http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) and Lundbeck Inc. today announced a research collaboration aimed at further development of a targeted therapy to slow or halt the progression of Huntington's disease (HD). http://phys.org/news215457297.html Medicine & Health Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:15:11 EST news215457297 Alcohol consumption, withdrawal, and abstinence can all raise stress hormones in humans and animals. A review has described how stress hormones called glucocorticoids are associated with neurotoxicity during abstinence after withdrawal from alcohol dependence.Glucocorticoid receptor antagonism may therefore represent a pharmacological option for recovery. http://phys.org/news203096725.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:10:03 EST news203096725 Alzheimer's disease is caused by the build-up of a brain peptide called amyloid-beta. That's why eliminating the protein has been the focus of almost all drug research pursuing a cure for the devastating neurodegenerative condition. http://phys.org/news178201602.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:20:02 EST news178201602 While repair of the central nervous system has long been considered impossible, French researchers from Inserm, the CNRS and the UPMC have just developed a strategy that could promote neuronal regeneration after injury. The in vitro studies have just been published in the journal PLoS ONE. http://phys.org/news167655773.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:03:34 EST news167655773 (PhysOrg.com) -- UC Irvine scientists have shown for the first time that neural stem cells can rescue memory in mice with advanced Alzheimer's disease, raising hopes of a potential treatment for the leading cause of elderly dementia that afflicts 5.3 million people in the U.S. http://phys.org/news167330309.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:00:01 EST news167330309