Genetics
Genes reveal clues about people's potential life expectancy
Scientists say they can predict whether a person can expect to live longer or die sooner than average, by looking at their DNA.
Jan 15, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Doctors should evaluate hand function in RA, systemic sclerosis
(HealthDay)—Assessment of hand function is an important component in the clinical evaluation of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic sclerosis (SSc), according to a study published online March 21 in the ...
Mar 30, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists develop scoring system to calculate prognosis for breast cancer patients
What if a simple genetic test could tell cancer patients what their odds of survival are? It's an approach that researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are developing, and they have ...
Mar 14, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Gene activity predicts progression of autoimmune disease, researchers find
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and six other institutions have designed a new diagnostic tool for a rare and deadly autoimmune disease that affects the skin and internal organs.
Dec 22, 2016
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Health
New study finds simplified nutritional labels spur healthier choices in grocery stores
When it comes to making healthier food purchases in our nation's grocery stores, the simpler the nutritional packaging is, the better. In fact, if one only has to look at a single number - a score that represents the nutritional ...
Feb 2, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Study suggests improvements in how mesothelioma is staged
A new study suggests that significant improvements could be made in the scoring system physicians use to estimate the stage (severity) of mesothelioma, an aggressive and deadly cancer.
Feb 2, 2016
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Surgery
Organ 'biological age' could predict transplant success
Factors regulating the biological age of a transplanted kidney (miles on the clock ) as opposed to the chronological age (calendar years) are key to determining how well it will work after transplantation, a new study has ...
Jan 14, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
New risk score for colorectal cancer, advanced polyps could guide selection of screening test for patients, physicians
Researchers at the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University School of Medicine have developed a new risk assessment scoring system that could help physicians judge which patients can forgo invasive colonoscopy testing ...
Sep 10, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
'Scoring system' may spot those in greatest need of colonoscopy
(HealthDay)— Colonoscopy can save lives, but experts agree that testing rates remain too low. Now, researchers say a special scoring system might point to those people at highest risk for colon cancer, who may need the ...
Aug 11, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
MRI scoring system IDs metastatic vertebral fractures
(HealthDay)—A novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scoring system can differentiate between osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVFs) and metastatic vertebral fractures (MVFs), according to a study published in the July ...
Jun 19, 2015
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