Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Reduce frailty to lower dementia, study finds
Reducing frailty in older adults could be an effective strategy to prevent dementia, according to a largescale new study.
Dec 22, 2021
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News tagged with predisposition
Psychology & Psychiatry
New study finds genes and air pollution multiply healthy people's risk of depression
A genetic predisposition for depression combined with exposure to high-particulate-matter air pollution greatly elevates the risk that healthy people will experience depression, according to a first-of-its-kind study published ...
Nov 8, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
New risk factor identified for the most common childhood cancer
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a cancer involving white blood cells known as lymphocytes, is the most common childhood cancer, representing 25% of all cancer diagnoses. It's also one of the leading causes of childhood ...
Sep 10, 2021
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Health
High caffeine consumption may be associated with increased risk of blinding eye disease
Consuming large amounts of daily caffeine may increase the risk of glaucoma more than three-fold for those with a genetic predisposition to higher eye pressure according to an international, multi-center study. The research ...
Jun 7, 2021
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Food dyes may cause disease when the immune system is dysregulated, researchers report
Artificial food colorants can cause disease when the immune system has become dysregulated, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai researchers report. The study, published in Cell Metabolism in May, was the first to show ...
May 13, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New molecular mechanisms identified in chronic skin inflammation
Frequently occurring chronic skin inflammation like in atopic dermatitis (AD or neurodermatitis) and psoriasis have different causes such as genetic predisposition, stress or allergens. These frequently occurring skin diseases ...
Mar 5, 2021
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Health
Birthweight strongly linked to type 2 diabetes risk in adulthood
A birthweight of 2.5 kg or more is strongly linked to the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in adulthood, finds research published in the online journal BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care.
Mar 1, 2021
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Genetics
Scientists identify genetic risks of rare inflammatory disease
In a paper published today in the American Journal of Human Genetics, a group of international collaborators led by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine identified new genetic associations that ...
Dec 11, 2020
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Genetics
Multiple sclerosis as the flip side of immune fitness
About half of the people with multiple sclerosis have the HLA-DR15 gene variant. A study led by the University of Zurich has now shown how this genetic predisposition contributes to the development of the autoimmune disease ...
Oct 22, 2020
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Medications
Statins may reduce cancer risk through mechanisms separate to cholesterol
Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins may reduce cancer risk in humans through a pathway unrelated to cholesterol, says a study published today in eLife.
Oct 13, 2020
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