• Certain baseline cardiometabolic factors appear to either protect a person from COVID-19 infection while others make a person more vulnerable to infection," said study author Charles Hong, MD, PhD , professor of medicine and director of cardiology research at the University of Medicine School of Medicine. (newswise.com)
  • Led by scientists at the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard who collaborated with colleagues around the globe, the effort pinpoints a gene called AKAP11 as a strong risk factor for both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • As the Christmas season approaches, University of South Australia researchers are encouraging people to prioritize a good night's sleep, as new research indicates that poor sleep may be connected with risk factors for type 2 diabetes . (businessinsider.in)
  • Past research confirms that following healthy lifestyle habits can reduce Alzheimer's risk by 32% - even in those with a high genetic risk of the disease. (beingpatient.com)
  • COMPEL utilizes the patient registries, interest in the microbiome, work on environmental factors, mouse models, and human clinical research. (nyulangone.org)
  • ATSDR has developed an online research notification tool that allows researchers to recruit Registry-enrolled persons with ALS (PALS) to take part in new research studies and clinical trials. (cdc.gov)
  • To see a list of researchers who have used the Registry to recruit PALS for research studies, click here . (cdc.gov)
  • Researchers may request Registry data for their own research studies. (cdc.gov)
  • Nathaniel Snyder, PhD works in the Modifiable Risk Factor research program to identify risks of autism. (drexel.edu)
  • Research has shown that schizophrenia is a polygenic disorder and that genetic vulnerability to schizophrenia is highly multifactorial, caused by the interactions of several genes with environmental risk factors. (wikipedia.org)
  • For more than two decades, RAND research has examined issues affecting vulnerable children and youth, including the child-, family-, and community-level factors that place then at risk and how various programs from the prenatal period through adolescence can counteract these disadvantages and improve their well-being. (rand.org)
  • I believe vigorous research into known and suspected ALS factors will help us all learn more. (cdc.gov)
  • It works with researchers from many top institutions, and through the Registry we are able to share key findings that will benefit other research projects. (cdc.gov)
  • New research explores the impact of certain supplements on autoimmune risk. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center (OTRC), part of the Stephenson Cancer Center , has found an innovative way to assist smokers with quitting by using smartphones to understand the risk factors that lead individuals to smoke again. (govdelivery.com)
  • If you would like to give to a specific research program or support the work of a particular researcher, contact our fundraising team today. (edu.au)
  • There are some things that might be risk factors for breast cancer, but the research is not yet clear about whether they really affect breast cancer risk. (cancer.org)
  • New research published today in the journal Blood Advances finds that certain factors, such as a history of severe pain episodes and coexisting organ conditions, increase the risk of severe COVID-19 illness, including hospitalization, in individuals living with sickle cell disease (SCD). (eurekalert.org)
  • Previous research has shown patients with COVID-19 and SCD are at greater risks for hospitalization compared with Black individuals without SCD who become infected. (eurekalert.org)
  • Methods: Focus groups were held along the West Coast to (a) review reported injuries, (b) discuss risk factors, and (c) identify content to inform future FLIPP research activities, including survey development. (cdc.gov)
  • This has been done for other diseases like diabetes and cardio-vascular diseases, but we've never before had a tool like this for estimating the risk of dementia,'' said Dr. Miia Kivipelto, an associate professor at the Aging Research Centre in Stockholm, Sweden, and the study's lead author. (livescience.com)
  • New research published in the journal Nature Genetics provides a big step in figuring out why some people suffer from depression while others don't, identifying 44 genetic variants that are risk factors for major depression, 30 of which are new. (mentalfloss.com)
  • New research published in scientific journal Nature Communications suggests that, as a woman in her 50s, Ms Answerth is in a prime risk group for developing the illness. (abc.net.au)
  • This pioneering research emphasizes the importance of screening multiple reproductive factors in identifying potential lung cancer risk among female populations. (news-medical.net)
  • The National ALS Registry is working with persons who are living with ALS, researchers, neurologists, ALS support organizations, and others to help further ALS research. (cdc.gov)
  • The overarching goal of the research is to examine potential risk factors for developing ALS. (cdc.gov)
  • To help identify these potential risk factors, the Registry's Research Notification Mechanism connects PALS with scientists who are recruiting participants for their ALS studies and clinical trials. (cdc.gov)
  • Having anxiety may also increase the risk for long COVID , according to new research. (medscape.com)
