Common gene variant doubles dementia risk for men, study suggests
New research has found that men who carry a common genetic variant are twice as likely to develop dementia in their lifetime compared to women.
May 30, 2025
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Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases: News and Research on Metal Metabolism, Inborn Errors
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Hard evidence of soft teeth: The oral symptoms of hypophosphatasia
Hypophosphatasia is a relatively common skeletal disease that primarily affects bone and tooth strength. In the third national dental survey of hypophosphatasia in Japan, recently published in Scientific Reports, researchers ...
Mar 10, 2025
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Allowing hemochromatosis patients to donate their blood rather than having it discarded
Thousands of people globally with an iron disorder have their blood regularly thrown out—Australian research shows it can be used to save lives
Feb 18, 2025
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Gene therapy may be 'one-shot stop' for rare bone disease
For the last 10 years, the only effective treatment for hypophosphatasia (HPP) has been an enzyme replacement therapy that must be delivered by injection three to six times each week.
Feb 3, 2025
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GLP1RA could drugs lower high iron levels, study finds
GLP1RA agonists have been increasing in popularity for treating obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Sep 24, 2024
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Review focuses on diseases associated with subnormal serum liver enzyme levels
Liver diseases are commonly diagnosed using serum enzyme assays, particularly for aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), and 5'-nucleotidase ...
Jul 2, 2024
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Genetic condition hemochromatosis linked to higher levels of disease in older people
A large-scale study has found that some people whose genetics are linked to the common iron overload condition hemochromatosis have substantially greater levels of liver, musculoskeletal and brain disease than previously ...
Mar 13, 2024
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Low liver awareness among the public
Liver doctors tell us that the general public's level of knowledge about the liver is surprisingly low. A study confirms this.
Dec 27, 2023
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Studies show potential of AI-powered language assessment for cognitive and motor disorders
A research team led by Prof. Li Hai from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has completed their research in the field of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered language assessment for ...
Aug 17, 2023
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Pushing the boundaries of treatment for Wilson disease
Uyen To, MD, assistant professor of medicine (digestive diseases) and transplant hepatologist, discusses how she first became interested in studying Wilson disease, the wide spectrum of symptoms caused by the rare condition, ...
May 11, 2023
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