Health
Buying a home? Research identifies 55 dangerous chemicals in building materials
The next time you purchase a new home, you might consider waiting a few weeks to move in.
Dec 7, 2021
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News tagged with risk model
Medical research
Endothelial proteins in plasma could reflect vascular health status
Endothelial cell dysfunction is a well-established response to cardiovascular disease risk factors, such as smoking and obesity. A new study from Karolinska Institutet show that an individual's cardiovascular disease risk ...
Dec 6, 2021
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Health
Study links high cholesterol, cardiovascular disease to plastics
Plastics, part of modern life, are useful but can pose a significant challenge to the environment and may also constitute a health concern. Indeed, exposure to plastic-associated chemicals, such as base chemical bisphenol ...
Dec 1, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Low-poverty US communities may eliminate cervical cancer by 2030 but high-poverty communities may lag behind
A predictive model estimated that cervical cancer may be virtually eliminated in the United States by 2030 in communities with low poverty rates, but not until 2044 in communities with high poverty rates, according to a study ...
Sep 9, 2021
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Radiology & Imaging
Researchers use deep learning to predict breast cancer risk
Compared with commonly used clinical risk factors, a sophisticated type of artificial intelligence (AI) called deep learning does a better job distinguishing between the mammograms of women who will later develop breast cancer ...
Sep 7, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
New findings on obesity and response to cancer therapy
Liza Makowski, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Medicine and the UTHSC Center for Cancer Research, has long been interested in how the immune system is altered by obesity and how this impacts cancer risk and treatment.
Jun 25, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study examines racial inequity in suicide prediction models
Models that can successfully predict suicides in a general population sample can perform poorly in some racial or ethnic groups, according to a study by Kaiser Permanente researchers published April 28 in JAMA Psychiatry.
Apr 28, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
New mouse model provides first platform to study late-onset Alzheimer's disease
University of California, Irvine biologists have developed a new genetically engineered mouse model, that unlike its predecessors, is based on the most common form of Alzheimer's disease. The advance holds promise for making ...
Apr 27, 2021
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
A 'skeletal age' calculator to predict bone fracture risk
Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have developed a computational model to calculate 'skeletal age', a personalized estimate of an individual's risk of bone fracture and premature death.
Feb 9, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
It's too soon for NZ to relax COVID-19 border restrictions for travellers from low-risk countries
Relaxing border restrictions for travelers from low COVID-19 risk countries would increase the risk of community cases in New Zealand by around 25%, says an article published today in the New Zealand Medical Journal.
Feb 5, 2021
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