Health
Drink coffee, avoid gallstones?
(HealthDay)—To the many ways in which coffee seems to confer unexpected health benefits, add a lowered risk of painful gallstones.
Sep 5, 2019
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News tagged with correlations
Genetics
Study explores genetic risk for suicide attempt
Using data from the UK Biobank and Vanderbilt's BioVU, a new study in the journal Molecular Psychiatry finds that approximately 4 percent of suicide attempt risk is captured by genotype data.
Feb 1, 2019
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Cardiology
Mapping shear stress can help predict heart attacks
A heart attack is like an earthquake. When a patient is having a heart attack, it's easy for cardiologists to look at a coronary artery and identify the blockages that are causing trouble. However, predicting exactly where ...
Oct 31, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The brain's fight and flight responses to social threat
A study published in eNeuro exploring the neural correlates of the 'fight-or-flight' response finds that people who choose to flee perceive a greater threat, which leads them to mentally and behaviorally disengage from the ...
Jun 26, 2017
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Diabetes
Advanced glycation end products tied to renal function loss
(HealthDay)—For American-Indians with type 2 diabetes, advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are associated with renal function loss (RFL), according to a study published online Sept. 8 in Diabetes.
Sep 13, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Duration of estrogen deficiency linked to fibrosis risk in NAFLD
(HealthDay)—For postmenopausal women with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), longer duration of estrogen deficiency is associated with increased odds of having more severe fibrosis, according to a study published ...
Mar 21, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Ultrasound findings in invasive breast CA link to histopathology
(HealthDay)—Histopathologic patterns and biomarkers for invasive breast cancer correlate with differences in findings on sonographic (US) imaging, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of Clinical ...
Dec 18, 2015
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Neuroscience
A physician's ability to empathize may be in the genes
(HealthDay)—Sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) is associated with increased activation of brain regions involved in awareness, attention, and action planning, according to a study published online June 23 in Brain and ...
Jul 1, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Watching television can be a factor in accent change
(Medical Xpress)—New research has provided the first evidence to prove that active and engaged television viewing does help to accelerate language change.
Sep 10, 2013
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Health
Smokers at increased risk for non-life threatening health conditions and reduced quality of life in old age
(Medical Xpress)—Smokers and former smokers who survive into old age are at a heightened risk for non-life threatening ailments that can reduce quality of life and expand the need for health services, according to a cohort ...
Sep 5, 2013
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