Tag Archives: Hope

New Brain Molecule Offers Hope for Parkinson’s Disease: A Breakthrough in Motor Function Control

Parkinson’s disease, a debilitating neurological disorder, affects millions of people worldwide, especially those over the age of 50. Characterized by tremors, shaking, and difficulty with movement, the disease stems from the gradual loss of dopamine-producing neurons in the brain. While the primary treatment, L-dopa, offers temporary relief, its effects diminish over time, and long-term use… Read More »

Large antibody study offers hope for virus vaccine efforts

Antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly as some earlier reports suggested, scientists have found. Tuesday’s report, from tests on more than 30,000 people in Iceland, is the most extensive work yet on the immune system’s response to the virus… Read More »

Hope increases that Sun Belt hot spots have stabilized

Top officials and healthcare experts expressed hope Monday that the surge of COVID-19 cases in the Sun Belt is stabilizing. “It looks like Arizona, Texas, and probably Florida at the very least are starting to hit a plateau,” former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said Monday. Available intensive care unit beds, an… Read More »

Chemical offers new hope of finding treatments for neglected tropical diseases

Scientists say they are a step closer to developing a drug to kill the trypanosome parasite that causes human African trypanosomiasis, otherwise known as sleeping sickness, paving the way for a potential cure. The University of York researchers deciphered the mechanism by which the compound, known as AB1 works. AB1 was identified by researchers at… Read More »

‘The joys of walking’: Pro-pedestrian groups hope increase in strolling will last beyond pandemic

Pro-walking groups are encouraged that people have embraced strolling as a way to get out of the house while social distancing and hope that some of the changes along city streets will prove to be permanent. Apple’s Mobility Trends shows that the number of people walking has risen since the initial shutdown from the pandemic… Read More »