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Valentin Fulga dropped out of medicine twice to pursue more-challenging research, but now it looks as though his change of heart could result in saving the lives of thousands--perhaps millions--of cardiac patients. Dr. Fulga, 47, is the scientific brain behind a new treatment for heart disease that is exciting the medical world even though it has yet to undergo full clinical testing...
...human variant of the disease. Then in 2004 came another disturbing report in the medical journal the Lancet: variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (VCJD), as the illness is properly called, could be spread through blood transfusions. With no way to test for the incurable illness except in the brain samples of the dead, how to ensure the safety of the world's blood supply...
...relying on drug trials involving patients who may not even have the disease. "That's why the treatments we have now don't work that well," says Adams. In September, Amorfix announced that its technology can detect aggregated beta-amyloid, the protein fragment that, when gobbed together in the brain, is thought to identify Alzheimer's. With 460 million people worldwide over the age of 65, Adams estimates the market at as much as $5 billion...
...Springfield, Massachusetts, prior to the construction of Harvard Stadium, resulted in more than one casualty. Dubbed “The Springfield Massacre,” the game resulted in a broken leg, a broken collarbone and...a possible death. Don’t worry: it was just a brain contusion. After this bloody battle, the Game was suspended for a couple years. And we thought losing our Party Grants was bad. Hopefully there won’t be quite as many broken bones this year. But sorry, Yale, we make no guarantees...
...ADHD patients at the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center. Zylowska's early research in meditation - one technique within the larger practice of mindful awareness - suggests that it can improve older ADHD patients' ability to stay focused. The practice may also work for kids. "We always think that our brain makes our mind, but it may work the other way," says Zylowska. "You can have an impact on your biology...