News tagged with prediction method


MRI can screen patients for Alzheimer's disease or frontotemporal lobar degeneration

When trying to determine the root cause of a person's dementia, using an MRI can effectively and non-invasively screen patients for Alzheimer's disease or Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD), according to a new study ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Dec 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify genetic signatures of exceptional longevity in re-published study

While environment and family history are factors in healthy aging, genetic variants play a critical and complex role in conferring exceptional longevity, according to researchers from the Boston University Schools of Public ...

Genetics created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Novel method accurately predicts disease outbreaks

A team of scientists from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) has developed a novel method to accurately predict dengue fever outbreaks several weeks before they occur.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study discovers first real indicator of longevity in mammals

A team of researchers from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), headed by CNIO Director MarĂ­a Blasco, has demonstrated in a pioneering study on mammals that longevity is defined at a molecular level by the ...

Medical research created Sep 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Evolutionary analysis improves ability to predict the spread of flu

With flu season around the corner, getting a seasonal vaccine might be one of the best ways to prevent people from getting sick. These vaccines only work, however, if their developers have accurately predicted which strains ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Risk of childhood obesity can be predicted at birth

A simple formula can predict at birth a baby's likelihood of becoming obese in childhood, according to a study published today in the open access journal PLOS ONE.

Overweight and Obesity created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Type 1 diabetes testing may be cheaper, faster

Work by researchers at The University of Western Australia could revolutionise testing for Type 1 diabetes around the world.

Diabetes created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers excel in predicting cancer drug sensitivity

Researchers from Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT and Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM have developed a triumphant solution for predicting responses of breast cancer cells to a set of cancer ...

Cancer created Nov 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0