• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released findings that genes influence susceptibility to HIV infection and progression to AIDS. (wikipedia.org)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 37 million people are living with CKD in the U.S., making it the 8th leading cause of death in the country. (medicalxpress.com)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cannot attest to the accuracy of a non-federal website. (cdc.gov)
  • I'm Commander Ibad Khan and I'm representing the Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity COCA with the Emergency Risk Communication Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
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  • I emailed Peter Cegielski, the team leader for drug-resistant TB at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the senior author on the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report publication. (cdc.gov)
  • Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released troubling statistics on the growing epidemic of drug and opioid overdose deaths in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • NIOSH's sister agency at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), has released draft opioid prescribing guidelines and has invited public comment through January 13, 2016. (cdc.gov)
  • Researchers have identified a potential explanation for why some patients with cystic fibrosis experience faster disease progression, finding that patients with cytomegalovirus had earlier times to lung transplant referral and reaching final stages of disease. (ajmc.com)
  • We know that cystic fibrosis patients are more likely to develop lung infections, so it's possible that repeated cycles of activation of the virus exaggerates the damage to patients' lungs, contributing to faster disease progression. (ajmc.com)
  • AD patients with most prominently non-memory impairment show faster disease progression and higher risk of mortality than patients with most prominently memory impairment. (nih.gov)
  • Adults infected with a strain of HIV already resistant to one or more anti-HIV drugs do not experience faster disease progression than those infected with wild-type virus, according to a study in the January 1 edition of the journal AIDS, AIDSmap.com reports. (advocate.com)
  • Excess synaptic glutamate has long been known as a source of nerve damage in neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS, Parkinson s, and multiple sclerosis. (webwire.com)
  • Scientists have discovered a genetic variant that appears to predict faster symptom progression in people with multiple sclerosis. (everydayhealth.com)
  • For the first time ever, researchers have identified a genetic variant that may help predict faster symptom progression - and thus, more rapid declines in mobility and independence - in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) . (everydayhealth.com)
  • Results from the multicenter SET study suggest that smoking, response to Epstein Barr virus, and other environmental factors contribute to disease progression in multiple sclerosis. (hcplive.com)
  • The first demyelinating event represents a crucial opportunity for the understanding of factors involved in conversion to multiple sclerosis (MS). Environmental factors in clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) have not been extensively investigated prospectively and their role in the MS disease course and progression is not well-characterized. (hcplive.com)
  • Neurologists and researchers are similar to explorers, who use various techniques to understand what underlies multiple sclerosis (MS) and its progression. (roche.co.nz)
  • Silent progression in disease activity-free relapsing multiple sclerosis. (roche.co.nz)
  • NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) - A pair of newly published studies has established a potential role for specific gut bacteria in the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), suggesting therapeutic targeting of the microbiota as a potential treatment for the disease. (genomeweb.com)
  • Chronic exposure to toxins has been seen as an environmental factor that may increase the risk of developing a neurodegenerative disease such as AD. (wellnessresources.com)
  • however, to date, no studies have examined the association between the virus and deterioration in chronic respiratory disease. (ajmc.com)
  • Soper added that disease state-dependent risk assessment also can apply to many other acute and chronic diseases beyond COVID-19, which have thus far largely been assessed only with static data and modeling techniques. (llnl.gov)
  • What are the effects of oral adsorbents in delaying progression or preventing chronic kidney disease? (cochrane.org)
  • Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global public health problem. (cochrane.org)
  • Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a worldwide public health problem which is at high increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and renal failure. (cochrane.org)
  • In a new study looking at the long-term effects of hospitalized patients who have acute kidney injury (AKI), a sudden but temporary loss of kidney function, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers found that higher levels of certain biomarkers in urine and blood can predict a patient's risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD). (medicalxpress.com)
  • About 20% of hospitalized patients develop AKI and have a three- to eight-fold increased risk of developing chronic kidney disease later on in life," says Chirag Parikh, director of the Division of Nephrology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the study's corresponding author. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has grown in incidence to become the most common chronic liver disease worldwide [1] and is projected to surpass alcoholic liver disease as the leading cause of liver transplantation in the United States by 2030 [2]. (termedia.pl)
  • The analysis included 3,862 statin users with chronic liver disease who had not yet developed cirrhosis. (realhealthmag.com)
  • Statin users were matched with chronic liver disease patients who did not need a statin. (realhealthmag.com)
  • The researchers followed the cohort for 14 years to see whether chronic liver disease progressed to cirrhosis, liver cancer, liver transplantation or liver-related death. (realhealthmag.com)
  • Among individuals with non-cirrhotic chronic liver disease, incident statin use was linked to lower rates of severe liver disease, suggesting a potential disease-modifying role," wrote the researchers. (realhealthmag.com)
  • METHODS: TRIM22 exons three and four were sequenced by Sanger sequencing and single nucleotide polymorphisms were associated with markers of disease progression (CD4+ T-cell count and HIV viral load) and clinical indicators of advanced HIV disease (presence of stunting and chronic diarrhoea). (lu.se)
  • Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic disease that can be progressive. (creakyjoints.org)
  • Chronic active, or slowly expanding, lesions correlate with MS progression and can also occur without active breakdown of the blood-brain barrier. (roche.co.nz)
  • Background: Hypertension and proteinuria are critically involved in the progression of chronic kidney disease. (gla.ac.uk)
  • We aimed to determine whether the renal protective benefits of mineralocorticoid antagonists outweigh the risk of hyperkalaemia associated with this treatment in patients with chronic kidney disease. (gla.ac.uk)
