Biomarker discovered for most common form of heart failure A team led by a Cedars-Sinai physician-scientist has discovered a biomarker—a protein found in the blood—for the most common type of heart failure, a new study published today in JAMA Cardiology shows. Oct 31, 2018 0 18
PAPPA2: A genetic mystery What would happen if you suddenly stopped growing at age 12 or 13? Oct 31, 2018
Lyme disease predicted to rise in United States as climate warms Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in North America and its incidence has risen sharply in the last decade. Since its progression depends on environmental factors, increases in daily temperatures, a manifestation ... Oct 31, 2018 0 0
Study says life span normal when Parkinson's does not affect thinking In the past, researchers believed that Parkinson's disease did not affect life expectancy. But recent studies showed a somewhat shorter life span. Now a new study suggests that when the disease does not affect thinking skills ... Oct 31, 2018 0 15
USPSTF: evidence lacking for lead screen in kids, pregnancy (HealthDay)—The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has concluded that current evidence is insufficient for assessing the balance of harms and benefits of screening for elevated blood lead levels in asymptomatic ... Oct 31, 2018 0 1
A comprehensive 'parts list' of the brain built from its components, the cells Neuroscientists at the Allen Institute have moved one step closer to understanding the complete list of cell types in the brain. In the most comprehensive study of its kind to date, published today on the cover of the journal ... Oct 31, 2018 0 14
Is it brain infection or cancer? A new rapid test could hold the answer When patients present with neurologic symptoms such as severe headaches or seizures, the symptoms could suggest anything from infection, cancer, or an autoimmune disease of the brain or spinal cord, leaving physicians scrambling ... Oct 31, 2018 0 53
Study safely delivers RNAi-based gene therapy for ALS in animal model Promising new research by Christian Mueller, Ph.D., and Robert H. Brown Jr., DPhil, MD, at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, provides evidence that a therapy using synthetic microRNAs may safely treat patients ... Oct 31, 2018 0 118
Unique type of skeletal stem cells found in 'resting zone' are actually hard at work Skeletal stem cells are valuable because it's thought they can heal many types of bone injury, but they're difficult to find because researchers don't know exactly what they look like or where they live. Oct 31, 2018 0 102
Review reveals ambiguous understanding of genetic privacy in US study participants Confusion and ambiguity in how U.S. patients and researchers perceive genetic privacy is uncovered by a study published October 31, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Ellen W. Clayton from Vanderbilt University and ... Oct 31, 2018 0 19