Diabetes

Protein reveals diabetes risk many years in advance

When a patient is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, the disease has usually already progressed over several years and damage to areas such as blood vessels and eyes has already taken place. To find a test that indicates who ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Immune response may link social rejection to later health outcomes

(Medical Xpress)—No matter which way you look at it, rejection hurts. Experiencing rejection from a boss, a friend, or a partner is difficult enough for many adults to handle. But adolescents, who are dealing with the one-two ...

Immunology

Research gives new insight into coeliac disease

For the first time, scientists have visualised an interaction between gluten and T-cells of the immune system, providing insight into how coeliac disease, which affects approximately 1 in 133 people, is triggered.

Cardiology

More white blood cells in cardiac patients with depression

(Medical Xpress)—Cardiac patients suffering from depression are at greater risk for new cardiac events or cardiac death than patients without depression. It is still unclear which underlying mechanisms play a role in this ...

Inflammatory disorders

Study gives new insight on inflammation

Scientists' discovery of an important step in the body's process for healing wounds may lead to a new way of treating inflammation.

Oncology & Cancer

Targeting inflammation to prevent, treat cancers

Researchers at the Georgia Health Sciences University Cancer Center have identified a gene that disrupts the inflammatory process implicated in liver cancer.

Medical research

FDA clears test for mastocytosis diagnosis

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new test to help physicians diagnose a group of rare cell disorders. The test, or assay, was developed by an expert at Virginia Commonwealth University in the field of mast ...

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