Breast Cancer Now study found some waited years to be told disease had spread Some women said they were made to feel like ‘hypochondriacs’ when visiting GP The study found four in ten felt symptoms were not taken seriously on a first visit By ELEANOR HAYWARD FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 19:32 EDT, 10 October 2019 | UPDATED: 04:04 EDT, 11 October...
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Early warning sign of dementia may be missed in women because they perform better at memory tests
Up to 10% of women pass tests for cognitive impairment when they should not This is important because cognitive impairment frequently leads to dementia If not picked up early, medications and lifestyle changes may not work as well By VICTORIA ALLEN SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT FOR THE DAILY MAIL Memory problems may be missed in women because they perform better in certain tests than men. A study has found...
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Brain tunes itself to criticality, maximizing information processing
Posted Today Researchers long wondered how the billions of independent neurons in the brain come together to reliably build a biological machine that easily beats the most advanced computers. All of those tiny interactions appear to be tied to something that guarantees an impressive computational capacity. Over the past 20 years, evidence mounted in support of a...
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Germ transplant helps women with tough-to-treat vaginal infections
by Serena Gordon, Healthday Reporter Bacterial vaginosis is a common infection in women that’s usually easily treated with antibiotics. But for those who develop recurrent infections, treatment options have been limited. Now, Israeli researchers report they were able to put recurrent infections into remission in four out of five women who received a “vaginal microbiome...
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Epigenomic ‘map’ helps predict nerve cells’ ability to regenerate after injury
by Genevieve Timmins, Imperial College London An Imperial-led study has provided new insights into the biological processes which determine nerve cells’ ability to regenerate after injury. The study, published today in Nature Neuroscience, sheds new light on why nerve cellsfound in our peripheral nervous system can regenerate following injury, whereas those found in our central...
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Clues from DNA could predict growth of prostate cancer
by University of California, Los Angeles Researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and other institutions in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and Singapore, have identified 1,178 biomarkers in men’s genomes—the complete set of genetic material inherited from one’s parents—that predict how an individual person’s prostate cancer will grow. The finding suggests that...
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Marker in tear samples could detect diabetes complication
by Sherry Landow, University of New South Wales You’ve heard of blood tests and stool samples. Tear samples might be the next screening method to enter your doctor’s office, a new study from UNSW Sydney suggests. Tear-testing may be the future of screening for diabetic peripheral neuropathy, a debilitating condition that affects people with diabetes,...
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An oral anticoagulant delays the appearance of Alzheimer’s disease in mice
by Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (F.S.P.) Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) have identified a possible treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. Working together with a scientific team at the Rockefeller University in New York, the investigators have shown that treatment with the oral anticoagulant dabigatran delays the appearance of Alzheimer’s disease in mice. The results published today in the Journal of the American College...
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Striking a balance: a mechanism to control autoimmunity
by Research Institute of Molecular Pathology B cells are white blood cells that generate antibodies against an almost unlimited number of pathogens, a capacity that is vital for any higher organism. However, establishing a diverse repertoire of pathogen recognition comes at a price, as some B cells will inevitably go wild and turn against the...
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The effectiveness of electrical stimulation in producing spinal fusion
JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY PUBLISHING GROUP CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (OCTOBER 8, 2019). Researchers from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of published data on the effect of electrical stimulation therapies on spinal fusion. They found significant improvement overall in the rates of bone fusion following a course of electrical stimulation...