  • Methods: We conducted a meta-analysis investigating renoprotective effects and risk of hyperkalaemia in trials of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in chronic kidney disease. (gla.ac.uk)
  • Asthma is a heterogeneous disease characterized by airway chronic inflammation together with airway hyperresponsiveness 1 . (nature.com)
  • Multicolor COBRA-FISH analysis of chronic myeloid leukemia reveals novel cryptic balanced translocations during disease progression. (lu.se)
  • The percentage of the community members (Adults and school children) who practice the physical activity as per the WHO definition of the Stepwise Surveillance System for chronic diseases. (who.int)
  • NCDs, namely cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases, are largely preventable by addressing the four common modifiable risk factors - tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity. (who.int)
  • CVDs), cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs), are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. (who.int)
  • Plasma levels of phosphorylated tau at threonine 181 (p-tau181) may provide a means of monitoring disease progression for patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), new research suggests. (medscape.com)
  • Cognitively unimpaired participants responded to the Preclinical Alzheimer Cognitive Composite, a measure designed to detect early cognitive changes in cognitively normal patients with Alzheimer's disease pathology. (medscape.com)
  • Researchers measured brain activity in patients with Parkinson's disease and 2 Parkinson's-like disorders over a year. (nih.gov)
  • The team enrolled 46 patients with Parkinson's disease, 13 with MSA, 19 with PSP, and 34 healthy controls. (nih.gov)
  • Clinical trials for Parkinson's disease have long relied on observing whether a therapy improves patients' symptoms, but such studies reveal little about how the treatment affects the underlying progressive neurodegeneration. (nih.gov)
  • By measuring the activity of genes in tiny skin samples, the researchers were able to predict disease progression in patients as much as a year earlier than clinicians who used standard methods for evaluating patients. (stanford.edu)
  • Many patients are given drugs that are approved for use in other diseases, but each drug is clinically effective in only a fraction of patients. (stanford.edu)
  • In this study, we further evaluated the safety, efficacy, and effect on radiographic progression of etanercept in patients with PsA. (nih.gov)
  • Etanercept reduced joint symptoms, improved psoriatic lesions, inhibited radiographic progression, and was well tolerated in patients with PsA. (nih.gov)
  • Patients with cystic fibrosis who had cytomegalovirus had earlier times to lung transplant referral and reaching final stages of disease. (ajmc.com)
  • The virus is most notable for causing visceral disease in immune-suppressed patients, as well as congenital infections. (ajmc.com)
  • The researchers also looked at patients' sex, body mass index, education, and presence of other infections and genetic traits, determining that cytomegalovirus was the most significant factor in disease progression. (ajmc.com)
  • To assess the association between vitamin D deficiency and tuberculosis disease progression, we studied vitamin D levels in a cohort of tuberculosis patients and their contacts (N = 129) in Pakistan. (cdc.gov)
  • We included 1,066 probable AD patients from the Amsterdam Dementia Cohort (n = 290), Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (n = 268), Dementia Competence Network (n = 226), and University of California, San Francisco (n = 282) with available follow-up data. (nih.gov)
  • A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) team has developed a comprehensive dynamic model of COVID-19 disease progression in hospitalized patients, finding that risk factors for complications from the disease are dependent on the patient's disease state. (llnl.gov)
  • Using a machine learning algorithm on a dataset of electronic health records (EHRs) from more than 1,300 hospitalized COVID-19 patients with ProMedica - the largest health care system in northwestern Ohio and southeastern Michigan - the team classified patients into "moderate" or "severe" states and tracked disease trajectory as patients moved through different risk states during hospitalization. (llnl.gov)
  • Most significantly, while male patients were found to be more likely than female patients to have serious complications or die from COVID-19, when starting from the "severe" disease state, women were more likely than men to die of the disease. (llnl.gov)
  • By modeling the entire trajectory of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, the team showed "statistically significant differences" in the relative risk of disease progression, which they concluded should be taken into consideration when performing risk assessment among patients in hospitals. (llnl.gov)
  • We evaluated whether lysyl oxidase-like 2 (LOXL2), which promotes cross-linking of collagen in pathological stroma, was detectable in serum from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients, and assessed its relationship with IPF disease progression. (ersjournals.com)
  • Patients from the ARTEMIS-IPF (n=69) and the Genomic and Proteomic Analysis of Disease Progression in IPF (GAP) (n=104) studies were analysed. (ersjournals.com)
  • Currently there is no strong evidence for recommending any oral adsorbents for preventing or delaying the progression for patients with CKD. (cochrane.org)
  • In summary, anti-CMV positivity was linked to relapse in CIS patients, whereas anti-EBV VCA positivity was linked to progression of MS features on MRI. (hcplive.com)
  • In an unexpected discovery, Georgetown University Medical Center researchers have identified what appears to be a significant vascular defect in patients with moderately severe Parkinson's disease. (scitechdaily.com)
  • AKI incidence in the hospital continues to rise, so we set out to understand how and why AKI progresses to CKD, and if monitoring these patients over time can give us clues to kidney disease progression. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Early assignment of disease progression among patients with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is critical for the appropriate selection of effective therapy. (ajnr.org)
  • 18 (86%) of the 21 patients had disease progression revealed by the follow-up evaluations based on MR imaging (Loes) and neurologic scores. (ajnr.org)
  • for 18 (82%) of the 22 patients, no evidence of disease progression was revealed by the follow-up evaluations. (ajnr.org)
  • In this study, we evaluated the association between contrast enhancement on the T1-weighted spin-echo MR images of patients with X-linked ALD and disease progression based on clinical evaluation and MR imaging scores. (ajnr.org)
  • Objectives To identify the predictive clinical characteristics and establish a prediction model for the progression of mild interstitial lung disease (ILD) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). (bmj.com)
  • Results A total of 25/98 and 25/117 patients with SSc showed ILD progression in the derivation cohort and the validation cohort, respectively. (bmj.com)
  • Diffuse cutaneous subset, presence of antitopoisomerase-I antibodies, decreased baseline forced vital capacity (FVC) and diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO) were reported to be significantly associated with lung progression in patients with SSc, while positive anticentromere antibody (ACA) was protective. (bmj.com)
  • THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2006--Amgen (Nasdaq:AMGN), the world's largest biotechnology company, today announced pivotal Phase 3 results demonstrating that panitumumab significantly improved progression-free survival and disease control (response rate and stable disease) compared to best supportive care (BSC) in metastatic colorectal cancer patients who had failed standard chemotherapy. (amgen.com)
  • Panitumumab reduced the rate of disease progression by approximately half compared to best supportive care alone in these heavily pre-treated patients," said Marc Peeters, M.D., Ph.D., coordinator of Digestive Oncology Unit, University Hospital Ghent, and one of the study's lead investigators. (amgen.com)
  • Furthermore, the difference in objective response rates and the proportion of patients with disease stabilization between panitumumab and best supportive care alone demonstrated the significant activity of this agent. (amgen.com)
  • Patients who received panitumumab every two weeks showed a 46 percent decrease in tumor progression rate versus those who received best supportive care alone (p less than 0.000 000 001). (amgen.com)
  • A significantly higher proportion of patients were alive and free of disease progression on panitumumab at all of the scheduled time points through week 32. (amgen.com)
  • For example, after six months (week 24) approximately four times as many panitumumab-treated patients were alive and progression-free (18 percent versus five percent with BSC alone). (amgen.com)
  • Twice as many panitumumab-treated patients were alive and progression-free at week 32 (10 percent versus four percent with BSC alone). (amgen.com)
  • Approximately 75 percent of the best supportive care patients entered a cross-over arm to receive panitumumab after their disease had progressed (n=174). (amgen.com)
  • Panitumumab treatment also showed a clinical benefit in the patients crossing over from the BSC arm, despite their disease progression. (amgen.com)
  • In these patients, panitumumab treatment resulted in a nine percent partial response and 32 percent stable disease, as well as one complete response. (amgen.com)
  • The importance of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasing and many NAFLD patients suffer from cardiovascular disease. (eurekamag.com)
  • At follow-up, 17 patients (24%) fulfilled the criteria for significant fibrosis progression. (eurekamag.com)
  • The proportion of patients reporting heavy episodic drinking at least once a month was higher among those with significant fibrosis progression (p=0.003) and a trend towards higher weekly alcohol consumption was also seen (p=0.061). (eurekamag.com)
  • These are various surveys patients take about their symptoms and how their disease is impacting their daily life. (creakyjoints.org)
  • BACKGROUND: Lung cancer patients with sensitizing epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations treated with osimertinib will eventually develop progressive disease (PD). (au.dk)
  • These human tumor findings suggest that patients whose prostate tumor is surrounded by a stroma with decreased levels of the Cav-1 protein may have an overall worse prognosis and a higher chance of disease relapse. (cedars-sinai.org)
  • In one new study, published yesterday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team led by University of California, San Francisco researchers discovered specific gut microbes connected to MS in patients, demonstrating that these microbes engage in regulating immune responses in mouse disease models and suggesting that the microbes play a role in the neurodegeneration inherent in MS. (genomeweb.com)
  • The team decided to perform fecal transplants on mice with an experimentally induced form of MS. They discovered that swapping the mice's microbiomes with those of MS patients caused the animals to lose key immune-regulatory cells and instead develop more severe neurodegeneration, indicating that the microbiome alone could affect the progression of MS. (genomeweb.com)
  • Two different groups, using two separate cohorts of patients and controls, and two distinct mouse models of the disease, saw very similar results," Cekanaviciute said in a statement. (genomeweb.com)
  • Mechanistically, these different classes of agents bring different anti-inflammatory, anti-fibrotic, and complementary hemodynamic effects to patients with diabetic kidney disease such that they have additive benefits on slowing disease progression . (bvsalud.org)
  • Combination treatment provides better response and control of the disease and is often used in patients with advanced or metastatic disease who clinically are able to tolerate this approach. (medscape.com)
  • Following infection with HIV-1, the rate of clinical disease progression varies between individuals. (wikipedia.org)
  • In some cohorts, individuals who experience signs of progression, but whose clinical and laboratory parameters remain stable over long periods of time, are classified as Long Term Survivors (LTS). (wikipedia.org)
  • We examined associations between cognitive subtype and disease progression, as measured with repeated Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Clinical Dementia Rating scale sum of boxes (CDR sob), using linear mixed models. (nih.gov)
  • Dr. Roy Baynes, senior vice president and head of global clinical development, chief medical officer, Merck Research Laboratories, said, "Building on the strong data we've seen with LYNPARZA to date, the data from SOLO-1 reinforce LYNPARZA's ability to provide meaningful disease control with a well-characterized safety and tolerability profile. (merck.com)
  • Baseline serum LOXL2 (sLOXL2) levels were compared with baseline clinical and physiological surrogates of disease severity, and the association with IPF disease progression was assessed using a classification and regression tree (CART) method. (ersjournals.com)
  • Dr Anjay Rastogi, clinical chief of nephrology at University of California, Los Angeles reports on strategies to slow the progression of ADPKD, including lifestyle modifications, management of complications, and disease-specific therapy. (medscape.com)
  • Horakova and her collaborators at different centers investigated the associations of environmental risk factors in MS with clinical and MRI measures of progression in high-risk clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) after the first demyelinating event. (hcplive.com)
  • This study utilised mini-mental state exam (MMSE), clinical dementia rating (CDR), estimated total intracranial volume, normalise whole brain volume, and Atlas scaling factor for constructing randomised trees and thus predicting the progression of disease stages from MCI to Alzheimer's disease that causes Dementia. (inderscience.com)
  • There is a very strong association between the presence of contrast enhancement on T1-weighted MR images and X-linked ALD progression based on clinical evaluation and MR imaging. (ajnr.org)
  • Furthermore, clinical markers (neurologic and cognitive scores) are relatively insensitive to early nervous system involvement and minor disease progression (9) . (ajnr.org)
  • Skin collagen advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) and the long-term progression of sub-clinical cardiovascular disease in type 1 diabetes. (sens.org)
  • After adjustments for age and clinical characteristics, researchers saw a significant association between high baseline diet score and lower risk of cancer grade progression. (ascopost.com)
