People who endured childhood adversity, like abuse or neglect, were more likely to be hospitalized or die from COVID-19 in adulthood, a new University of Pittsburgh study found. Specifically, higher self-reported childhood ...
Nov 3, 2023
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University of Queensland researchers have shown that endometriosis and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) share genetic risk factors, explaining why patients with one condition may also have the other.
Oct 26, 2023
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The journal Nature has published the results of the world's largest and most comprehensive study on the effects of common genetic variation on proteins circulating in the blood and how these associations can contribute to ...
Oct 4, 2023
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In an article revealed in Nature, scientists from deCODE Genetics, a subsidiary of the pharmaceutical company Amgen, demonstrated how plasma proteomics can contribute to a better understanding of diseases.
Oct 4, 2023
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A new wearables study tracking over 25,000 people provides the best evidence yet that short bouts of incidental activity, the kind we do as part of daily living, could reduce risk of heart attack, stroke and even premature ...
Sep 28, 2023
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In 2013, actress Angelina Jolie wrote an op-ed where she revealed she'd undergone a double mastectomy. Although Jolie didn't have breast cancer, a genetic test had revealed she carried a genetic mutation that her doctors ...
Sep 21, 2023
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Shorter telomeres on the ends of white blood cell chromosomes may signal a heightened dementia risk, suggest the results of a large, long-term study published online in the journal General Psychiatry.
Sep 12, 2023
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A new dementia risk score, which draws on 11 mostly modifiable risk factors, identifies people at risk—from midlife onward—of developing the disease within the next 14 years, suggests a large long term study published ...
Aug 25, 2023
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How can we best keep our brains fit as we grow older? It's well known that regular cognitive activity, for example, brain teasers, sudoku, or certain video games in middle and old age, tends to protect against cognitive decline ...
Aug 23, 2023
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New research led by University of New South Wales Sydney's Center for Healthy Brain Aging (CHeBA) finds that genetic risk for higher blood pressure even in those in their 40s and 50s may contribute to poorer cognitive function.
Aug 17, 2023
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