Now, research by postdoctoral fellow Clémence Blouet, Ph.D., and Gary Schwartz, Ph.D., professor in the Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience and of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, has revealed a molecule in the brain that may contribute to those health problems, both of which are reaching epidemic proportions. A [...]

No need to sweat most headaches; others can signify problems TAKE CARE  Tips from Staten Island University Hospital  STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – ALL SHORES – Headaches are one of the most common sources of pain among people. They’re also among the most common reasons for neurological consultation. It has been estimated that more than 70 [...]

A day in the life of a fly is roughly equivalent to a year for a human, so researchers like Wessells use them to study the long-term effects of exercise on the body without having to follow human subjects for decades or worry about outside influences contaminating their results. The experiments show, for example, that [...]

The improvements are linked to an increase in the hormone adiponectin, said Jacob M. Haus, PhD, research fellow in the Department of Pathobiology at the Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute. Adiponectin influences the body’s response to insulin and is associated with a reduced risk of heart attack because of its anti-inflammatory properties. But obese people [...]

There are several ways to treat kidney stones STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Kidney stone (also known as nephrolithiasis) is one of the most painful urologic diseases. It is the migration of stone that forms at the level of the kidney through the different structures of the urinary system (the uretere, urinary bladder and urethra). Kidney [...]