  • The research shows that deltas face multiple risks, and that population growth and poor environmental governance might pose bigger threats than climate change to the sustainability of Asian and African deltas, in particular. (lu.se)
  • The research identifies possible risks to deltas stretching 80 years into the future. (lu.se)
  • Population-level research focuses on populations of individuals, frequencies of various psychological phenomena in a population, risk factors, and population-level effects of various psychological. (lu.se)
  • Most notably, a failure to differentiate clearly between the population level and the person level leads to problem-method mismatches in the form of researchers trying to answer questions about persons by research on populations. (lu.se)
  • This research has already led to better ways to detect high-risk genes and assess a woman's risk of developing ovarian cancer. (medlineplus.gov)
  • While it has already been established that those with Type II diabetes and a high body mass index (BMI) are at greater risk of experiencing hospitalizations and other severe complications related to COVID-19, they are also at greater risk of getting symptomatic infection in the first place. (newswise.com)
  • They then reviewed each chart for specific details including risk factors for aneurysm development and neurologic complications such as strokes and seizures. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Environmental risk factors are many, and include pregnancy complications, prenatal stress and nutrition, and adverse childhood experiences. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, you probably need treatment in the hospital if you have severe diverticulitis, diverticulitis with complications, or a high risk for complications. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Newswise - As the COVID-19 pandemic lingers, researchers have found associations between certain lifestyle factors and a person's risk of getting infected. (newswise.com)
  • Stanford University is researching if medical conditions (such as high cholesterol, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, or certain drugs) can affect a person's risk of getting ALS. (cdc.gov)
  • Additionally, HIEs offer researchers access to a wide array of lifestyle, clinical, laboratory, and demographic characteristics to conduct exploratory and confirmatory studies so public health officials can intervene and improve population health," they wrote. (ghhconnect.org)
  • The researchers noted that the project demonstrates the value of having an HIE to rapidly identify a cohort, aggregate sociodemographic, behavioral, clinical and laboratory data across several healthcare providers' EHR systems, and follow the cohort over time. (ghhconnect.org)
  • The clinical importance of these findings is high because these are well-tolerated, nontoxic supplements, and other effective treatments to reduce the incidence of autoimmune diseases are lacking," the researchers write in their study. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Experimental studies and clinical trials help researchers learn more about how cancer starts or spreads. (cancer.net)
  • Researchers do clinical trials in segments called phases. (cancer.net)
  • Researchers can prevent bias in a clinical trial by keeping those people and themselves, or just those people, from knowing who is in each group. (cancer.net)
  • Most researchers feel this type of clinical trial produces the best study data. (cancer.net)
  • Presenters reviewed with participants the epidemiology and clinical manifestation of Zika virus disease and how early recognition and reporting of suspected cases can mitigate the risk of local transmission. (cdc.gov)
  • But this study wasn't designed to determine what factors actually cause COVID-19 infections. (newswise.com)
  • For the study , published in the American Journal of Human Genetics , researchers sequenced and analyzed whole genomes of more than 1,100 people. (researchamerica.org)
  • The researchers acknowledged that the organizations' partnerships were what propelled the study forward. (researchamerica.org)
  • In an effort to study the possible risk factors for and outcomes of cerebral aneurysms in the ALWH population, the researchers searched medical records between 2000 and 2021 for all patients with both HIV and brain aneurysms who received treatment at Boston Medical Center (BMC). (medicalxpress.com)
  • The researchers hope this study will raise awareness of the association between HIV and the growth of brain aneurysms. (medicalxpress.com)
  • In the first study of its kind, researchers found that people who reported trouble sleeping were on average more likely to have indicators of poor cardiometabolic health - inflammatory markers, cholesterol and body weight - which can contribute to type 2 diabetes . (businessinsider.in)
  • In this study, we examined the association of different aspects of sleep, and risk factors for diabetes, and found a connection between those who had troubled sleep and those who were at risk of type 2 diabetes. (businessinsider.in)
  • The study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, found that these two factors could be 'significant' predictors of the diseases. (indiatimes.com)
  • As per the study authors, social isolation and loneliness seemed to increase with age due to factors including losing a loved one and retirement. (indiatimes.com)
  • However, the study notes that while older adults were more at risk, younger people were also at a risk of loneliness. (indiatimes.com)
