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Study finds heightened risk of adverse financial outcomes prior to Alzheimer's diagnosis

Prior to an Alzheimer's diagnosis, a person in the early stages of the disease faces a heightened risk of adverse financial outcomes - a likely consequence of compromised decision making when managing money, in addition to exploitation and fraud by others.

25 Oct 2019

UK’s first AI coaching tool to help people with chronic conditions

In an unprecedented partnership, a digital social enterprise and four UK health charities are coming together to harness the power of artificial intelligence for good– creating the UK’s first AI coaching tool of its kind to support long term health conditions.

25 Oct 2019

NYU Langone Health launches new molecular assay to identify patients with brain tumors

NYU Langone Health and its Perlmutter Cancer Center have launched clinical whole genome DNA methylation profiling for patients with brain tumors.

24 Oct 2019

Unhealthy gut microbiome reduces brain synaptic pruning, impairs learning

A new study by Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell University has come up with more explanations of how gut microbes communicate with the brain neurons. The study, published in the journal Nature on October 23, 2019, examined the brains of mouse models and found that when the gut microbiome is significantly reduced, there are changes in gene expression in the brain’s microglial cells.

24 Oct 2019

New study finds gaps in treatment for patients with chronic kidney disease

Millions of Canadians living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may be going without critical testing from their primary care practitioners that would give them a good idea of the severity of the disease so they could intervene earlier with more appropriate care, according to a new study.

24 Oct 2019

Protein mutation that causes inflammatory bowel diseases becomes dysfunctional

A new study led by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital and the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Canada and Zhejiang University School of Medicine in China has uncovered why a protein mutation that causes inflammatory bowel diseases is dysfunctional.

24 Oct 2019

How does cancer look on day 1? Researchers collaborate to find out

Researchers from Britain and United States are working in collaboration to detect the earliest possible sign of cancer within the body and trace the alterations that lead to full blown cancer. This may help doctors detect cancer even before it is fully formed, the researchers hope.

24 Oct 2019

Study opens up array of options for developing treatments for cancer or autoimmune disorder

Immunologists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered key biological switches that control regulatory T cells--specialized white blood cells that keep the immune system in check.

24 Oct 2019

Study aims to learn more about silent infarction, cognitive decline linked to silent stroke

Can you have a stroke and not know it? Unfortunately, yes. It is a phenomenon called a silent stroke or, more formally, a silent cerebral infarction. Investigators at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Stanford University want to learn more about silent strokes and their role in brain health, including dementia.

24 Oct 2019

Metabolite profiling during diagnosis helps identify poor treatment outcomes in ALL

The survival of patients with pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has significantly improved in the last several decades. However, novel strategies to identify cases that are likely to respond poorly to treatment are still needed.

24 Oct 2019

Using machine learning on ultrasound images to predict risk of thyroid cancer

Thyroid nodules are small lumps that form within the thyroid gland and are quite common in the general population, with a prevalence as high as 67%. The great majority of thyroid nodules are not cancerous and cause no symptoms.

24 Oct 2019

Gene linked to schizophrenia likely confers risk for illness

Researchers have discovered in mice how one of the few genes definitively linked to schizophrenia, called SETD1A, likely confers risk for the illness. Mice genetically engineered to lack a functioning version of the enzyme-coding gene showed abnormalities in working memory, mimicking those commonly seen in schizophrenia patients.

24 Oct 2019

Breakthrough study suggests ways to develop treatments for rare genetic skin disease

A breakthrough has been made in understanding a rare genetic skin disease that causes progressively enlarging skin tumours over the scalp, face and body.

24 Oct 2019

Researchers identify potential approach to stop growth of common brain tumor in children

University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified a potential approach to stop the growth of the most common type of brain tumor in children.

24 Oct 2019

Mon4t, Henry Ford Health System jointly launch pilot study related to AI and Parkinson's disease

Henry Ford Health System and Montfort, an Israeli startup specializing in neurological disorders, have launched a pilot study related to artificial intelligence (AI) and Parkinson's disease. In 2018, Mon4t was the winner of Henry Ford Innovations' first AI challenge

24 Oct 2019

$5 million in federal funding to accelerate potential treatments for urea cycle disorders

An international research consortium co-led by Andrea L. Gropman, M.D., at Children's National Hospital has received $5 million in federal funding as part of an overall effort to better understand rare diseases and accelerate potential treatments to patients.

24 Oct 2019

Study reveals novel druggable driver gene in human gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Sarcomas - cancers that arise from transformed mesenchymal cells (a type of connective tissue) - are quite deadly. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are the most common human sarcoma and are initiated by activating mutations in the KIT receptor tyrosine kinase.

24 Oct 2019

Metacognitive therapy significantly reduces risk of relapse

Depression is one of the most common mental disorders worldwide. It affects both individuals and society as a whole, in the form of lost work productivity, high mortality and lower quality of life.

24 Oct 2019

Study: More than 300 million people affected worldwide by rare diseases

Rare diseases represent a global problem. Until now, the lack of data made it difficult to estimate their prevalence.

24 Oct 2019

Researchers receive $9.7 million NIH grant to study TBI and neurodegenerative diseases

An international team of experts led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Glasgow has been awarded a $9.7 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and National Institute for Aging to establish CONNECT-TBI--a program spanning 12 institutions which will study traumatic brain injury and related neurodegenerative diseases.

24 Oct 2019

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Study finds heightened risk of adverse financial outcomes prior to Alzheimer's diagnosis

UK’s first AI coaching tool to help people with chronic conditions

NYU Langone Health launches new molecular assay to identify patients with brain tumors

Unhealthy gut microbiome reduces brain synaptic pruning, impairs learning

New study finds gaps in treatment for patients with chronic kidney disease

Protein mutation that causes inflammatory bowel diseases becomes dysfunctional

How does cancer look on day 1? Researchers collaborate to find out

Study opens up array of options for developing treatments for cancer or autoimmune disorder

Study aims to learn more about silent infarction, cognitive decline linked to silent stroke

Metabolite profiling during diagnosis helps identify poor treatment outcomes in ALL

Using machine learning on ultrasound images to predict risk of thyroid cancer

Gene linked to schizophrenia likely confers risk for illness

Breakthrough study suggests ways to develop treatments for rare genetic skin disease

Researchers identify potential approach to stop growth of common brain tumor in children

Mon4t, Henry Ford Health System jointly launch pilot study related to AI and Parkinson's disease

$5 million in federal funding to accelerate potential treatments for urea cycle disorders

Study reveals novel druggable driver gene in human gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Metacognitive therapy significantly reduces risk of relapse

Study: More than 300 million people affected worldwide by rare diseases

Researchers receive $9.7 million NIH grant to study TBI and neurodegenerative diseases

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