Memantine, one of the drugs presently used to treat Alzheimer’s disease is re-purposed, originally developed as an anti-influenza drug. It is a different kind of  Alzheimer’s treatment, used to protect the neurons from damage through its affect on Glutamate, a major neurotransmitter critical to communication between nerve cells in the brain. Researchers think that when […]

Celebrex, a commonly used anti-inflmmatory drug causes liver cancer cells to die by reacting with a protein setting off a self destruction chain reaction within the cancer cells according to a new study. A unique data mining/ preditive model was employed before the researchers considered Celebrex, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. It is a Cox-2 inhibitor […]

A new data mining system called Nexus 7 is being used by the U.S. Military in Afghanistant to understand the inner workings and nuances of Afghan society and to look for weaknesses. The program reviews everything from spy radards to fruit prices. Created by the Defense Rsearch Projects Agency, Nexus 7 seeks to measure whether […]

In a recent study in the Journal Science Translational Medicine, physicians at Harvard Medical School used a smartphone and a small lunch box sized machine to diagnose cancer from tiny pieces of tissue taken from individuals. Physicians mixed the tissue with antibodies which bind to four known proteins. Using magnetic resonance imaging the doctors can […]

In a study published in the journal Neurology, people who reported using olive oil in all facets of their diet from coooking their food to using it as salad dressing, were found to have 41% LOWER RISK OF STROKE than people who never included oive oil in their diet. Olive oil i high in healthy […]

Research at John’s Hopkins has revealed that losartin, a commonly used blood pressure drug improves regeneration of injured muscle and protects against muscle wasting from inactivity. Clinical trials are now being prepared for older adults. The study is reported in the online May 11 issue of the journal SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. Previous studies of losartan’s […]

Eating a lot of strawberries each day significantly improves and increases the red blood cells in your blood, improving the antioxidant capacity of the blood plasma and also the resistence of red blood cells to oxidative haemolysis (fragmentation). Scientists are now advancing on this study to try to determine how many strawberries per day will […]

Electrical engineers at Oregon State University have developed a new ultrawideband technology which will be used to monitor various aspects of health to reduce the onset of degenerative diseases as symptoms develop. A tiny computer chip worn on the body which will be powered by body heat will transmit vast amounts of health information real […]

I want to tell you about my doctor Ik-Kyung Jang MD, PhD, otherwise known as “IK” to those around him at the Massachusetts General Hospital. I call him Dr. Jang when I see him. IK’s a pretty interesting guy to me. You ever meet someone who you know immediately knows what they are doing, even […]