Australian scientists say they have identified a toxin that plays a key role in the onset of Alzheimer's, raising hope that a drug targeting the toxin could be developed and slow the disease.

The scientists say quinolinic acid kills nerve cells in the brain, leading to dysfunction and death

Researchers at the University of Cambridge in England have narrowed down the search for the genes that that could provide a basis for new treatments for the disease, according to a Reuters Health Report.

"By using the latest in DNA technology we've been able to pinpoint four new genes likely to be involved in the development of breast cancer," said Professor Carlos Caldas, who headed the research team

Researchers announce Wednesday that amphetamines, including the illegal drug Ecstasy, can reverse the effects of Parkinson's disease.

Duke University scientists treated mice with Parkinson-like symptoms with more than 60 types of amphetamines, Reuters reports

Harley Davidson Motorcycles has donated tens of millions of dollars over the last twenty years but for 2005 the motorcycle giant is doing something special to fight muscular dystrophy.

The company will be employing the ever-popular "rubber wrist band for a cause" campaign. The wrist bands have been used for fund-raising awareness with cancer, diabetes, heart disease, as well as support for troops fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq

A Mayo Clinic Cancer Center study finds a link between patients that have been diagnosed with diabetes and patients who are at risk for pancreatic cancer.

The study shows up to three years after being diagnosed with diabetes, patients' risk for developing pancreatic cancer increases eight-fold