  • Plasma NfL identifies asymptomatic carriers of FTLD-causing mutations at short-term risk of disease progression, and is a potential tool to select participants for prevention clinical trials. (quanterix.com)
  • The inability of clinicians to predict progression limits the use of MCI as a syndrome for treatment in prevention trials and, as more people present with this syndrome in memory clinics, and as earlier diagnosis is a major goal of health services, this presents an important clinical problem. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The objective of our study was to investigate the potential added benefit of combining biomarkers that are more easily obtained in routine clinical practice to predict conversion from MCI to Alzheimer's disease. (ox.ac.uk)
  • To explore this we combined automated regional analysis of structural MRI with analysis of plasma cytokines and chemokines and compared these to measures of APOE genotype and clinical assessment to assess which best predict progression. (ox.ac.uk)
  • In a total of 205 people with MCI, 77 of whom subsequently converted to Alzheimer's disease, we find biochemical markers of inflammation to be better predictors of conversion than APOE genotype or clinical measures (Area under the curve (AUC) 0.65, 0.62, 0.59 respectively). (ox.ac.uk)
  • The mainstay of conventional therapy is multiagent chemotherapy tailored to the histologic subtype and the clinical stage of disease. (medscape.com)
  • ABSTRACT: A novel approach is developed for predicting body trajectories for cancer progression, where conditional probabilities of clinical data are modeled using Hidden Markov Model techniques. (lu.se)
  • Information was collected on methods, participants, interventions and outcomes (incidence of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), mortality, quality of life and adverse events). (cochrane.org)
  • citation needed] The HIV-1 subtype that an individual becomes infected with can be a major factor in the rate of progression from sero-conversion to AIDS. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nevertheless, plasma assays have been found to be unreliable markers for disease progression, irrespective of subtype. (ajnr.org)
  • They analyzed data from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, a multicenter study designed to identify biomarkers for the detection and tracking of AD. (medscape.com)
  • Environmental toxins and Alzheimer's disease progression. (wellnessresources.com)
  • Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, which causes progressive memory loss and cognitive decline. (wellnessresources.com)
  • Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a heterogeneous disorder. (nih.gov)
  • Article: Multiclassifier learning for the early prediction of dementia disease progression from MCI Journal: International Journal of Intelligent Engineering Informatics (IJIEI) 2021 Vol.9 No.5 pp.455 - 469 Abstract: Recently many machine learning and deep learning prediction models have been proposed for the early detection and classification of Alzheimer's disease (AD). (inderscience.com)
  • Recently many machine learning and deep learning prediction models have been proposed for the early detection and classification of Alzheimer's disease (AD). (inderscience.com)
  • Watching a loved one struggle with Alzheimer's disease can be challenging. (alwaysbestcare.com)
  • The Alzheimer's Association estimates that more than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, and this number will only continue to grow. (alwaysbestcare.com)
  • The brain can begin developing signs of Alzheimer's disease long before any symptoms are noticeable. (alwaysbestcare.com)
  • Once Alzheimer's disease becomes severe, your loved one may need around-the-clock care. (alwaysbestcare.com)
  • Since the timeline for Alzheimer's disease can be unpredictable, the best you can do is make sure your loved one's needs are met and enjoy your time together. (alwaysbestcare.com)
  • Learn more about how Always Best Care can support individuals with Alzheimer's disease by contacting us at (855) 470-2273 to schedule a free consultation. (alwaysbestcare.com)
  • Alzheimer's disease, being a major societal burden, demands improvement of current techniques for its treatment and diagnostics. (spiedigitallibrary.org)
  • Currently only autopsy histology is able to provide the definite diagnosis for Alzheimer's disease. (spiedigitallibrary.org)
  • In the current study, we utilized Stokes and Mueller polarimetry techniques to screen for amyloid-β (Aβ) deposits in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded mouse brain tissue at different stages of Alzheimer's disease. (spiedigitallibrary.org)
  • Mariia Borovkova , Alexander Bykov , Alexey Popov , Angelo Pierangelo , Tatiana Novikova , Jens Pahnke , and Igor Meglinski "The use of Stokes-Mueller polarimetry for assessment of amyloid-β progression in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease", Proc. (spiedigitallibrary.org)
  • Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder for which, despite years of research, there are no effective treatments or cures. (technologynetworks.com)
  • An international collaboration between Nathan Spreng, Cornell University assistant professor of human development and the Rebecca Q. and James C. Morgan Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow in the College of Human Ecology, and Taylor Schmitz of the University of Cambridge's Cognitive Brain Sciences Unit, sheds light on the basal forebrain region, where the degeneration of neural tissue caused by Alzheimer's disease appears even before cognitive and behavioral symptoms of the disease emerge. (technologynetworks.com)
  • Data used for their work were obtained from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative database. (technologynetworks.com)
  • C9orf72 , GRN and MAPT mutation carriers and non-carriers from the same families were classified by disease severity [asymptomatic, prodromal and full phenotype] using the CDR ® Dementia Staging Instrument plus behavior and language domains from the National Alzheimer's Disease Coordinating Center FTLD module (CDR ® +NACC-FTLD). (quanterix.com)
  • Combinatorial markers of mild cognitive impairment conversion to Alzheimer's disease--cytokines and MRI measures together predict disease progression. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Previous studies explored baseline predictors for lung progression and mortality in SSc-ILD. (bmj.com)
  • Moderate alcohol consumption has been reported to be inversely associated with cardiovascular disease and total mortality. (eurekamag.com)
  • OBJECTIVE: Untreated perinatal HIV-1 infection is often associated with rapid disease progression in children with HIV (CWH), characterized by high viral loads and early mortality. (lu.se)
  • This systematic review evaluated the benefits and harms of intensive versus standard glycaemic control on the onset and progression of DKD and mortality. (bmj.com)
  • The Mediterranean diet consistently has been linked to lower risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and mortality. (ascopost.com)
  • Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. (who.int)
  • In fact, several recent prospective studies linked higher levels of OPA with accelerated progression of atherosclerosis, cardiovascular morbidity, and increases in mortality. (cdc.gov)
  • Long work hours have been associated with myocardial infarction and mortality from coronary heart disease in some studies but not in others. (cdc.gov)
