Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How too much drinking harms the liver
As Americans stepped up their drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic, liver disease and transplants surged.
Apr 18, 2022
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Surgery
Sharp tools reduce infection risk in bone surgeries
Researchers at Auckland University of Technology's BioDesign Lab and the University of Auckland's Department of Surgery have uncovered a link between the sharpness of surgical implements and the risk of post-surgery infection.
Feb 3, 2022
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Surgery
Developing bioactive coatings for better orthopaedic implants
Bioactive coatings play a vital role in the success of implants such as those for knees or hips, because their properties induce a biological response that is good for the health. Ph.D. student Imran Deen and Professor Federico ...
Dec 22, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Amyloid deposits in eyes provide a peek at Alzheimer's disease risk
Amyloid plaques are protein deposits that collect between brain cells, hindering function and eventually leading to neuronal death. They are considered a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and the focus of multiple investigations ...
Aug 23, 2021
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Medical research
Model explains how charged biopolymers enhance protein clustering in amyloid diseases
Amyloid diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, type-2 diabetes and other life-threatening diseases, involve pathologic deposits of normally soluble proteins or peptides as insoluble amyloid fibrils. When this happens ...
Jun 28, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Amyloid deposits not associated with depression in the elderly
Depression in elderly people can include symptoms such as memory loss, making it hard to distinguish from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. A signature of Alzheimer's is accumulation of ...
Sep 23, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Can seniors handle results of Alzheimer's risk tests?
(HealthDay)—As researchers hone in on ways to detect whether someone has a high risk of developing Alzheimer's disease before they have any symptoms, mental health professionals have worried what the psychological fallout ...
Aug 11, 2020
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Cardiology
Coronary calcium scoring: Personalized preventive care for those most at risk
Your doctor tells you that you need a statin to lower your cholesterol and reduce your heart attack risk. You don't like taking medicine and your friend tells you that he had achy muscles after he started a statin. You wonder ...
Jul 6, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Researchers identify correlation between MBI and Alzheimer's
In recent years, scientists have conducted more than 100 clinical trials in the hopes of finding new indicators capable of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease prior to the manifestation of clinical symptoms such as memory loss. ...
Apr 8, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Sleep-disordered breathing tied to brain changes
(HealthDay)—Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is associated with changes in the brain, including amyloid deposition in brain regions typically involved in Alzheimer disease, according to a study published online March 23 ...
Mar 24, 2020
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