Sleeping Really Strange Hours? Maybe a Rogue Gene is to Blame
The earliest-rising morning larks and the most extreme night owls may have a reason to blame genes — sometimes just one gene -- for their being out of sync with the rest of us.
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Closer Scrutiny of Culture Warranted in Latino Pediatric Obesity Research
Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH, says that researchers should more closely scrutinize the cultural origins of attitudes toward food, weight and body image when studying obesity in Latino children.
Potential New Treatment Strategy Identified for Alzheimer's Disease and Other Brain and Spinal Cord
A study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill has identified several new compounds that could play a role in preventing or treating Alzheimer's disease and other degenerative conditions of the nervous system.
UCSF Autism Expert Sees Decline in Hype and Hysteria
In this May 2006 interview, Siegel explains the shifting landscape of the autism "debate."
Gladstone Scientists Prove Neurons Produce Alzheimer's-Linked Apolipoprotein E
A question long debated among Alzheimer's disease researchers has been definitively answered by scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease in San Francisco.
For Some Insomniacs, "Z Drugs" Bring On More Than Just Sleep
Sleeping pill sales have increased dramatically in the past year — in part due to hundreds of millions of dollars spent on direct advertising to consumers.
Light adjustable lens shows promise for improved vision for cataract patients
A new light-adjustable intraocular lens is showing promise for clearer vision for cataract patients, according to results from early clinical trials.
New Findings on Sperm Life Cycle Could Impact Fertility Treatments
A new study suggests a sperm's life cycle is shorter than previously believed.
Key Heart, Alzheimer's Disease Protein Imaged For First Time In Native State
Using the technique known as X-ray crystallography, scientists have created the highest-resolution of a lipoprotein particle to date.
Key Heart and Alzheimer's Disease Protein Imaged for First Time in Native State
Researchers for the first time have created a three-dimensional image of apolipoprotein E, a protein long associated with cardiovascular disease and more recently with Alzheimer's disease, as it appears when it is bound to fat-like substances known as lipids.
New UCSF study finds that obesity is a risk factor for kidney failure
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have determined that there is a strong relationship between being obese and developing end-stage renal disease, or kidney failure.
Obesity a Risk Factor for Kidney Failure
Researchers have determined that there is a strong relationship between being obese and developing end-stage renal disease, or kidney failure.
Key Brain Antioxidant Linked to Alzheimer's, Parkinson's
New results "support the idea that oxidative stress contributes to aging" in the brain.
Key Brain Antioxidant Linked to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
A study conducted at the San Francisco VA Medical Center has identified a protein found in both mice and humans that appears to play a key role in protecting neurons from oxidative stress, a toxic process linked to neurodegenerative illnesses including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.