The risk of developing cardiovascular disease is lower in people with obesity who have a genetic predisposition for high BMI than people with obesity influenced mainly by environmental factors such as lifestyle, researchers ...
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(Medical Xpress)—Children who have an earlier onset of puberty have poorer mental health from as early as preschool age, a new study by Murdoch Childrens Research Institute has found.
Apr 2, 2013
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Schizophrenia causes hallucinations and memory or cognition problems inter alia. This psychiatric illness affects 0.5 percent of the general population, and it may be related to genetic abnormalities of chromosome 22, known ...
Jun 17, 2019
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Why are certain body parts more prone to skin diseases than others?
Sep 23, 2022
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People who live in regional or remote areas may be at lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, according to our recent research.
Jun 26, 2019
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A team of WA researchers has uncovered new genes that could play an important role in the development of sarcoma, a group of rare bone, muscle and connective tissue cancers.
Jun 11, 2019
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Frequent use of antibiotics may heighten the risk of inflammatory bowel disease—Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis—among adults over 40, suggests research published online in the journal Gut.
Jan 9, 2023
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Women with asthma suffer more often from preeclampsia (PE) and run a higher risk of giving birth to underweight babies. These and other complications during pregnancy and delivery can not be explained by hereditary or environmental ...
Oct 4, 2017
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EPFL scientists have created the first world map of regions with the highest prevalence of the hepatitis E virus (HEV). They hope that their map—freely available online—will help governments and NGOs design more effective ...
Jul 11, 2019
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A study, performed in mice and utilizing post-mortem samples of brains from patients with Alzheimer's disease, found that a single event of a moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) can disrupt proteins that regulate ...
Jul 24, 2012
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