by Phil Roth, University of Texas at Dallas In Dr. Nicole De Nisco’s lab, students monitor the growth of various bacteria. Credit: University of Texas at Dallas Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have identified specific bacteria in the bladder that may indicate which postmenopausal women are more susceptible to recurrent urinary tract...
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Dec 12 2022 Cambridge scientists have created a comprehensive tool for predicting an individual’s risk of developing prostate cancer, which they say could help ensure that those men at greatest risk will receive the appropriate testing while reducing unnecessary – and potentially invasive – testing for those at very low...
People with no history of high blood pressure can develop hypertension for the first time in the weeks and months after childbirth, but until now, there has been very little data on first-time hypertension that develops more than six weeks after delivery. The study, published in the journal Hypertension, also found that nearly a quarter of these cases...
by Wiley Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors are at risk of experiencing treatment-related effects later in life, including damage to the heart. New research has identified various sociodemographic and modifiable risk factors associated with these patients’ risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). The findings are published by Wiley online...
by University College London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Children and young people with Long COVID (CLoCk) study, published in The Lancet Regional Health—Europe, is the world’s largest study on long COVID in children. Researchers asked children aged 11 to 17 about their health six months and 12 months after taking a PCR test between September 2020 and...
Frederik Joelving January 19, 202205People with bipolar disorder as well as their unaffected siblings appear to be at increased risk for cancer, particularly of the breast, according to new research from Taiwan. “To our knowledge, our study is the first to report an increased overall cancer risk as well as increased risks of breast and ectodermal cancer...
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA As the Christmas season starts to ramp up, University of South Australia researchers are reminding people to prioritise a good night’s sleep as new research shows that a troubled sleep may be associated with risk factors for type 2 diabetes. In the first study of its kind, researchers found that people who reported trouble sleeping were...
KLICK APPLIED SCIENCES Scientists at Klick Applied Sciences have discovered a way to transform a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) into a powerful diabetes screening and prevention tool using artificial intelligence. In findings presented Friday at the NeurIPS conference in New Orleans, Klick scientists revealed how they used machine learning and just 12 hours of data from CGMs to determine...
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS IMAGE: REASONS FOR NO COLONOSCOPY AFTER AN UNFAVORABLE SCREENING RESULT IN DUTCH COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING: A NATION-WISE QUESTIONNAIRE CREDIT: THE ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE While screening by Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) can detect colorectal cancers early, successful treatment depends on the patient undergoing follow-up colonoscopy after an unfavorable test result....
by Kingston University, London Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Artificial intelligence-enabled eye scans could be used to rapidly and accurately predict whether a person is at high risk of heart disease, a new study involving researchers from London’s Kingston University has established. The findings could pave the way for cardiovascular screening to be done more quickly and simply...
