"Meditation is known to alter resting brain patterns, suggesting long lasting brain changes, but a new study by researchers from Yale, Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows meditation also is associated with increased cortical thickness."more

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Alzheimer’s disease may be a new, third type of diabetes that shares common features of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.

Researchers found that insulin and the cells that process it in the brain drop sharply in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. They also found that insulin levels continue to decline as the disease progresses and becomes more severe.

"Insulin disappears early and dramatically in Alzheimer's disease. And many of the unexplained features of Alzheimer's, such as cell death and tangles in the brain, appear to be linked to abnormalities in insulin signaling. This demonstrates that the disease is most likely a neuroendocrine disorder, or another type of diabetes," says researcher Suzanne M. de la Monte, professor of pathology at Brown Medical School, in a news release.FOXNews.com - MORE

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Age-related macular degeneration is a common eye disease in older adults that causes a loss of central vision. Treatment may slow its progression.MORE

The brain image shows a notably decreased 18F-FDG uptake in the parietal region, characteristic of Alzheimer%u2019s disease and was acquired using Siemens biograph%u2122; (Siemens Medical Solutions)
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"With its doctors at the vanguard of pioneering stem cell therapy, South Korea is looking to become a "medical tourism" destination for foreigners unable to find cures in the own countries.

Two foreigners have already received therapy at South Korean medical firm Histostem, which has perfected a method of stem cell therapy using umbilical cord blood and boasts the biggest stock of cord blood and stem cells in the world.

Although some Western Western doctors are sceptical over the proven benefits of the treatment, the firm is hoping to build a hospital in South Korea's tourist island of Jeju, off the country's southern coast, in the next few years..."MORE