  • Another subset of individuals who are persistently infected with HIV-1, but show no signs of disease progression for over 12 years and remain asymptomatic are classified as Long Term Non-Progressors (LTNP). (wikipedia.org)
  • Herein we investigated the hypothesis that some of these AGEs (fluorescence to be reported elsewhere) correlate with long-term subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) measurements, i.e. coronary artery calcium score (CAC) at EDIC year 7-9 (n = 187), change of carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) from EDIC year 1 to year 6 and 12 (n = 127), and cardiac MRI outcomes at EDIC year 15-16 (n = 142). (sens.org)
  • Women with BRCA- mutated ( BRCA m) advanced ovarian cancer treated first-line with LYNPARZA maintenance therapy had a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) compared to placebo. (merck.com)
  • Sean Bohen, executive vice president, global medicines development and chief medical officer at AstraZeneca, said, "For the first time, we see a significant and clinically impactful improvement in progression-free survival in the first-line maintenance setting for women with BRCA -mutated ovarian cancer treated with a PARP inhibitor. (merck.com)
  • This exploratory study examined the relationships of psychological variables and HIV disease progression in a sample of gay men (n=147) infected for at least 8 years and followed up clinically for 5 to 32 months. (bl.uk)
  • Broadly classified as either Hodgkin disease (Hodgkin's disease) or as non-Hodgkin lymphoma, lymphomas are clinically, pathologically, and biologically distinct (see the image below). (medscape.com)
  • Therefore, these entities (acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma) are best considered in terms of a spectrum ranging from clinically localized disease to overt leukemia. (medscape.com)
  • 1 Interstitial lung disease associated with SSc (SSc-ILD) is a common complication and leading cause of death in SSc. (bmj.com)
  • In the current study, investigators examined whether baseline and longitudinal levels of p-tau181 in plasma were associated with progressive neurodegeneration related to the disease. (medscape.com)
  • Levels of vitamin D in plasma in the Karachi, Pakistan, tuberculosis (TB) household cohort ( 7 ) by TB status at baseline (disease-free, index TB case-patient, coprevalent TB case-patient, and past. (cdc.gov)
  • In a study examining the effect of a Mediterranean diet in relation to prostate cancer progression in men on active surveillance, researchers found that men with localized prostate cancer who reported a baseline dietary pattern that more closely follows the key principles of a Mediterranean-style diet fared better over the course of their disease. (ascopost.com)
  • Higher baseline NfL correlated with worse longitudinal CDR ® +NACC-FTLD sum of boxes scores, neuropsychological function and atrophy, regardless of genotype or disease severity, including asymptomatic mutation carriers. (quanterix.com)
  • This population-based prospective study of ultrasonographically assessed carotid intima media thickness (IMT) uses repeat measures of work time and OPA during baseline, 4-year, and 11-year examinations of 621 Finnish men who were 42-60 years old when they enrolled in the Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study (KIHD). (cdc.gov)
  • The findings may be applicable to a wide variety of neurodegenerative diseases as well as to other neurological diseases including epilepsy, peripheral neuropathy, and disorders of learning and memory. (webwire.com)
  • Too much glutamate resulting from too few glutamate transporters, as is observed in neurodegenerative diseases, overexcites nerve cells and harms them, a process called glutamate excitotoxicity. (webwire.com)
  • The EU Joint Programme - Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) is the largest global research initiative aimed at tackling the challenge of neurodegenerative diseases, in particular, Alzheimer's. (neurodegenerationresearch.eu)
  • A new study shows that activity declines over time in different brain areas for people with Parkinson's disease and 2 related syndromes. (nih.gov)
  • Parkinson's disease destroys neurons in the brain that are essential for controlling movement. (nih.gov)
  • Other disorders can cause symptoms similar to those of Parkinson's disease. (nih.gov)
  • When people don't show all of the classic symptoms of Parkinson's disease, or have additional symptoms, they're said to have "parkinsonism. (nih.gov)
  • For decades, the field has been searching for an effective biomarker for Parkinson's disease," says Dr. Debra Babcock, a neuroscientist and neurologist at NINDS. (nih.gov)
  • This study is an example of how brain imaging biomarkers can be used to monitor the progression of Parkinson's disease and other neurological disorders. (nih.gov)
  • The research, the first longitudinal study to use such advanced genomics, now provides investigators with a new target for therapeutic intervention in Parkinson's disease, says the study's senior author, Charbel Moussa, MBBS, PhD, director of the Medical Center's Translational Neurotherapeutics Program. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Moussa and his team have long been working on the effects that nilotinib (Tasigna) may have on neurodegeneration, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. (scitechdaily.com)
  • To our knowledge, this is the first study to show that the body's blood brain barrier potentially offers a target for the treatment for Parkinson's disease," Moussa says. (scitechdaily.com)
  • This study suggests measurable targets, called biomarkers, which could be useful for assessing whether a drug slows or even stops the progression of the disease in the brain. (nih.gov)
  • The goal was to determine the associations of longitudinal changes in these biomarkers with progression of kidney disease after AKI. (medicalxpress.com)
  • In mouse models of ALS, daily injections of ceftriaxone given after symptoms have developed delayed both nerve damage and the outward signs of the disease. (webwire.com)
  • The discovery is significant, Baranzini and his colleagues note, because while there are treatments that help manage flares in relapsing-remitting MS, currently available therapies - namely, immune system modulators, or immunomodulators - can only slow down, but not stop, progression, or a long-term worsening of symptoms. (everydayhealth.com)
  • From more frequent flares and fatigue to eye inflammation and nail pitting, here's a look at some common symptoms that may point to psoriatic arthritis progression and your PsA getting worse. (creakyjoints.org)
  • By using a well-rounded measure like minimal disease activity to monitor PsA, you and your doctor can identify if your current PsA treatment plan is helping to improve your symptoms and consider making a change if it's not. (creakyjoints.org)
  • Most environmental and occupational diseases either manifest as common medical problems or have nonspecific symptoms. (cdc.gov)
  • During early infection, persons with HIV and their families can be educated about the disease and become linked with a support network that addresses their needs and with care systems effective in maintaining good health and delaying the onset of symptoms. (cdc.gov)
  • Glucose targets for preventing diabetic kidney disease and its progression. (bmj.com)
  • Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). (bmj.com)
  • Slowing the Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease. (bvsalud.org)
