Where do the drugs go?
PhysOrg Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:57 PM PDT
Drug delivery inside the body is a complicated process. Compounds travel through a maze of aqueous solutions, lipid membranes, and barriers between the blood and tissues like the brain. Research reported in the American Institute of Physics publication the Journal of Chemical Physics presents a theoretical model that accurately predicts the hydration free energy (HFE) of a wide variety of ... |
Parent concerned after son assaulted
The Daily Leader Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:47 PM PDT
LaKandra Hargro said she's afraid to send her children back to school when it starts because there's no way to ensure their safety against a pack of other teens who entered her home and attacked her son, leaving him at the University of Mississippi Medical Center with a brain bleed. |
Experimental obesity drug avoids brain effects that troubled predecessors
Science Daily Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:26 PM PDT
A second-generation experimental anti-obesity and diabetes drug has shown promise in reducing body weight in rodents just as effectively as the predecessor rimonabant while avoiding the risk of psychiatric side effects that led to the withdrawal of rimonabant from the market and stopped further development of other brain-penetrating drugs of its type. |
Scripps Research Study Shows Infectious Prions Can Arise Spontaneously In Normal Brain Tissue
redOrbit Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:26 PM PDT
Metal surfaces spur conversion of normal prion protein into disease-causing prionsIn a startling new study that involved research on both sides of the Atlantic, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute in Florida and the University College London (UCL) Institute of Neurology in England have shown for the first time that abnormal prions, bits of infectious protein devoid of DNA or RNA that ... |
Harsher language on concussions in new NFL poster
AP via Yahoo! Sports Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:02 PM PDT
The NFL will distribute a new poster to teams that warns of the dangers from concussions in much harsher language than the league had used before. Traumatic brain injury "may lead to problems with memory and communication, personality changes, as well as depression and the early onset of dementia," the document reads. |
Bram steps down as Suburban Temple rabbi
Cleveland Jewish News Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:30 PM PDT
Rabbi Eric Bram has stepped down as spiritual leader of Suburban Temple-Kol Ami to continue his treatment for brain cancer, according to a July 21 press release from the Reform synagogue. Bram, 52, has been named rabbi emeritus while the temple’s search for an interim rabbi is already underway. |
'Miracle Baby' Survives Rod Through the Head
WLTX-TV Columbia Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:11 PM PDT
(CBS) - A little boy from Leland, N.C., is lucky to be alive today after falling on a power washer and having an L-shaped metal rod rammed into his brain. |
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