Medications
Antiepileptic drugs tied to incident Parkinson disease
Antiepileptic drugs are associated with incident Parkinson disease, according to a study published online Dec. 27 in JAMA Neurology.
Jan 4, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
Study finds a concerning association between BMI and the adolescent brain
Obesity is a growing epidemic in children and adults. A large national study published in the International Journal of Obesity now finds that preteens carrying excess weight have notable differences in cognitive performance, ...
Apr 26, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Predicting suicide risk with the Oxford Mental Illness and Suicide (OxMIS) model
Researchers at the University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, U.K., looking into a suicide prevention tool have published a paper titled "Predicting suicide risk in 137,112 people with severe mental illness in Finland: external ...
Oncology & Cancer
Putting liquid biopsies on solid ground: Cancer diagnosis from a milliliter of blood
Blood tests—simple, noninvasive and economically feasible—promise to become the next major milestone in cancer diagnosis. However, most of these tests, dubbed liquid biopsies, are currently not reliable enough for widespread ...
Oct 12, 2022
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Cardiology
Artificial intelligence–based method predicts risk of atrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation—an irregular and often rapid heart rate—is a common condition that often leads to the formation of clots in the heart that can travel to the brain to cause a stroke. As described in a study published ...
Nov 15, 2021
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Neuroscience
New tracking method enables measurement of neuronal activity during the movement of individual body parts
A team led by Artur Schneider and Prof. Dr. Ilka Diester from the Institute of Biology III and Prof. Dr. Thomas Brox from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Freiburg have developed a new system that records ...
May 31, 2022
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Health
Artificial intelligence holds promise in medicine
(HealthDay)—Artificial intelligence (AI) in health care offers opportunities for early detection and triage, diagnostics and personalized medicine, and medical decision-making, according to an article published in Managed ...
Aug 28, 2018
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
New study challenges the idea that early Parkinson's disease causes cognitive dysfunction
Like many neurodegenerative diseases, Parkinson's disease (PD) is a thief that hacks into human operating systems and corrupts their cognitive hard drives until they can no longer control their movements or perform activities ...
Apr 19, 2023
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Genetics
Researchers clarify role of blood cell mutations in disease
More than 10% of older adults develop somatic (non-inherited) mutations in blood stem cells that can trigger explosive, clonal expansions of abnormal cells, increasing the risk for blood cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Feb 8, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New software aims to speed and improve identification of DNA variations that lead to cancer
For years, researchers have been trying to quickly and accurately identify the parts of DNA that lead to genetic disorders like cancer. A new software tool from researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder could improve ...
Apr 13, 2022
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