by Radiological Society of North America Normal chest X-ray. Credit: Radiological Society of North America Researchers have developed a deep learning model that uses a single chest X-ray to predict the 10-year risk of death from a heart attack or stroke stemming from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Results of the study were presented today at the...
Patricia McKnight November 04, 2022 Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) may be at a higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer, say researchers reporting a single-center case-control study. A diagnosis of PCOS was associated with a 1.9-fold higher risk of pancreatic cancer after adjusting for age, race, ethnicity, estrogen level, and diabetes. This is the second study to find such...
by Osaka University Graphic abstract. Credit: Journal of Clinical Immunology (2022). DOI: 10.1007/s10875-022-01386-3 Just as oil is essential to keep a car’s motor running, blood is essential to keep the body functioning. The presence of particular proteins in the plasma, the liquid component of blood, may signal the presence of a disease or indicate the severity of...
by Wiley Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology that included nearly 1.3 million men aged 20–39 years who participated in three serial health check-ups at two-year intervals, men with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and those who developed MetS—especially those with the MetS components of elevated triglycerides and abdominal obesity—had higher risks of...
by Karolinska Institutet Progression rate of newly diagnosed ALS patients. ALS patients were stratified by the proportion of T cell subsets in the blood (A) and cerebrospinal fluid (B) at the time of diagnosis. The longitudinal evolution of ALS functional rating scale-revised (ALSFRS-R) in relation to the baseline categories of T cell subsets is plotted...
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Nov 16 2022 COVID-19 reactivated viruses that had become latent in cells following previous infections, particularly in people with chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME/CFS. This is the conclusion of a study from Linköping University in Sweden. The results, published in Frontiers in Immunology, contribute to our knowledge of the...
by Duke University Medical Center Cohorts and methods outline. Two retrospective study cohorts were generated, consisting of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) patients with either a subsequent ipsilateral breast event (iBE) or no later events after surgical treatment. TBCRC samples were macrodissected for downstream RNA and DNA analyses. RAHBT samples were (1) macrodissected like TBCRC...
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER A new study by Cedars-Sinai investigators describes risk factors that could make it more likely for people who have chronic pancreatitis, an ongoing inflammation of the pancreas, to develop diabetes. The findings are published in Diabetes Care. Some of these risk factors include smoking and being overweight. “What we’re hoping to do with this...
AARHUS UNIVERSITY IMAGE: THE MAIN ACTORS BEHIND THE STUDY ARE (FROM LEFT) PROFESSOR JENS LEIPZIGER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICINE AT AARHUS UNIVERSITY, CONSULTANT SØREN JENSEN-FANGEL, CONSULTANT MAJBRITT JEPPESEN AND CONSULTANT PEDER BERG FROM AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. PHOTO: AU CREDIT: AARHUS UNIVERSITY Researchers have developed a simple urine test to measure the severity of the...
by Washington University in St. Louis Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, a clinical epidemiologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care system, examines data from a new study. Researchers led by Al-Aly found that repeat SARS-CoV-2 infections contribute significant additional risk of adverse health conditions in multiple organ...