  • Diabetes is the most frequent cause of kidney disease that progresses to end-stage renal disease worldwide, and diabetic kidney disease is significantly related to unfavorable cardiovascular outcomes. (bvsalud.org)
  • Since the 1990s, specific therapies have emerged and been approved to slow the progression of diabetic kidney disease , namely, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockers (including angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), the non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (NS-MRA), finerenone, and sodium - glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors). (bvsalud.org)
  • Thus, all three classes (maximally dosed ACEi or ARB, low- dose SGLT-2 inhibitors , and the NS-MRA, finerenone) form the "pillars of therapy " such that, when used together, they maximally slow diabetic kidney disease progression. (bvsalud.org)
  • During the initial weeks after HIV infection, qualitative differences in the cell-mediated immune response are observed that correlate with different disease progression rates (i.e., rapid progression to WHO stage 4 and the rapid loss of CD4+ T cell levels versus normal to slow progression to WHO stage 4 and the maintenance of CD4+ T cell counts above 500/µl). (wikipedia.org)
  • We hypothesize that the higher LRRK2 activity will predict the higher risk for developing PD in LRRK2 mutation carriers, and worse disease phenotypes will correlate with LRRK2 activity levels that we predict are stable over time. (michaeljfox.org)
  • Here, we will review how toxins affect brain physiology with a focus on mechanisms by which toxins may contribute to the development and progression of AD. (wellnessresources.com)
  • The authors believe future research will center on figuring out how the bacteria influence the development and progression of MS. (genomeweb.com)
  • These genetic factors could be used to predict outcome - or prognosis - to help determine how aggressive disease therapy needs to be," adds Dr. Cohen, who wasn't part of the Nature study. (everydayhealth.com)
  • There is no way to predict how quickly or slowly the disease will progress or exactly how it will affect someone's cognitive abilities. (alwaysbestcare.com)
  • Spreng admits that being able to predict who will get the disease doesn't mean a lot without a protocol to treat and, ultimately, cure the disease. (technologynetworks.com)
  • Progression of people presenting with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) to dementia is not certain and it is not possible for clinicians to predict which people are most likely to convert. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and six other institutions have designed a new diagnostic tool for a rare and deadly autoimmune disease that affects the skin and internal organs. (stanford.edu)
  • Researchers have long understood the function of the protein, Caveolin-1 (Cav-1), in prostate cancer, including its role in treatment resistance and disease aggressiveness. (cedars-sinai.org)
  • Our previous study found a convenient way to detect mutant-associated LRRK2 activity in small vesicles (exosomes) isolated from urine, and discovered the potential of this as a non-invasive biomarker to help with disease prediction. (michaeljfox.org)
  • A prediction model for ILD progression was established in the derivation cohort and validated in the multinational validation cohort. (bmj.com)
  • Cognitively impaired participants underwent the Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale with 13 tasks to assess the severity of cognitive impairment. (medscape.com)
  • To investigate whether cognitive AD subtypes are associated with different rates of disease progression. (nih.gov)
  • DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Recent work suggests that exercise that moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical exercise is associated with slowing of symptom progression (motor, cognitive, and psychiatric) in prodromal Huntington's Disease (HD). (neurodegenerationresearch.eu)
  • They added that more research is needed to establish how statins appear to slow progression of liver disease. (realhealthmag.com)
  • Rapid progression was originally thought to be continent specific, as some studies reported that disease progression is more rapid in Africa, but others have contested this view. (wikipedia.org)
  • Based on their findings, "the genetics of disease severity now suggest that the CNS should be the target of [any] new class of therapeutics," he says. (everydayhealth.com)
  • The alternate hypothesis will also be tested, that LRRK2 activity changes over time, potentially responsive to disease status and severity. (michaeljfox.org)
  • However, new analysis reveals that when modeling the entire disease trajectory, the degree to which being male is a risk factor depends on the underlying disease severity of the patient. (llnl.gov)
  • Accounting for disease severity - in contrast to previous scientific literature examining only static risk factors - the method allowed the team to identify, as the disease progressed, when certain variables such as age and race, and comorbidities including diabetes and hypertension, led to more severe outcomes. (llnl.gov)
  • The severity of the inflammatory process has been correlated with the rapidity of disease progression (11) . (ajnr.org)
  • 2019). Elevated concentrations of NfL have also been associated with disease severity in these patient populations, including in MS and other neurologic conditions (Disanto et al. (cdc.gov)
  • As MS occurs when the immune system attacks cells in the brain and spinal cord in error, damaging nerves and muscles, their involvement in symptom progression makes sense, they say. (everydayhealth.com)
  • Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a rare, hereditary disorder that is characterized by the silent, progressive growth of multiple bilateral renal cysts. (medscape.com)
  • Cite this: Slowing Progression of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease - Medscape - Feb 25, 2022. (medscape.com)
  • Deterioration of kidney function causes an increase of uraemic toxin in blood, which in turn promotes CKD progression. (cochrane.org)
  • Deterioration of kidney function causes an increase in circulating toxins, which, in turn promotes the progression of CKD. (cochrane.org)
  • The findings, published on March 23, in the JCI Insight , could help doctors better understand whether or not the body is healing properly, after someone sustains kidney damage , and potentially prevent the progression of AKI to CKD. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Parikh says these findings suggest that sustained tissue injury and inflammation, as well as slower restoration of tubular health, are associated with higher risk of kidney disease progression. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Aldosterone excess is a risk factor for progression of kidney disease. (gla.ac.uk)
  • Cox's proportional hazard regressions to the two dependent variables of time to CD4 count below 200 x106L and time to ARC or AIDS diagnosis showed that biomedical variables were predominant in predicting disease progression but acceptance coping was a significant predictor of longer ARC or AIDS-free survival. (bl.uk)
  • Panitumumab improved progression-free survival and response rate regardless of the measured level or intensity of EGFr staining. (amgen.com)
  • Improvements in progression-free survival and disease control also occurred regardless of age, sex, primary tumor location (colon versus rectum), or performance status. (amgen.com)
