by CHeBA Credit: CC0 Public Domain Latest research from UNSW Sydney’s Center for Healthy Brain Aging (CHeBA) has uncovered new insight into the underlying mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease. The findings, published in Translational Psychiatry, examined differences between the plasma lipidome of people with Alzheimer’s disease and ‘healthy’ individuals of the same age from CHeBA’s Sydney Memory and Aging...
by Thor Christensen Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Early menopause could mean an increased risk of stroke caused by blocked blood vessels, according to a new study. Yet for each year of menopause delay, stroke risk fell by 2%. Stroke is the second-leading cause of death worldwide, and women have a 4% higher lifetime stroke risk than men....
by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Crypts and buds in the small intestine and colon. Credit: Dr. Maree Faux, WEHI. A biomarker in the blood of patients with bowel cancer may provide valuable insight into the risk of cancer relapse after surgery and the effectiveness of chemotherapy. Research published in PLOS Medicine found circulating tumor DNA...
by University of Sydney Credit: Pexels Researchers suggest future NHMRC alcohol guidelines need to place more emphasis on Australia’s growing waistlines. Led by the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Center, the study looked at medical data from nearly half a million people and found having overweight or obesity considerably amplified the harmful effects of alcohol on liver disease and mortality. “People in...
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC IMAGE: THE KAPLAN MEIER CURVE FOR PROGRESSION. CREDIT: CORRESPONDENCE TO – TAKASHI KAWAHARA – [email protected] Oncotarget published “A higher De Ritis ratio (AST/ALT) is a risk factor for progression in high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer” which reported that a recent study revealed that a high De Ritis ratio was a risk factor in some...
by Christopher Gardner, Yale University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Adults over age 65 who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia are more than twice as likely to die from suicide compared to older adults who do not suffer from dementia, according to a new study led by a Yale Department of Psychiatry researcher....
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IRVING MEDICAL CENTER Adults with schizophrenia have an elevated risk of dying from suicide. Yet there’s only limited understanding of when and why people with schizophrenia die of suicide –in part because research studies have looked at relatively small groups of patients. Now a new study from Columbia that looked at a large...
By SAM TONKIN FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 07:16 EDT, 26 May 2021 | UPDATED: 07:16 EDT, 26 May 2021 A simple thumb test could be used to identify people at risk of a condition that can kill in minutes and has no symptoms. It will indicate if a person is harbouring an aortic aneurysm — an abnormal bulge in the wall of the...
by American Society of Nephrology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a study of adults with normal kidney function, those who had frequent depressive symptoms were more likely to later experience a rapid decline in kidney function. The study will appear in an upcoming issue of CJASN. Depression is a common condition in middle-aged and older adults, and...
By MARY KEKATOS ACTING U.S. HEALTH EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 18:32 EDT, 27 May 2021 | UPDATED: 18:46 EDT, 27 May 2021 The majority of patients with moderate or severe cases of COVID had at least one long-term symptom, a new study suggests. Researchers found that nearly three-quarters of people continued to suffer fatigue, shortness of breath, and even brain...
