Health
Men's health is affected by divorces and by living alone for many years
Today, more than one million Danes live alone. This number has increased since the beginning of the 1990s or earlier.
Jan 13, 2022
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News tagged with blood test
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Minimally invasive blood test for Alzheimer's disease
Scientists from Japan and Australia have teamed up to develop and validate a blood test for Alzheimer's disease, with the potential to massively ramp up the pace of Alzheimer's disease drug trials.
Feb 1, 2018
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Medications
Drug used to reduce blood sugar in diabetic patients can benefit hearts
A drug used to treat people living with Type 2 diabetes could also help improve their heart function, according to new research.
Jun 9, 2021
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Immunology
Pin-prick blood test identifies immunity to COVID-19
A finger-prick blood test can identify people most at risk of being reinfected with COVID-19. The simple test, developed by a small biotech firm based in Cardiff (ImmunoServ Ltd) in close collaboration with Cardiff University ...
Sep 23, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Scientists discover critical molecular biomarkers of preeclampsia
Preeclampsia, a sudden pregnancy complication that can interfere with the blood flow to the placenta and possibly to the fetus, can lead to low birth weight, prematurity and even death. It is also a leading cause of maternal ...
Feb 21, 2018
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Cardiology
Tick-borne meat sensitivity linked to heart disease
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have linked sensitivity to an allergen in red meat—a sensitivity spread by tick bites—with a buildup of fatty plaque in the arteries of the heart. This buildup may ...
Jun 15, 2018
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Cardiology
Identical in nearly every way, these twins even had the same kind of heart attack
As identical twins who look alike, sound alike and even have the same mannerisms, Patricia Wood and Pamela Smith are used to people mistaking them for one another. Even before birth, their heartbeats were so perfectly synchronized ...
Feb 23, 2021
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Discovery may explain why more females than males get knee osteoarthritis
Female astronauts could avoid knee injuries during space flight—and better tests, prevention and treatments could be developed for knee osteoarthritis in women here on Earth—based on newly published research on the sex ...
Mar 2, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Blood test for Alzheimer's proves highly accurate in large, international study
A blood test developed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has proven highly accurate in detecting early signs of Alzheimer's disease in a study involving nearly 500 patients from across three continents, ...
Feb 22, 2022
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Sleep disorders
One billion people worldwide stop breathing while they sleep. Are you one of them?
I thought I was dying.
Dec 11, 2019
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