Archive: 01/07/2016

Calculator can predict psychosis risk

An individual's risk for developing psychosis can be measured as accurately as a prognosis for heart disease and cancer, according to a new Yale-led study published July 1 in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

Jul 1, 2016

New food labels show appetite for change

New federal government country of origin food labels are a good start, but there is plenty of scope to go even further according to a University of Queensland researcher.

Jul 1, 2016

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Tracking brain atrophy in MS could become routine, thanks to new software

The loss of brain tissue, called brain atrophy, is a normal part of aging, but multiple sclerosis (MS) accelerates the process. Such atrophy is a critical indicator of physical and cognitive decline in MS, yet because measuring ...

Jul 1, 2016

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Early-onset Alzheimer's—should you worry?

You have forgotten where you put your car keys, or you can't seem to remember the name of your colleague you saw in the grocery store the other day. You fear the worst, that maybe these are signs of Alzheimer's disease.

Jul 1, 2016

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New insights for personalized cancer treatment

Doctors increasingly work with large quantities of digitized patient data – and yet the insights it contains often remain unexploited. Fraunhofer researchers have developed a software program that allows doctors to extract ...

Jul 1, 2016

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Explainer: What are women's options for giving birth?

For many women, getting pregnant is the easy part. After that line appears on the pregnancy test, it can be difficult to work out who to visit for care, and where you should have your baby.

Jul 1, 2016

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New genetic findings help explain inherited predisposition to myeloma

Researchers have identified eight new genetic variations in the human genome that could be linked to an increased risk of developing myeloma. The findings provide additional evidence and build on existing research that suggests ...

Jul 1, 2016

New discovery in connectome dynamics

From diffusion tensor imaging data of the Human Connectome Project, it is possible today to construct hundreds of graphs mapping the cerebral connections of a human subject. Each of these graphs has 1015 vertices and several ...

Jul 1, 2016