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Researchers includng Drs. Khashayar Sakhaee (left), chief of mineral metabolism, and Dion Graybeal have discovered that a drug commonly prescribed to treat seizures and migraine headaches can increase the propensity of calcium phosphate kidney stones. (Image courtesy of UT Southwestern Medical Center) Topiramate (Topamax), a drug commonly prescribed to treat seizures and migraine headaches, can [...]

Plastic surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Janis marks a site that, using the anti-wrinkle drug Botox, pinpointed a muscle later removed to help relieve Sharon Schafer Bennett’s severe migraines. (Credit: Image courtesy of UT Southwestern Medical Center) Five years ago, Sharon Schafer Bennett suffered from migraines so severe that the headaches disrupted her life, kept her from [...]

Nearly 30 million Americans suffer from migraines. (Credit: iStockphoto/Guillermo Perales Gonzalez) Migraines are more than a bad headache. As nearly 30 million Americans can attest, the throbbing pain of a migraine can be debilitating, lasting from a few hours to several days. The condition can be aggravated by light, sounds, odors, exercise, even routine physical [...]

Computer model of AIDS virus (HIV). (Credit: Produced by Richard Feldmann; courtesy of NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) A Canada-U.S. research team has solved a major genetic mystery: How a protein in some people’s DNA guards them against killer immune diseases such as HIV. In an advance online edition of Nature Medicine, the [...]

HI-Virus leaving a cell. (Credit: NIH) Impaired brain function is a prominent and still unsolved problem in AIDS. Shortly after an individual becomes infected with HIV, the virus can invade the brain and persist in this organ for life. Many HIV-infected individuals experience disturbances in memory functions and movement, which can progress to serious dementia. [...]

A new CDC study estimates that one in four young women between the ages of 14 and 19 in the United States — or 3.2 million teenage girls — is infected with at least one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases. (Credit: iStockphoto/Roman Kazmin) A new CDC study estimates that one in four (26 [...]

A multidisciplinary team – graduate student Abhijit Mishra, left; materials science and engineering professor Gerard Wong; and postdoctoral researcher Vernita Gordon – has solved the mystery of how stealthy HIV protein gets into cells. They are standing next to a small angle X-ray spectrometer. Their findings could improve the design of therapeutic agents that [...]

Healthy newborn baby with new mother. New research suggests that women who take folic acid supplements for at least one year before they become pregnant can cut their risk of having a premature baby by half. (Credit: iStockphoto/Martin Llad)   New research suggests that women who take folic acid supplements for at least one year before [...]

Photo of a tutor cottage, but simulated as seen through the lens of a cataract patient with a clouding defect of the lens. Glare, in addition to blurry images, disturb the visual perception. (Credit: Stephan Labs)   The international team of researchers was able to identify the location and defect in the coding region of the [...]