European researchers have identified a gene that is linked to improved memory, but also to increased risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Dominique de Quervain of the University of Basel in Switzerland and his colleagues recruited …

 An article published online on February 6, 2012 in the American Journal of Epidemiology reveals an association between decreased serum vitamin D levels and a greater incidence of obesity in adults.
Xiao-Mei Mai of Norwegian University of Science and Technology …

It appears that some cases of Alzheimer’s are more like an infectious disease. Scientists placed diseased brain matter in mice who later developed the disease.
The question of its transmissible qualities were also questioned in the …

Land sake’s, another mysterious new tick-borne disease!
This one is a new type of Ehrlichia bacteria, making its way through Wisconsin and Minnesota.
It matters not that media outlets call it rare. Lyme and Babesiosis were considered …

A leading fishery scientist believes she has solved the mystery of a new salmon disappearance. Dr. Kristi Miller’s findings were so telling, they were published in Science journal in January and media outlets everywhere were …

The Infectious Diseases Society of America wrote guidelines on tickborne diseases that included Lyme, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis. HFA reported the rise of Babesiosis, more threatening in its lack of early symptoms and undetected …

The whooping cough epidemic is receiving a big “ahem” in the media but we’re not hearing the whole story. There is probable reason to believe that the new virulent strain is a result of the …

Yet another reason why eating junk sets up the response to eat more. The standard American diet destroys brains cells that control weight and appetite creating a hard-to-beat obesity cycle. It triggers the the similar …

A once rare disease for humans has been quietly, swiftly on the rise. Babesiosis comes from a parasite carried through deer ticks. Symptoms for this malaria-like infection may take weeks to manifest and progression of …

WHO announced recently, that it would hold on to its remaining smallpox virus stocks, delaying a decision for its destruction until 2014. In 1980, smallpox was considered officially eradicated and all countries were asked to …