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Category: 4. Health

  • Blood test may rule out future dementia risk

    Blood test may rule out future dementia risk

    Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have demonstrated how specific biomarkers in the blood can predict the development of dementia up to ten years before diagnosis, among older adults living independently in the community.

    A new study, published in Nature Medicine, has investigated the potential of specific biomarkers such as tau217, Neurofilament Light (NfL), and Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) to predict the occurrence of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, up to ten years…

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  • Smartwatch technology could help with future alcohol interventions

    Smartwatch technology could help with future alcohol interventions

    Alcohol harm costs NHS England £3.5 billion annually, with 70 people dying every day from alcohol-related causes in the UK1. According to new University of Bristol-led research smartwatches could provide a more accurate picture of people’s daily drinking habits than current methods. The technology could be a key element for future alcohol interventions.

    This study (‘AlcoWatch’) is the first to use recently developed smartwatch-based methods (referred to as micro Ecological Momentary…

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  • When it comes to obesity-related cancers, where you shop for food matters

    When it comes to obesity-related cancers, where you shop for food matters

    besity is at epidemic proportions in the United States where more than 40% of adults are obese and more than 70% are overweight. One common policy intervention to tackle this urgent issue is to try to improve diet quality by increasing local grocery stores that offer healthy options. However, this is not a silver bullet, but researchers are not sure why.

    A team of researchers developed a novel tool to help understand consumer behavior at the county level, and to study the relationship…

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  • Older adults experience similar or even less muscle damage than young adults after exercise

    Older adults experience similar or even less muscle damage than young adults after exercise

    Older adults experience less muscle soreness following exercise according to research which overturns the widespread belief that ageing muscles are less resilient.

    The study entitled “Advancing age is not associated with greater exercise-induced muscle damage” is published in the Journal of Ageing and Physical Activity (JAPA).

    Younger adults were categorised as between 18 to 25 and older adults more than 35 years old.

    The research co-authored by Lancaster University provides a comprehensive…

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  • Researchers use ‘smart’ bomb therapy to destroy breast cancer

    Researchers use ‘smart’ bomb therapy to destroy breast cancer

    A wife and husband professor team at Michigan State University are collaborating with researchers at the University of California, Riverside to create a new light-activated “smart” bomb to treat aggressive breast cancer.

    Sophia Lunt, an MSU professor in biochemistry and molecular biology in the College of Natural Science, and Richard Lunt, an MSU professor and Johansen-Crosby Endowed Professor in Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering, along with Vincent Lavallo, a professor of…

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  • Study strengthens link between shingles vaccine and lower dementia risk

    Study strengthens link between shingles vaccine and lower dementia risk

    An unusual public health policy in Wales may have produced the strongest evidence yet that a vaccine can reduce the risk of dementia. In a new study led by Stanford Medicine, researchers analyzing the health records of Welsh older adults discovered that those who received the shingles vaccine were 20% less likely to develop dementia over the next seven years than those who did not receive the vaccine.

    The remarkable findings, to be published April 2 in Nature, support an emerging theory that…

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  • World’s smallest pacemaker is activated by light

    World’s smallest pacemaker is activated by light

    Northwestern University engineers have developed a pacemaker so tiny that it can fit inside the tip of a syringe — and be non-invasively injected into the body.

    Although it can work with hearts of all sizes, the pacemaker is particularly well-suited to the tiny, fragile hearts of newborn babies with congenital heart defects.

    Smaller than a single grain of rice, the pacemaker is paired with a small, soft, flexible, wireless, wearable device that mounts onto a patient’s chest to control…

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  • Miso made in space tastes nuttier

    Miso made in space tastes nuttier

    Miso is a traditional Japanese condiment made by fermenting cooked soybeans and salt. In a study publishing April 2 in the Cell Press journal iScience, researchers successfully made miso on the International Space Station (ISS). They found that the miso smelled and tasted similar to miso fermented on Earth — just with a slightly nuttier, more roasted flavor. The team hopes this research will help broaden the culinary options available to astronauts, improving the quality of life for…

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  • Using everyday products during pregnancy can affect newborn’s metabolism, study finds

    Using everyday products during pregnancy can affect newborn’s metabolism, study finds

    A newly published study by researchers from Emory University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Columbia University found that a mother’s exposure to phthalates during pregnancy can affect their newborn’s metabolism and brain development.

    Phthalates are a group of widely used plasticizers commonly found in a variety of cosmetics and personal care products, such as shampoos, soaps, and detergents, as well as plastic food and beverage containers. Previous research showed…

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  • Rates of breast and colorectal cancer screening nearly four-fold higher than lung cancer screening among those eligible

    Rates of breast and colorectal cancer screening nearly four-fold higher than lung cancer screening among those eligible

    Lung cancer screening has the potential to catch lung cancer early and save lives — but only if people get screened. Although lung cancer screening is recommended in the U.S. for certain individuals with a history of smoking, only 18% of eligible individuals in the U.S. get screened. One suggested explanation has been that those eligible are resistant to receiving preventive healthcare, but a new study published in JAMAand led by researchers at Mass General Brigham indicates otherwise.

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