April 26, 2022
New research has identified a blood biomarker that could help identify people with the earliest signs of dementia, even before the onset of symptoms.
New research identifies blood biomarker for predicting dementia before symptoms develop
April 26, 2022
An artificial intelligence (AI) tool can accurately predicted who would develop pancreatic cancer based on what their CT scan images looked like years prior to being diagnosed with the disease. The findings may help prevent death through early detection of one of the most challenging cancers to treat.
April 26, 2022
Genetic risk factors and diet quality are independently associated with type 2 diabetes; a healthy diet is linked to lower diabetes risk across all levels of genetic risk. That's the conclusion of a study of more than 35,000 U.S. adults.
Poor diet associated with increased diabetes risk across all gradients of genetic risk
April 26, 2022
Cognitive development in children could be affected regardless of which biological parent has type 1 diabetes, according to a new study. The research shows for the first time that having a parent with a chronic disease like type 1 diabetes may be associated with lower school performance rather than maternal high blood sugar during fetal development.
Parental type 1 diabetes can affect children's cognitive development
April 26, 2022
A study is the first to examine if sex significantly affects cognitive outcomes in people who follow individually-tailored, multi-domain clinical interventions. The study also determined whether change in risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD), along with blood markers of AD risk, also were affected by sex. Results showed that while care in an Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic setting is equally effective at improving cognitive function in both women and men, the personally-tailored interventions used by the researchers led to greater improvements in women compared to men across AD and CVD disease risk scales, as well blood biomarkers of risk such as blood sugar, LDL cholesterol, and the diabetes test HbA1C. Findings are important because women are disproportionately affected by AD and population-attributable risk models suggest that managing risk factors can prevent up to one-third of dementia cases.
When it comes to preventing Alzheimer's, women respond better than men
April 25, 2022
Researchers are studying why neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as apathy and irritability, appear in most Alzheimer's disease patients before the onset of memory loss.
Researchers investigate connection between loss of motivation and Alzheimer's disease progression
April 25, 2022
Yoon Yeo of Purdue University's College of Pharmacy and College of Engineering leads a team developing biocompatible nanoparticles that treat sepsis systemically through intravenous injection.
Purdue researchers develop patent-pending IV injection treatment for sepsis
April 24, 2022
A randomized trial(link is external) evaluated the consumption of broccoli seed and sprouts extract (BSSE) and their ability to reduce the risk of tobacco-related cancers, specifically regarding head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). HNSCC can occur in the mouth, nasal cavity, nasopharynx, larynx, or hypopharynx, and can spread to other parts of the body such as the lungs or lymph nodes.
April 22, 2022
Genetics and other factors that can determine if a woman is at risk for a recurrence of breast cancer have been identified, providing new research avenues for preventing a new tumor from developing.
New factors that can predict breast cancer recurrence defined
April 21, 2022
One of the exciting areas of cancer prevention research is the development of noninvasive tests that may have the potential to easily and accurately determine whether and where in the body a person has early-stage cancer. And not just for a single cancer but for many cancers. Over the last several years, remarkable progress has been made on this front.
Screening for Many Cancers with One Test: Uncertainty Abounds
