August 30, 2022
Are would-be parents carrying a genetic risk of serious illnesses that they could potentially pass on to their children? In the USA, doctors recommend that couples have genetic screening before trying to conceive. Researchers have now shown that a maximal variant of this test detects the risk in 44 percent of couples who are related by blood, and in just 5 percent of other couples. Non-hereditary newly acquired mutations are a major reason for the reduced detection rate in the latter.
Genetic testing before pregnancy detects up to half of the risk
August 30, 2022
Researchers have demonstrated how sensors that record movement patterns could help detect health problems in the elderly, including old-age depression, risk of falls or cognitive impairment, at an early stage. In the future, this could help seniors to live a self-determined life at home for longer and relieve increasing pressure on the healthcare system.
Sensor-based early detection of age-related diseases from home
August 30, 2022
Breast tissue features apparent on MRI are linked with future second breast cancer risk in women with a personal history of breast cancer, according to a new study.
August 30, 2022
Researchers have shown that a protein called fascin acts in the control center of cancer cells and influences their ability to repair themselves, grow and move, according to a new study.
Scientists reveal how key cancer target could halt cancer spread
August 30, 2022
Preeclampsia is a condition that affects the placenta during pregnancy and is dangerous for both the fetus and the mother. Scientists have proposed a new therapy, tested in two rodent models, that corrects the defects identified in placental cells, and restores placental and fetal weight. The treatment successfully lowers blood pressure in the mother and resolves the characteristic preeclampsia symptoms of excess protein in urine and cardiovascular abnormalities.
August 29, 2022
Heart attacks in women are more likely to be fatal than in men. The reasons are differences in age and in comorbidity burden which makes risk assessment in women a challenge. Researchers have now developed a novel artificial-intelligence-based risk score that improves personalized care for female patients with heart attacks.
Artificial Intelligence Improves Treatment in Women with Heart Attacks
August 29, 2022
Brief exposure with rapamycin has the same positive effects on lifespan and health in old age as a lifelong treatment, researchers show in fruit flies and mice. Rapamycin is currently the most promising anti-aging drug. To maximize the medicine's effectiveness, it is often administered for life. However, even at low doses used to prevent age-related decline, side effects can occur. Therefore, the shorter duration of treatment may make it more likely to be used in humans.
Brief exposure to rapamycin has the same anti-aging effects as lifelong treatment
August 27, 2022
An international research team presents the outcome of a thorough epidemiological investigation into possible links between nineteen of the most common autoimmune disorders and cardiovascular disease. The results of the study show that patients with autoimmune disease have a substantially higher risk (between 1.4 and 3.6 times depending on which autoimmune condition) of developing cardiovascular disease than people without an autoimmune disorder.
Autoimmune disorders increase risk of cardiovascular disease
August 26, 2022
About 50% of all mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) had elevated levels of depressive symptoms over 18 months, while rates were much lower (6% to 13.6%) for mothers with neurotypical children in the same period, researchers report.
Half of moms of kids with autism have high depressive symptoms
August 25, 2022
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found that a novel blood test can be used to easily evaluate disease severity in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and predict survivability. PAH is a rare, life-threatening condition that causes unexplained high blood pressure in the lungs. In early clinical studies, the researchers showed the test to significantly improve upon conventional tests, some of which use invasive tools.
Novel blood test helps evaluate severity in pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare lung disease
