Following Life's Simple 7 guidelines developed by the American Heart Association (AHA) can significantly lower the risk of coronary heart disease despite a genetic predisposition, according to researchers with The University ...
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In future, newly identified biomarkers could be used alongside imaging techniques for the non-invasive diagnosis of patients with advanced prostate cancer. A research team from the Medical University of Vienna and the Ludwig ...
Jan 21, 2022
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Cancer is caused by genetic changes that break down normal constraints on cell growth. It is known that obesity and being overweight increases the risk of developing cancer, but the question until now has been why? Now, researchers ...
Jan 11, 2022
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Tumors are heterogeneous, which means that different parts of the same tumor can be genetically distinct. This phenomenon, known as intratumor heterogeneity, is steadily gaining in significance within the field of cancer ...
Dec 10, 2021
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The research groups of Jeroen Bakkers (Hubrecht Institute/UMC Utrecht) and Toon van Veen (UMC Utrecht) report the first patient-specific model for the heart disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM). They were able to simulate ...
Dec 9, 2021
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Researchers from Osaka University investigated a highly lethal form of cancer in a large group of patients, and identified the genetic culprits that lead to deadly outcomes.
Dec 8, 2021
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The self-help industry is booming, fuelled by research on positive psychology—the scientific study of what makes people flourish. At the same time, the rates of anxiety, depression and self-harm continue to soar worldwide. ...
Dec 7, 2021
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Countries around the world are making preparations against omicron, a new variant of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Although it hasn't yet been detected in the United States (as of Nov. 29, 2021), health officials ...
Dec 1, 2021
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The delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has swept the planet, becoming the dominant variant within just a few months. A new study from Boston Children's Hospital, published in Science, explains why delta spreads so easily and infects ...
Nov 23, 2021
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An international study of more than 50,000 people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has revealed that IBS symptoms may be caused by the same biological processes as conditions such as anxiety. The research highlights the ...
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