  • A study also showed that there is a deficiency in both emergency department (ED) and obstetric/gynecologic physicians' knowledge when counseling women about the risks of diagnostic imaging in pregnancy. (medscape.com)
  • Researchers in Montreal conducted a study of landfill gas emissions to evaluate potential reproductive impacts from living near a municipal solid waste landfill. (cdc.gov)
  • Because of health concerns, researchers conducted a study to evaluate cancer incidences in populations living near the Miron Quarry landfill. (cdc.gov)
  • In order to find these factors, our laboratory also works on the basic methods and techniques that we use to measure these potential factors, especially those approaches that can be used in hard to study populations, like pregnant women. (drexel.edu)
  • A small study funded by the National Institutes of Health suggests that sleep problems among children who have a sibling with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may further raise the likelihood of an ASD diagnosis, compared to at-risk children who do not have difficulty sleeping. (nih.gov)
  • Further elucidation and refinement of screening criteria, better understanding of risks and benefits of screening and surveillance, and high-performing, scalable, noninvasive modalities for screening are warranted before population implementation of screening for BE," the study team concludes. (medscape.com)
  • To conduct a study that exam- colonization pressure) and to the duration of hospitalization ines multiple antibiotic agents simultaneously while (i.e., time at risk) (6,7). (cdc.gov)
  • However, such a study will be ated with increased risk for VRE, as were exposure to contam- expensive and labor intensive. (cdc.gov)
  • Using this approach, we conducted a matched case-control demiologic studies have identified therapy with vancomycin study comparing the effect on VRE isolation of antecedent as a risk factor for VRE infection or colonization (8-19). (cdc.gov)
  • The present study aimed to identify the potential risk factors for the development of first bite syndrome. (tokushima-u.ac.jp)
  • Northwestern University researchers studying the gut bacteria of Scott and Mark Kelly, NASA astronauts and identical twin brothers, as part of a unique human study have found that changes to certain gut "bugs" occur in space. (enn.com)
  • In a recent study, researchers from Boston in the United States investigated the link between vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acid supplements and the onset of autoimmune disease in a nationwide, placebo-controlled trial. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Thousands of people who worked on rescue and recovery following the 2001 9/11 terrorist attacks may be at increased risk of prostate cancer, thyroid cancer, and myeloma, a new study suggests. (time.com)
  • According to researchers, the study results underscore the need for COVID-19 risk reduction strategies and vaccination for this medically vulnerable population. (eurekalert.org)
  • This study tells us that all individuals with sickle cell disease are not at equal levels of risk," said study author Lana Mucalo, MD, of the Medical College of Wisconsin. (eurekalert.org)
  • In a 2006 study , researchers found that 53% of prisoners of war (POW) met the criteria for lifetime PTSD. (psychcentral.com)
  • In a study published Thursday in the publication Lancet Neurology, researchers identified several key factors that are believed to determine dementia in later life. (livescience.com)
  • In addition, other risk factors such as alcohol intake, diet, and smoking, were not considered in the study. (livescience.com)
  • This is the first time that the synergistic effect of all of these risk factors has been demonstrated,'' said Bertolote, who called the study a "landmark paper. (livescience.com)
  • The study also raises the possibility of identifying risk factors for dementia decades before its actual onset. (livescience.com)
  • Opinions about dementia in the past have tended to be quite fatalistic,'' said Kivipelto, "this study shows that there is something you can do: the key risk factors are all modifiable lifestyle changes. (livescience.com)
  • The study is the result of an international effort by more than 200 researchers involved with the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium . (mentalfloss.com)
  • Some of the risk factors the researchers identified are also involved in other psychiatric disorders, like schizophrenia, which isn't entirely surprising-a 2007 study from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium found that people with depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia as well as developmental disorders like ADHD and autism share the same variations in four locations in their genetic code. (mentalfloss.com)
  • There are likely even more gene variants related to depression risk, as well, but they might have too small of an effect to be identified by this study. (mentalfloss.com)
  • Julie Palmer, a professor of epidem-iology at Boston University's School of Public Health, who led the study, believes that the extra dose of hormone to which these women were exposed stimulated the development of more breast stem cells than usual, and that this increased number of such cells increases breast-cancer risk. (healthy.net)
  • A study presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2023 World Conference on Lung Cancer revealed that key reproductive factors such as early menopause, shortened reproductive span, and early age at first birth are associated with elevated risks of lung cancer in women. (news-medical.net)