  • As a result, clinicians may miss the opportunity to make correct diagnoses that might influence the course of disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Recent research has shown that a complex and dynamic interaction between different immune cells - namely B cells, T cells and myeloid lineage cells - play a role in disease progression in all forms of MS. 3 Follow along on the search for five of the diverse biological processes that underlie MS disease progression. (roche.co.nz)
  • The data suggests that MS-derived microbiota potentially contain factors that precipitate an MS-like autoimmune disease in mice, and more importantly, in humans. (genomeweb.com)
  • These findings demonstrate that p-tau181 and NfL in blood have individual and complementary potential roles in the diagnosis and the monitoring of neurodegenerative disease," coinvestigator Michael Schöll, PhD, senior lecturer in psychiatry and neurochemistry at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, told Medscape Medical News . (medscape.com)
  • Aster Yellows disease progression was determined to be significantly associated with calendar date, crop density, location within the field, and phytoplasma subgroup. (biorxiv.org)
  • AD is a complex and multifactorial disease that involves several risk factors. (wellnessresources.com)
  • Previous studies have identified genetic factors that determine the risk for developing MS , most of which were related to immune function, [but] this study shows that different genetic factors determine disease outcome, namely factors that affect the nervous system's ability to compensate for damage," notes Jeffrey Cohen, MD , a neurologist and director of the Cleveland Clinic's Mellen Center for MS Treatment . (everydayhealth.com)
  • Low vitamin D levels were associated with a 5-fold increased risk for progression to tuberculosis. (cdc.gov)
  • This project, besides developing a biomarker that might be useful for predicting disease risk and progression in mutation carriers, will also help to understand the underlying role of LRRK2 in PD. (michaeljfox.org)
  • It's well known in the community that men are at a higher risk than women for eventual death from COVID, and that's true - but certain counterintuitive behavior emerges once you break up the patient trajectory into disease states," said LLNL principal investigator Priyadip Ray. (llnl.gov)
  • This disease-state perspective has not been shown before and indicates that where you are in your disease also determines your risk factors. (llnl.gov)
  • The vast majority of studies on COVID-19 risk factors ignore the temporal progression of the disease in their analysis," said LLNL co-author Braden Soper. (llnl.gov)
  • Our study provides a unique modeling-based approach to understanding how patient demographics and medical comorbidities can present different risk profiles depending on the underlying disease state. (llnl.gov)
  • The models showed that, while being male, Black or having a medical comorbidity were all associated with an increased risk of progressing from moderate to severe disease states, the same factors resulted in a decreased risk of transitioning from a severe state to death. (llnl.gov)
  • 800 pg·mL −1 ) was associated with increased risk for disease progression (hazard ratio (HR) 5.41, 95% CI 1.65-17.73). (ersjournals.com)
  • These results suggest that higher sLOXL2 levels are associated with increased risk for IPF disease progression. (ersjournals.com)
  • Chaitanya Thandra K, Barsouk A, Saginala K, Sukumar Aluru J, Rawla P, Barsouk A. Epidemiology of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma progression. (termedia.pl)
  • People who used cholesterol-lowering medications had a 40% lower risk for liver disease progression. (realhealthmag.com)
  • Overall, people taking statins had a 40% lower risk for liver disease progression compared with those who did not use these medications. (realhealthmag.com)
  • The risk of progressing to severe liver disease was 60% lower for people with alcohol-related liver disease and 32% lower for those with NAFLD. (realhealthmag.com)
  • 10% lower risk of progression. (ascopost.com)
  • These findings are significant, as the rate of prostate cancer diagnosis is more than 50% higher in Black men, who also have a higher risk of prostate cancer death and disease progression. (ascopost.com)
  • The study was limited by the low number of events in these men with mostly low-risk disease monitored at MD Anderson. (ascopost.com)
  • We tested the hypothesis that plasma neurofilament light chain (NfL) identifies asymptomatic carriers of familial frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD)-causing mutations at risk of disease progression. (quanterix.com)
  • Low levels of habitual physical activity have been identified as a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • A secondary aim of this study was to investigate whether these occupational risk factors are more strongly associated with change in IMT among men with pre-existing ischemic heart disease (IHD) or carotid artery stenosis (CAS) compared to men without these conditions as would be expected according to the hemodynamic theory of atherosclerosis. (cdc.gov)
  • In these individuals, it seems that HIV-infection has been halted with regard to disease progression over an extended period of time. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, the term LTNP is a misnomer as that progression towards AIDS can occur even after 15 years of stable infection. (wikipedia.org)
  • Individuals with a broad expansion of the V-beta chain of the T cell receptor of CD8+ T cells during primo-infection appear to have low levels of virus six to twelve months later, which is predictive of relatively slow disease progression. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cytomegalovirus is normally dormant in people who have it, but it can become active again and spread more quickly after infection with other bacteria,' Michael Parkins, associate professor of medicine, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Canada, said in a statement . (ajmc.com)
  • However, recent breakthroughs in molecular genetics have shown that the disease may spread, like an infection, across closely connected areas of the brain. (technologynetworks.com)
  • New medicines are becoming available that cure or stop the progression of hepatitis C virus infection. (who.int)
  • CIO Responsible for this publication: National Center for Prevention Services, Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV Prevention HIV INFECTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION Infection with HIV produces a spectrum that progresses from no apparent illness to AIDS as a late manifestation. (cdc.gov)
  • Monitoring a patient's neurodegenerative changes is important for tracking AD progression. (medscape.com)
  • Much work remains to be done, but just knowing that a patient's brain vascular system is playing a significant role in the progression of the disease is a very promising discovery. (scitechdaily.com)
  • How a prostate tumor communicates with its microenvironment, or stroma, is a vital process we need to understand to assess the aggressiveness of a patient's disease and potential response to treatment," said Dolores Di Vizio, MD, PhD , associate professor in the Urologic Oncology Research Program and senior investigator of the study. (cedars-sinai.org)
  • Arresting or reversing the progression of the patient's illness. (cdc.gov)
  • An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases, all matters medical, and some not so medical. (jwatch.org)
