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Coming medical miracles
- "A device worn on the head could in squeeze the benefit of eight hours' sleep into just two or three hours."
- -- Machine Means End To Sleepless Nights; May 06, 2007
- Scientists 'reverse' memory loss; 29 April 2007; news.bbc.co.uk
- Reversing cancer cells to normal cells; eurekalert.org; 29-Apr-2007; Contact: Marla Paul marla-paul@northwestern.edu 312-503-8928 Northwestern University
- Promising treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder sleep disturbances; eurekalert.org; 17-Apr-2007; Contact: Jayne Dawkins ja.dawkins@elsevier.com 215-239-3674 Elsevier Health Sciences
- Intelligence drugs could be 'common as coffee' By Nicole Martin; 19/04/2007 ; telegraph.co.uk
- Malaria-infected mice cured by 1 dose of new drug; eurekalert.org; 17-Apr-2007; Contact: Lisa De Nike LDE@jhu.edu 443-287-9960 Johns Hopkins University
- Anti-dandruff compound may help fight epilepsy; eurekalert.org; 27-Apr-2007; Contact: Nick Zagorski nzagors1@jhmi.edu 443-287-2251 Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
- Lead-'scrubbing' drug may also improve muscle function in lead-exposed children; healthnews.uc.edu; 04/24/07; Media Contact: Amanda Harper, (513) 558-4657
- Doctors Change the Way They Think About Death - Newsweek Health - MSNBC.com By Jerry Adler; Newsweek; May 7, 2007 issue; msnbc.msn.com
- Hacking Your Body's Bacteria for Better Health by Brandon Keim; 04.26.07; wired.com
- 'Exercise pill' switches on gene that tells cells to burn fat; eurekalert.org; 29-Apr-2007; Contact: Sylvia Wrobel ebpress@bellsouth.net 770-270-0989 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
- Paralyzed Mice Walk Again Scientists Use Nanotechnology to Mend Broken Spinal Cords By LEE DYE; May 1, 2007; abcnews.go.com
- Lost memories could be restored by 'rewiring' brain
- A good night's sleep with the flip of a switch? - Yahoo! News; AFP; Apr 30, 2007; news.yahoo.com
- "...the drug has excited scientists because research suggests it should also work against more than 1,800 other genetic illnesses."
- -- Daily pill to beat genetic diseases by Mark Henderson; April 23, 2007; timesonline.co.uk
- New 'sleep machine' could signal the end of insomnia | the Daily Mail By ANDY DOLAN; 2nd May 2007; dailymail.co.uk
- Stanford scientists make major breakthrough in regenerative medicine; eurekalert.org; 24-Apr-2007; Contact: Cody Mooneyhan cmooneyhan@faseb.org 301-634-7104 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
- Reversing Alzheimer's memory loss may be possible - Yahoo! News By Will Dunham; Reuters; Apr 30, 2007; news.yahoo.com
- Vision could be restored with bionic eyes By William Atkins; 03 May 2007; itwire.com.au
- Alzheimer's Memory Loss May One Day Be Reversible by Catharine Paddock; 30 Apr 2007; medicalnewstoday.com
- Hope for sex-boost slimming pill Scientists are developing a pill which could boost women's libido and reduce their appetite; 30 April 2007; news.bbc.co.uk