Diabetes drug may reverse Alzheimer’s symptoms A new study finds a diabetes drug known as a triple receptor "significantly reversed the memory deficit" in mice with Alzheimer’s. The new findings could help more than 5 million Americans who live with Alzheimer’s. Drinking sweetened drinks — like soda — could increase your chance of developing a certain […]
In adults of middle age with lung disease are at higher risk of developing dementia or cognitive impairment in the future, say researchers in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine American thoracic society (American Thoracic Society). Prevention of dementia is a public health priority, and previous studies have shown that poor health […]
Depression is a common disorder for which cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is the recommended treatment for most patients. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have now studied how genetic factors relate to differences in outcome of CBT in 894 people with depression, and show for the first time how genetic risk scores is associated with […]
A large American Cancer Society study links social isolation with a higher risk of death from all causes combined and heart disease for all races studied, and with increased cancer mortality in white men and women. The study, appearing in the American Journal of Epidemiology, says addressing social isolation holds promise if studies show interventions […]
New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) shows that children who are larger than average at birth (large for gestational age or LGA) and born to mothers with gestational diabetes are almost three times as likely to be obese as children born a normal size […]
For patients who take medication to treat hypothyroidism, being treated with too much medication can lead to an increased risk of atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder associated with stroke, a new study of more than 174,000 patients has found. The findings were presented by researchers from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in […]
Smoking, diabetes and high blood pressure increase the risk of myocardial infarction in women to a greater extent than men. It pokazanova research of the Institute of global health of George’s at the University of Oxford (George Institute for Global Health at the University of Oxford). Data processing 472 000 participants aged 40-69 years showed […]
Androgen deprivation therapy was associated with a 72 percent higher risk of heart failure in a study of patients with prostate cancer. In the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study, incidence rates of heart failure per 100 person-years within a 1-year follow-up period were 4.00 and 1.89 for androgen deprivation therapy users and nonusers, respectively. (A […]
Researchers have identified a genetic variation that may influence chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) disease severity. TMEM106B is one of the first genes to be implicated in CTE. It may partially explain why some athletes present with severe CTE symptoms while others are less affected despite similar levels of head trauma. The study provides preliminary evidence […]