  • Dr. John Farley, the Director of the Office of Infectious Diseases at the Office of New Drugs at the Center for Drug Research at the US Food and Drug Administration. (cdc.gov)
  • NAFLD can be classified based on histological progression: non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), NASH cirrhosis, and NASH-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) [2]. (termedia.pl)
  • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its more severe form, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), are responsible for a growing burden of liver disease worldwide. (realhealthmag.com)
  • Of these, 45% had NAFLD, 22% had alcohol-related liver disease, 18% had viral hepatitis and 15% had autoimmune hepatitis. (realhealthmag.com)
  • The aim of this study was to investigate whether low alcohol intake, consistent with the diagnosis of NAFLD, is associated with fibrosis progression in established NAFLD. (eurekamag.com)
  • Significant fibrosis progression in NAFLD was defined as progression of more than one fibrosis stage or development of endstage liver disease during follow-up. (eurekamag.com)
  • Moderate alcohol consumption, consistent with the diagnosis of NAFLD to be set, is associated with fibrosis progression in NAFLD. (eurekamag.com)
  • The association we found does not necessarily mean that cytomegalovirus directly causes more rapid disease progression-further studies are needed before such a bold statement could be made," Parkins said "However, our findings provide the first indication that this virus may have an impact on progression of cystic fibrosis, potentially leading to earlier transplant referral and even death. (ajmc.com)
  • Regardless of the specific occupational conditions that may constitute the pathways for the observed relationships between long work time and progression of atherosclerosis, findings suggest that reducing weekly and yearly work time could have significant cardiovascular and public health benefits, especially in the aging work ing population. (cdc.gov)
  • The proposed study intends to develop a machine learning model that utilises a relevant subset of predictors to diagnose the progression of the disease. (inderscience.com)
  • Lower SpO 2 after 6 min walk test (6MWT) and arthritis ever were identified as independent predictors for ILD progression in both cohorts. (bmj.com)
  • and 2) Does a moderate-to-vigorous exercise intervention influence the progression of motor impairment and brain degeneration in prodromal HD? (neurodegenerationresearch.eu)
  • The team used publicly available patient data shared by hospitals across the United States to search for a set of genes whose activity would mark the progression of systemic sclerosis, or SSc. (stanford.edu)
  • Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease, characterised by vascular damage, inflammation and fibrosis of skin and various visceral organs. (bmj.com)
  • An independent, central radiology review board assessed disease progression and tumor shrinkage. (amgen.com)
  • The study, published in the Journal of Pathology, found that a decreased level of the Cav-1 protein in the stroma indicated tumor progression - a function opposite to the known role of Cav-1 within a tumor. (cedars-sinai.org)
  • Inside the tumor, an increased level of this protein signifies tumor progression. (cedars-sinai.org)
  • This research suggests that the cells surrounding a prostate tumor are equally as important as the tumor itself in helping understand the complexity of a man's disease. (cedars-sinai.org)
  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and ultimately fatal disease of the lungs involving airway epithelial cell damage, fibroblast activation and proliferation, and excessive deposition of collagen and other extracellular matrix (ECM) components [ 1 ]. (ersjournals.com)
  • LOXL2 has also been localised to the active disease interface in liver fibrosis [ 9 ], and is considered a "core" driver in fibrosis [ 10 ]. (ersjournals.com)
  • 0.01) were independently associated with significant fibrosis progression. (eurekamag.com)
  • Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease that causes scarlike thickening of the skin and internal organs. (stanford.edu)
  • We recently reported strong associations between eight skin collagen AGEs and two solubility markers from skin biopsies obtained at DCCT study closeout and the long-term progression of microvascular disease in EDIC, despite adjustment for mean glycemia. (sens.org)
  • We performed a candidate gene association study of TRIM22 genotype and haplotypes with markers of disease progression and indicators of advanced disease. (lu.se)
  • CONCLUSION: TRIM22 genotype was not associated with markers of HIV disease progression markers or advanced disease in CWH. (lu.se)
  • In the proposed study, MR will be used to assess the impact of fitness and an exercise intervention on well established markers for HD progression in the brain including: volume of the caudate and putamen and white matter integrity using diffusion weighted imaging. (neurodegenerationresearch.eu)
  • The association with atrophy progression in cognitively impaired participants was stronger for p-tau181 than for NfL. (medscape.com)
  • Toxins may contribute to the pathology of the disease through various mechanisms such as deposition of amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaques and tangles in the brain, induction of apoptosis, inflammation, or oxidative damage. (wellnessresources.com)
  • In a previous study in Karachi, we observed that active disease developed in 7 (6.4%) of 109 TB case-contacts within 2 years ( 7 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Study investigators also reported that panitumumab significantly improved disease control versus BSC alone (36 percent versus 10 percent, respectively), as measured by response rate and stable disease. (amgen.com)
  • This pattern is consistent with other research showing that Alzheimer's indeed spreads across brain regions over time, but the study challenges a widely held belief that the disease originates in the temporal lobe. (technologynetworks.com)
  • Men with prostate cancer are motivated to find a way to impact the advancement of their disease and improve their quality of life," said Justin Gregg, MD , Assistant Professor of Urology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and lead author of the study. (ascopost.com)
  • A Mediterranean diet is noninvasive, good for overall health and, as shown by this study, has the potential to effect the progression of their cancer. (ascopost.com)
  • Founded in 2004, Ruxton Pharmaceuticals is an emerging pharmaceutical company that has been formed to discover, develop and market drugs for the treatment of neurodegenerative and other neurological diseases. (webwire.com)
  • Levels of aminotransferase enzymes (alanine aminotransferase [ALT] and aspartate aminotransferase [AST]) have also been used with varying degrees of success as a screening tool for liver disease. (termedia.pl)
  • Ultrasonography has become the standard modality for screening for moderate to severe fatty liver disease. (termedia.pl)
  • Linked to obesity and diabetes, fatty liver disease is increasingly recognized as a metabolic disorder. (realhealthmag.com)
  • Rajani Sharma, MD, of Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and colleagues explored the potential effect of statins on liver disease progression. (realhealthmag.com)
  • During this period, 6% of statin users progressed to advanced stages of liver disease compared with 7% of those who did not take statins. (realhealthmag.com)