News tagged with risk assessments
New prostate cancer test improves risk assessment
(Medical Xpress)—A new genomic test for prostate cancer can help predict whether men are more likely to harbor an aggressive form of the disease, according to a new UC San Francisco study. The test, which improves risk ...
Cancer
May 08, 2013 |
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New test methods can reduce the amount of animal testing
Making more use of in-vitro testing, the upcoming 21st-century scientific fields known as 'omics' sciences and developing smart test strategies can clearly reduce the amount of essential animal testing. This ...
Medical research
May 07, 2013 |
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US health authorities in bird flu vaccine effort
US health authorities are liaising with domestic and international partners to develop a vaccine for the H7N9 bird flu virus that has killed five people in China.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 05, 2013 |
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Cell-cycle progression panel identifies prostate cancer risk
(HealthDay)—The cell-cycle progression (CCP) gene panel is useful to improve the risk stratification for men with even low-risk, clinically localized prostate cancer, according to research published online ...
Cancer
Mar 28, 2013 |
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Scholar looks to genes to make sense of the dollars you invest
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers say how much risk you're willing to take in your investments may be linked to genetics. The results may help investors understand how emotions affect their choices.
Genetics
Mar 05, 2013 |
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New UN report on hormone-disrupting chemicals
An international team of scientific experts has expressed great concern about the effect of increasing exposure of humans and animals to hormone-disrupting substances. This comes in a new report commissioned ...
Health
Feb 20, 2013 |
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Researchers develop automated breast density test linked to cancer risk
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., have developed a novel computer algorithm to easily quantify a major risk factor for breast cancer based on analysis of a screening ...
Cancer
Feb 01, 2013 |
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Researchers find certain kind of brain damage can cause people to be more reckless with investments
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers from several universities in Europe has found that human test subjects with a damaged portion of their brain were likely to invest more money in a risky trustee than ...
Neuroscience
Jan 22, 2013 |
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Study shows heart calcium scan predictive of diabetes-related death from cardiovascular disease
People with Type 2 diabetes have two to four times the risk of cardiovascular disease compared to people without the disease. The best way for doctors to predict which diabetes patients are at the greatest risk for heart ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 20, 2012 |
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Patients with severe back pain who quit smoking report less pain than patients who continue to smoke
For years, research has shown a link between smoking and an increased risk for low back pain, intervertebral (spine) disc disease, and inferior patient outcomes following surgery. A new study, published in the December 2012 ...
Health
Dec 05, 2012 |
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New software to detect overdose risk among drug users
A new e-health tool that could help reduce the number of drug-related deaths in Europe will be launched in Brussels today.
Medications
Nov 29, 2012 |
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Scientists identify depression and anxiety biomarker in youths
Scientists have discovered a cognitive biomarker – a biological indicator of a disease – for young adolescents who are at high risk of developing depression and anxiety. Their findings were published today, 28 November, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 28, 2012 |
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Letter from doctor boosts cholesterol medication use
In a new study, Northwestern Medicine researchers found that patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) are more likely to receive a prescription for cholesterol-lowering medication, and to achieve lower long-term ...
Health
Nov 15, 2012 |
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Genotyping IDs long-term risk of macular degeneration
(HealthDay)—Genotyping of two genetic risk alleles can be used to estimate the long-term risk of early and late age-related macular degeneration (AMD), but knowing the phenotype is important in assessing ...
Ophthalmology
Nov 13, 2012 |
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WHO: 107 dead from yellow fever in Darfur, Sudan
(AP)—A yellow fever outbreak in Sudan's Darfur region has killed 107 people in the last six weeks, the World Health Organization reported Tuesday, warning that the disease could spread all over the country.
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Nov 13, 2012 |
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