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On September 21st it is World Alzheimer’s Day, the climax of the World Alzheimer’s Month. Since 1994 World Alzheimer’s Day has been held on September 21st to raise awareness for the disease. Continue reading

Also this week MedZine brings you the latest medical news on various medical specialisms. In this editorial two striking studies are highlighted. The first identifies a protein that is essential for maintaining beta cell function. The second describes genes that are important for left-right differences. Continue reading

Also this week MedZine brings you the latest medical news on various medical specialisms. In this editorial two striking studies in oncology are highlighted. The first shows how putting the brake on regulatory T cells boosts anti-tumor immunity. The second describes how sugar helps to find and assess prostate cancer. Continue reading

Also this week MedZine brings you the latest medical news on various medical specialisms. In this editorial two striking studies are highlighted. The first identifies macrophage proliferation as a driving force in atherosclerosis. The second shows how microRNAs trigger lymphoma. Continue reading

American researchers R. Craig Lefebvre, PhD and Alexandra S. Bornkessel, MA have published an article in Circulation, a publication by the American Heart Association, about social media and healthcare, Social Media as a Tool in Medicine. Continue reading

Also this week MedZine brings you the latest medical news on various medical specialisms. In this editorial two striking studies are highlighted. The first identifies a potential new drug for the treatment of lymphoma. The second shows that a derivative from burnt sugar can prevent muscle wasting in muscular dystrophy. Continue reading

Also this week MedZine brings you the latest medical news on various medical specialisms. In this editorial two striking studies are highlighted. The first describes the role of basophils in food-induced allergic inflammation in the esophagus. The second shows that mental illness is linked to early death risk in patients with epilepsy. Continue reading

The first participants of the Four Days Marches Nijmegen have crossed the finish line, but the contributors to the UMC St Radboud’s annual research project led by exercise physiologist prof. dr. Maria Hopman, aren’t done yet. One last rounds of check-ups and assessments still awaits them. Continue reading

Also this week MedZine brings you the latest medical news on various medical specialisms. In this editorial two striking studies are highlighted. The first describes a method to track transplanted stem cells to repair injured knees. The second shows that the incidence of psychiatric illness is strikingly high in gang members. Continue reading

Also this week MedZine brings you the latest medical news on various medical specialisms. In this editorial two striking studies are highlighted that have implications for drug development. The first study identifies the localization of COX-2 which opens the way to the development of saver arthritis treatment. The second shows the development of a method to evaluate if drugs reach their target molecule. Continue reading