Researchers from The University of Queensland and The Alfred hospital in Melbourne have identified gene variants which may contribute to people being at higher risk for nodular melanoma.
Oct 4, 2023
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New research being presented at this year's Annual Meeting of The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Hamburg (2–6 Oct) finds that cigarette smoking increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes ...
Oct 3, 2023
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The reasons why people attempt suicide are complex and include external triggers like trauma and stress, as well as inherited genetic factors. A new study published online on October 1 in the American Journal of Psychiatry ...
Oct 2, 2023
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Forget walking 10,000 steps a day. Taking at least 50 steps climbing stairs each day could significantly slash your risk of heart disease, according to a new study from Tulane University.
Sep 28, 2023
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Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease, often with onset during childhood, that requires lifelong insulin therapy due to the loss of pancreatic beta-cells.
Sep 21, 2023
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Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a major infectious disease worldwide and contributes to high mortality and massive economic burden. Hospital mortality among the severe CAP (SCAP) remains high, ranging from 25% to more ...
Sep 21, 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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Studying genes in families with a propensity for certain diseases has led to many critical advances in medicine, including the discovery of statins in family members who suffered heart attacks at an early age.
Sep 19, 2023
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Having a genetic cause of high cholesterol increases the risk of heart disease more than having high cholesterol levels alone, a Geisinger-led study has found.
Sep 18, 2023
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A large number of drugs used to treat everything from multiple sclerosis to blood cancers to rheumatoid arthritis may cause a rare but often-fatal condition called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML).
Sep 13, 2023
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