The accuracy of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer could be improved by accounting for genetic factors that cause changes in PSA levels that are not associated with cancer, according to data presented ...
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Researchers make a compelling, evidence-based case for expanding the diagnostic workup to include cardiac arrhythmias when a normally continent individual experiences enuresis nocturna (involuntary urination during sleep). ...
Apr 7, 2022
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In individuals with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's disease, the immune cells of the brain—the "microglia"—start exerting a protective effect up to two decades before the first symptoms appear. A team from Deutsches ...
Mar 17, 2022
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Communication between brain areas is crucial for the brain to correctly process sensory signals and adopt an appropriate behavioral response. Yet, dysfunctions in these communication pathways could be strongly correlated ...
Mar 3, 2022
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Researchers at the University of Zurich and Munich's LMU Klinikum hospital have studied the immune system of pairs of monozygotic twins to identify the influence of the environment and of genetics in cases of multiple sclerosis. ...
Feb 16, 2022
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A group of researchers at Qatar Foundation led by Dr. Lotfi Chouchane from Weill Cornell Medicine—Qatar (WCM-Q) have reported the first landscape of cancer germline variation in the Middle East that has been published online ...
Feb 10, 2022
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Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Cancer Research Center in Spain blocked development of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in mice with a genetic mutation that increases the risk of childhood cancer.
Feb 7, 2022
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There is a growing global body positivity movement to combat the stigma and prejudice that overweight and obese individuals face. Some of this stigma arises from the perception that obese individuals are unhealthy.
Feb 2, 2022
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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 ...
Jan 31, 2022
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People with autism spectrum disorders all have characteristic behavioral difficulties. Nevertheless, the important heterogeneity of their symptoms remains one of the major questions for scientists and physicians. While a ...
Jan 31, 2022
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