by American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain Taking care of your teeth and gums may offer benefits beyond oral health such as improving brain health, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2023. The meeting, to be held in person in Dallas and virtually, Feb. 8-10,...
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and around the world and low-dose chest computed tomography (LDCT) is recommended to screen people between 50 and 80 years old who have a significant history of smoking or currently smoke. Lung cancer screening with LDCT has been shown to reduce deaths from...
Psychological health may have a bigger impact on dementia risk than previously thought. SolStock/Getty Images Researchers followed 67,688 individuals over an average period of 25 years to better understand the link between symptoms of dementia and psychological distress (stress, depressive mood, exhaustion, and nervousness). The researchers found that psychological distress symptoms are associated with an...
by Geisinger Health System Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People with an additional X or Y chromosome—a genetic condition known as supernumerary sex chromosome aneuploidy—have an increased risk of developing blood clots known as venous thromboembolism (VTE), a Geisinger study has found. The results were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). VTE, which...
by Lancaster University The study of almost 300 women found that pain and indigestion medication purchases were higher in women who were subsequently diagnosed with ovarian cancer, compared to women who did not have ovarian cancer. Credit: Lancaster University Loyalty card data on over-the-counter medicine purchases could help spot ovarian cancer cases earlier according to...
by Ramona Czakert Franson, University of Alberta Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists at the University of Alberta have discovered that important risk factors in Alzheimer’s disease affect males and females very differently. “Two types of risk for Alzheimer’s disease work differently for males and females, and dramatically so,” says Mackenzie Heal, neuroscience master’s student in...
HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY Periodontitis, a gum disease, can lead to a litany of dental issues from bad breath to bleeding and lost teeth. Now, researchers at Hiroshima University have found that it could be connected to even more severe problems elsewhere in the body — the heart. In a study published on Oct. 31 in JACC: Clinical...
by University of Bath Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Adults with high levels of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms are more likely to experience anxiety and depression than adults with high levels of autistic traits, according to new research led by psychologists at the University of Bath in the UK. This study is the first to...
by Monash University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a world first international study led by Monash University researchers in Australia, the genetic markers for people with diabetes at risk of developing kidney disease have been identified. The study opens the way for the development of a test that could predict those adults with Type 1 diabetes at...
THE UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN IMAGE: BENEDICTE SJO TISLEVOLL. PHOTO: JØRGEN BARTH, UIB CREDIT: PHOTO: JØRGEN BARTH, UIB Researchers from the University of Bergen, Norway, has found a new method that within hours can predict if certain cancer patients will survive or not after chemotherapy. Acute myeloid leukemia is an aggressive blood cancer with poor survival. Although...
