(Mevans/E+/Getty Images) A higher level of the fat that gathers around organs has been linked to faster brain aging in a new ...

Two complement inhibitors tied to increased risk of wet AMD, but data called suspect ...

Astellas Pharma US, Inc. (Head of US Commercial: Michael Petroutsas, "Astellas") today announced new research insights for geographic atrophy (GA) that will be presented at the Association for ...

A long-term MRI study demonstrates that lower accumulation of abdominal fat (visceral fat), measured throughout the entire ...

High conversion rates to Parkinson's, dementia with Lewy bodies, or multiple system atroph ...

Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is an adult-onset, rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterised by the aggregation of α-synuclein in oligodendroglial cytoplasmatic inclusions.1 ...

Muscle atrophy, as the name suggests, is a weakening or reduction of muscle due to lack of use or due to a disease. It is a result of a mismatch between the rates of protein synthesis and protein ...

Developing effective treatment regimens requires an understanding of how tissue changes are affected by estrogen or alternative therapies. Although common in postmenopausal women, symptoms associated ...

Distinct patterns of cerebellar atrophy relate to wider patterns of disease-specific brain network degeneration, according to two recent studies. The findings reveal details of cerebellar atrophy in ...

Panel A shows how insulin and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) effect protein anabolism by signaling through their receptors (IR and IGF1R, respectively). This signaling results in the activation ...