by University of Sharjah Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPeople who fast intermittently and observe Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, may lower the risk of age-related neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer and Parkinson’s, according to a study published in the journal Medicina. The literature dwells on the positive interaction between intermittent fasting and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF),...
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Most ‘pathogenic’ genetic variants have a low risk of causing disease
by The Mount Sinai Hospital Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found that most disease-causing mutations have a low risk of actually causing disease. Credit: Do lab, Mount Sinai, N.Y., N.Y. Imagine getting a positive result on a genetic test. The doctor tells you that you have a “pathogenic genetic variant,”...