Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a devastating neurodegenerative disease that affects about 1 in 50,000 people. Well-known people who suffered from ALS include baseball player Lou Gehrig, who lived two years after he was ...
Apr 13, 2022
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A large-scale study provides further evidence that being overweight causes depression and lowers wellbeing and indicates both social and physical factors may play a role in the effect.
Aug 9, 2021
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The University of Oulu's Cardiology Research Group identified several rare genetic variants in victims of sudden death caused by hypertension- or obesity-related cardiac hypertrophy. The findings suggest that, in addition ...
Jun 2, 2021
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Regular consumption of milk is not associated with increased levels of cholesterol, according to new research.
May 24, 2021
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How susceptible we are to obesity and heart disease could be determined by our livers, a new study has revealed.
May 11, 2021
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Adults who smoke or who are genetically predisposed to smoking behaviors are more likely to experience a serious type of stroke called subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), according to new research published today in Stroke, a ...
Jan 14, 2021
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There is a link between ADHD and dietary habits. This is shown in a new study by Örebro researchers, published in the American Journal of Medical Genetics.
Oct 21, 2020
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Look in the mirror. A lot of what you see came from your parents, grandparents and on down the line. And a lot of what goes on inside our bodies—including our risk for disease and how we utilize nutrients—comes from inherited ...
Mar 27, 2020
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Those with a family history of schizophrenia and men with lower IQ are more likely to struggle with treatment-resistant schizophrenia than others with the mental disorder, according to a study by researchers at Karolinska ...
Nov 12, 2019
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A genetic link has now been found for some instances of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS. The new UW Medicine research study is the first to make an explainable link tracking the mechanism between a genetic anomaly and ...
Oct 11, 2019
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