by American Heart Association An investigation of the Finnish Twin Cohort reaffirmed a link between smoking and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), a type of bleeding stroke that occurs under the membrane that covers the brain and is frequently fatal. The new study by researchers in Finland is published today in Stroke. In a 2010 study of nearly 80,000...
As society ages, we have more and more people living with dementia. It is an incurable disease and we are sort of accepting it as a sad part of life. Your lifestyle, genes and some other factors influence the risk of dementia. And the goal for you is to reduce that risk. Now scientists at...
Sarah Gupta, MD September 16, 2020, 8:22AM (PT) COVID-19 is caused by a brand new coronavirus (officially named “SARS-CoV-2”). So far, there’s a lot we know about COVID-19: what causes it, common symptoms, and how it spreads. But the virus has only been around for about 9 months. And because it’s so new, scientists and doctors are...
Advances in science are helping researchers find new ways to identify diseases earlier. A new breakthrough indicates that free, circulating vitamin D levels in the bloodstream may be a good predictor of future health and disease risk in aging men. Low levels of vitamin D correlate with age-related health problems, including osteoporosis.Photo credit: Crevis/Adobe Stock...
by Institute of Cancer Research Human colon cancer cells with the cell nuclei stained red and the protein E-cadherin stained green. Credit: NCI Center for Cancer Research, via flickr Researchers have created a mathematical model that can determine the impact of the immune system on tumor evolution. The information gained from using this model may be...
KING’S COLLEGE LONDON Published in the journal Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]), the study shows that it is the absence of quality connections with people and not the lack of contact that predicts the onset of type 2 diabetes, suggesting that helping people form and experience positive relationships could...
by University of Oxford Electron microscopic image of a single human lymphocyte. Credit: Dr. Triche National Cancer Institute A study of almost 400,000 British participants has identified a new link between raised levels of the growth factor IGF-1 and increased thyroid cancer risk and has confirmed associations with breast, prostate and colorectal cancer. This could lead...
by Queen Mary, University of London Immunohistochemistry for alpha-synuclein showing positive staining (brown) of an intraneural Lewy-body in the Substantia nigra in Parkinson’s disease. Credit: Wikipedia Including genetic markers in addition to well known risk factors improves tests to predict Parkinson’s disease, according to a study led by Queen Mary University of London. Parkinson’s disease is...
by The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Figure. Low glucocorticoid receptor (GR) expression led to excessive inflammation and lung damage by neutrophils through enhancing the expression of CXCL8 and other cytokines. Credit: The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) KAIST researchers have identified key markers that could help pinpoint patients who...
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI IMAGE: TRISHA WISE-DRAPER, MD, PHD, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE IN THE DIVISION OF HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY AT THE UC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND LEAD AUTHOR. University of Cincinnati researchers have found that certain treatments for cancer may increase the chance of death if they contract COVID-19. These findings from a multicenter study, presented...
