by KeAi Communications Co. Animal study flowchart and schematic illustration of sequential USMI. Credit: Liver Research (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.livres.2023.11.002Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), recently renamed metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), is spectrum of diseases that ranges from non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Invasive liver biopsy continues to be the gold standard...
Researchers at the UPF and the UdG have driven this study, which reveals new knowledge about the interactions between the two proteins whose accumulation in neuronal tissues is linked to the diseasePeer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA – BARCELONA ILLUSTRATIVE OVERVIEW OF OUR PROCESSING PIPELINE. A BASIC INGREDIENTS FOR THE INTEGRATION OF PROTEIN BURDEN DATA FROM...
by Laura Anderson, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNew research by RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences published in the Blood Journal has revealed that the age at which individuals are tested for von Willebrand disease (VWD), a common bleeding disorder, significantly affects their diagnosis. This could be key in addressing...
Bram Sable-Smith | KFF Health News When Phyllisa Deroze was told she had diabetes in a Fayetteville, North Carolina, emergency department years ago, she was handed pamphlets with information on two types of the disease. One had pictures of children on it, she recalled, while the other had pictures of seniors. Deroze, a 31-year-old English...
Matthew F. Watto, MD; Paul N. Williams, MD Matthew F. Watto, MD: Welcome back to The Curbsiders. I’m Dr Matthew Watto, here with America’s primary care physician, Dr Paul Nelson Williams. Paul, are you ready to talk about some adrenal insufficiency? We had a great conversation with Dr Kargi, and I’d like you to start...
Artificial intelligence, coupled with data from an iPad coloring game, could assist in early diagnosis of autism, a new USC study shows. “These results indicate potential for an easy and novel method for early detection of autism and development coordination disorder,” said senior author Lisa Aziz-Zadeh, a professor at the USC Mrs. T.H. Chan Division...
Pam R. Taub, MD; Michelle L. O’Donoghue, MD, MPH Michelle L. O’Donoghue, MD, MPH: Hi. This is Dr Michelle O’Donoghue, reporting for Medscape. I’m here in Amsterdam at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2023. Joining me for a great discussion is my friend Dr Pam Taub, who is a cardiologist and a professor...
by University of California, Los Angeles Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As Parkinson’s disease diagnoses continue to rise in the U.S., limited patient access to movement disorder specialists means the job of delivering the often-devastating, life-changing news falls on primary care physicians or community neurologists who may not have the necessary expertise for this sensitive task. A...
by Nancy Fliesler, Children’s Hospital Boston Credit: CC0 Public Domain Despite it being very common, ADHD is often missed until a child reaches age seven or older. By that time, they have likely been struggling socially and in school. Could early genetic testing be part of the solution? Anne Arnett, Ph.D., in partnership with Ryan Doan,...
by University of Cambridge Credit: CC0 Public Domain Experts today call for more value to be given to patients’ “lived experiences” as a study of over 1,000 patients and clinicians found multiple examples of patient reports being under-valued. A research, led by a team at the University of Cambridge and Kings’ College London, found that clinicians...
