by NYU Langone Health Cancer — Histopathologic image of colonic carcinoid. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 A new risk score can identify men and women under age 50 most likely to develop a cancer of the colon or rectum, an international study shows. The score, a number between 0 and 1, is made from a calculation...
Category: <span>Prognostic</span>
Post
Researchers identify immunological markers for SARS-CoV-2 reinfection
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY Highlights: Tracking new hotspots of SARS-CoV-2 will become more important as the virus evolves and becomes endemic. New variants may be more contagious than previous ones—and escape vaccines. Serum biomarkers, identified in rhesus macaques, can differentiate between primary infection and reinfection. A tool utilizing these biomarkers may help identify surges in...
Post
Gene expression could ring early kidney disease alarm
by Michaela Kane, Duke University Podocyte Models. Credit: Duke University Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a method to study how key cells in the kidneys become injured and deformed. The new model has revealed a significant mechanism behind severe kidney disease and pointed toward early disease biomarkers and potential therapeutic interventions. The study...
Post
Chronic marijuana use negatively impacts male reproductive health, may decrease testicular function
by Tracy Brawley, Oregon Health & Science University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Chronic use of marijuana may greatly impact male fertility and reproductive outcomes, says a new report published online in the journal Fertility & Sterility. The study is the first to assess the impacts of substance use on testicular function via a mode of delivery, and...
Post
Researchers develop new tool to help better monitor lupus
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS USA A new paper in Rheumatology, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that researchers have developed a new, easier, and more accurate tool to measure the progress of lupus in patients. Systemic lupus erythematosus affects up to 1.5 million people in the United States and about one in 1000 people in the United Kingdom....
Post
New research reveals COVID-19 traumatic stress may predict PTSD, particularly for people with a history of trauma
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY ATLANTA—The pandemic has taken a substantial toll on mental health — and for a subset of Americans, COVID has emerged as a source of traumatic stress that may predict post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, according to a new study led by Georgia State University. The research shows that the association between COVID traumatic stress...
Post
How can body weight affect the mortality risk of excessive drinkers?
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — While research has long shown a higher risk of death linked to alcoholism for people with overweight, a new study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence has found that people with underweight who drink excessively may be at an even higher risk of dying from heart disease,...
Post
Predicting long COVID at initial point of COVID-19 diagnosis
by Institute for Systems Biology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A significant portion of people who contract the SARS-CoV-2 virus—some estimates suggest more than 40 percent—suffer chronic effects known as Post Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), commonly referred to as long COVID. PASC symptoms include fatigue, brain fog, the loss of taste and smell, shortness of...
Post
PSMA PET validates EAU classification system to determine risk of prostate cancer recurrence
JANUARY 21, 2022 by Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging PET disease extent in EAU BCR low-risk patients, EAU BCR high-risk patients, and BCP patients (A) and predictors of PET M1 disease (B). OR = odds ratio. Credit: Justin Ferdinandus, Wolfgang P. Fendler, Andrea Farolfi, et al. New research has confirmed the accuracy of...
Post
Difference between retina’s biological age and person’s real age linked to heightened death risk
by British Medical Journal Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The difference between the biological age of the retina, the light sensitive layers of nerve tissue at the back of the eye, and a person’s real (chronological) age, is linked to their risk of death, finds research published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. This ‘retinal age...