LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE Canadian researchers are the first to study how different patterns in the way older adults walk could more accurately diagnose different types of dementia and identify Alzheimer’s disease. A new study by a Canadian research team, led by London researchers from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University, evaluated the walking...
Category: <span>Prognostic</span>
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Blood biomarker detects COVID-19 severity and enables early triage
by Queensland University of Technology Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Dr. Kulasinghe, from QUT Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health and School of Biomedical Sciences, delivered the findings to a special virtual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) on “COVID-19 and Cancer” earlier this month. He said results of the test could inform doctors those patients...
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Gene-based blood test for melanoma spread evaluates treatment progress
by NYU Langone Health Melanoma in skin biopsy with H&E stain — this case may represent superficial spreading melanoma. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 A test that monitors blood levels of DNA fragments released by dying tumor cells may serve as an accurate early indicator of treatment success in people in late stages of one of the...
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Instant death from heart attack more common in people who do not exercise
EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY Sophia Antipolis, 12 February 2021: An active lifestyle is linked with a lower chance of dying immediately from a heart attack, according to a study published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).1 Heart disease is the leading cause of death globally...
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A ‘skeletal age’ calculator to predict bone fracture risk
GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have developed a computational model to calculate ‘skeletal age’, a personalised estimate of an individual’s risk of bone fracture and premature death. The skeletal age calculator, which will be accessible to doctors and health professionals, aims to better identify those at risk...
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Lung ultrasound helps predict COVID-19 patient outcomes
FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO IMAGE: BRAZILIAN RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT THE HIGHER THE LUNG ULTRASOUND SCORE THE GREATER THE RISK OF ICU ADMISSION, INTUBATION AND DEATH CREDIT: JULIO ALENCAR Lung ultrasound, considered a simple method for diagnosing lung disease, can also help predict the clinical progression of severe COVID-19 patients,...
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Dementia rates higher in men with common genetic disorder haemochromatosis
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER New research has found that men who have the Western world’s most common genetic disorder are more likely to develop dementia, compared to those without the faulty genes. Researchers at the University of Exeter and the University of Connecticut have previously found that men with two faulty genes that cause the iron...
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Biological sensors developed by MIT spinout Glympse Bio could help clinicians make decisions for individual patients
Biological sensors developed by MIT spinout Glympse Bio could help clinicians make decisions for individual patients. In the fight against severe diseases like cancer, patients often endure a discomforting, weekslong gap between when treatment begins and when doctors can tell if it’s working. The problem often stems from an inability to track the disease’s progression...
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Breast cancer-on-a-chip for testing immunotherapy drugs
TERASAKI INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION IMAGE: BREAST CANCER CHIP CREDIT: KHADEMHOSSEINI LAB (LOS ANGELES) – There are many mechanisms by which the body responds to foreign invaders. One of these involves the T-cells of the immune system, which have a number of different proteins on their surface called “checkpoint proteins.” These checkpoint proteins bind to...
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Imaging identifies breast cancer patients unlikely to benefit from hormone therapy
by Washington University School of Medicine Bright spots indicate that cancer cells have responded to a one-day challenge with estrogen in this positron emission tomography (PET) scan of a woman with breast cancer. In a small study, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that only women whose tumors responded to estrogen challenge benefited...