by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress An international team of researchers has developed an algorithm that can be used to predict the chances of a person with a latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection developing tuberculosis (TB). In their paper published in the journal Nature Medicine, the group describes surveying thousands of people from multiple countries to amass data on...
SPINK HEALTH IMAGE: THE STUDY, PRESENTED TODAY AT UEG WEEK 2020 VIRTUAL, ANALYSED 1,435,350 PATIENTS WITH CONCURRENT DIABETES AND OBESITY OVER A 20-YEAR PERIOD. (Vienna, October 12, 2020) Weight loss surgery significantly cuts the risk of developing pancreatic cancer in people who are obese with diabetes, a new 20-year analysis has found. The study, presented...
by NYU Langone Health Without directly invading the brain or nerves, the virus responsible for COVID-19 causes potentially damaging neurological injuries in about one in seven infected, a new study shows. These injuries range from temporary confusion due to low body-oxygen levels, to stroke and seizures in the most serious cases, say the study authors. Led...
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES HEALTH SCIENCES IMAGE: JAMIE FEUSNER FINDINGS UCLA scientists and colleagues studying the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) discovered an abnormality in the brains of people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) that may help to predict who is most likely to respond to CBT. Researchers used functional MRI scans...
by Alzheimers Research UK Research published in the journal Neurology suggests those who lack interest in the world around them are at an increased risk of developing dementia. The research team looked to see whether developing dementia was linked to apathy. People with apathy often have a lack of interest in the world around them, with signs...
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO A new study has found that Vietnamese-American adults who were not obese were 60% more likely to have diabetes than non-obese, non-Hispanic, White Americans, after accounting for age, sex, sociodemographic factors, smoking history and exercise level. Overall, only 9% of Vietnamese Americans with diabetes in the study were obese — defined as...
SPINK HEALTH IMAGE: THOSE WITH IBS AT 16 WERE ALMOST TWICE AS LIKELY TO HAVE HAD ASTHMA AT THE AGE OF 12 (11.2% VS 6.7%). ALMOST HALF OF CHILDREN WITH IBS AT 16. (Vienna, October 12, 2020) Asthma and food hypersensitivity at age 12 is associated with an increased risk of having irritable bowel syndrome...
by Karolinska Institutet Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, NAFLD, affects nearly one in four adults in Europe and the U.S. Earlier research has demonstrated an increased risk of death in patients with NAFLD and advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Massachusetts General Hospital in the U.S. show that mortality increases with disease severity, but even...
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA, N.Y. – An injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) can lead to severe osteoarthritis in both animal and human patients. Now, a new interdisciplinary study on the protein that lubricates our joints says that lubricant may actually be a precursor of joint disease. The paper, published Oct. 7 in Scientific Reports, is...
by New York University Aditi Bhattacharya, PhD, examines oral cancer using a microscope. Oral cancer is more likely to spread in patients experiencing high levels of pain, according to a team of researchers at New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry that found genetic and cellular clues as to why metastatic oral cancers are so painful....
