(Medical Xpress) -- A new study has revealed the possibility of using a simple test for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, enabling the condition to be identified before significant and irreversible decline ...
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(Medical Xpress)—How skillful are you at remembering faces and names? Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are inviting the world to take part in an online experiment that will allow participants to see how ...
Oct 7, 2012
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Annual screenings of patients at high risk for lung cancer can catch tumors early and improve a patient's long-term prognosis. However, low-dose computer tomography (LDCT) has a high false-positive rate that can lead to unnecessary ...
Jul 13, 2022
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A new study of over 3000 people led by King's College London in collaboration with Lund University, has shown for the first time that a single biomarker can accurately indicate the presence of underlying neurodegeneration ...
Jun 7, 2021
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A new national study at the University of Adelaide is investigating how people can mentally prepare themselves to influence their dreams.
Jan 7, 2015
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The average medication contains a mix of eight "inactive" ingredients added to pills to make them taste better, last longer, and stabilize the active ingredients within. Some of those additives are now getting a closer look ...
Mar 18, 2020
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The sound environment is extremely dense, which is why the brain has to adapt and implement filtering mechanisms that allow it to hold its attention on the most important elements and save energy. When two identical sounds ...
Sep 6, 2019
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Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed an algorithm that combines data from a simple blood test and brief memory tests, to predict with great accuracy who will develop Alzheimer's disease in the future. The ...
May 24, 2021
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Researchers have developed a new way of improving diagnosis of bipolar disorder that uses a simple blood test to identify biomarkers associated with the condition.
Oct 25, 2023
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In a discovery that could hasten treatment for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), UC San Francisco scientists have discovered a harbinger in the blood of some people who later went on to develop the disease.
Apr 19, 2024
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