  • Researchers from Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China, conducted a prospective cohort study involving 273,190 participants from the UK Biobank to delve into the links between individual reproductive factors and the risk of developing lung cancer . (news-medical.net)
  • The study sought to identify potential risk factors and further analyze their impact on specific subgroups, including age, smoking status, body mass index (BMI), genetic risk, and histological subtypes. (news-medical.net)
  • The researchers included a total of 10,516 children in the study. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Randomization lowers the chance that what they or the researchers assume or prefer will change the study results. (cancer.net)
  • This type of study also helps researchers to better find and control for such features as age, sex, and other factors that can affect the results of the study. (cancer.net)
  • Researchers may create specific rules, called eligibility criteria , when they ask people to join an experimental study. (cancer.net)
  • The people in the study and the researchers do not know who belongs to the intervention group or control group. (cancer.net)
  • In a unique study covering 49 deltas globally, researchers from LUCSUS and Utrecht University have identified the most critical risks to deltas in the future. (lu.se)
  • We herein report the methodology adopted to study the incidence of IBD in newly industrialized countries and to evaluate the effect of environmental factors including diet on IBD development. (bvsalud.org)
  • Our findings point to some healthy measures people can take to help potentially lower their risk of COVID-19 infection," Dr. Hong said. (newswise.com)
  • The researchers began by comparing the exomes, or protein-coding portion of the genome, of roughly 14,000 people with bipolar disorder to 14,000 healthy controls. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • Many people with diabetes also have high blood pressure, high cholesterol and are overweight, all of which increase the risk even more. (beingpatient.com)
  • The researchers also selected four reference zones based on socioeconomic factors where people were not expected to have been exposed to the landfill gas. (cdc.gov)
  • The researchers caution, however, that people should seek medical advice before taking supplements, to ensure these will not interact with any preexisting health conditions. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Researchers documented the quitting success of 462 people who tried to simultaneously give up alcohol and cigarettes. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Substance abuse researcher Robert West says many people do not receive an initial assessment for depression when they join a treatment program. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Aug. 13, 2019 Compared to people who only drank alcohol, those who used alcohol and marijuana simultaneously were more likely to drink heavier and more often, according to researchers. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The nature of war puts many people at risk for PTSD. (psychcentral.com)
  • With relatively simple measurements, we hope to provide a quantitative estimate that tells people what their risk of developing dementia is,'' said Dr Jakko Tuomilehto, a public health professor at the University of Helsinki, and one of the study's contributing authors. (livescience.com)
  • Some people carry more than others, putting them at greater risk for developing depression. (mentalfloss.com)
  • By identifying genetic risk factors associated with major depressive disorder, the scientists hope to increase our understanding of why depression strikes some people and not others. (mentalfloss.com)
  • Researchers at King's College, London, reviewed data from nearly 7,000 people in health surveys as well as the electronic health records of more than 1.1 million people diagnosed with COVID-19. (abc.net.au)
  • For instance, researchers may find out whether a group of people has more cancer diagnoses than another group. (cancer.net)
  • Over 440 million people remain at risk of yellow fever in Africa. (who.int)
  • Over 60 million people are at risk of human African trypanosomiasis annually with 10 700 cases and 6900 deaths. (who.int)
  • Analysed all together, we can see that the Asian mega-deltas are at greatest risk, with potentially devastating consequences for millions of people, and for the environment. (lu.se)
  • To estimate the different potential burdens of BE screening, the researchers turned to 2012 data from the US National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), the most recent year of the annual household survey that included answers to a question about GERD symptoms. (medscape.com)
  • British researchers found symptoms of long COVID are more frequently reported by women, those with poor health before the pandemic, and those aged 50 to 60 years. (abc.net.au)
  • The team found that a rare variation in the gene TET2 nearly doubled the risk of developing conditions like Alzheimer's disease, ALS, and FTD. (researchamerica.org)
  • While many common genetic variants of small effects have been discovered, AKAP11 is the first gene found to have a large effect on bipolar disorder risk. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • This analysis revealed rare protein-truncating variants in the AKAP11 gene that raise disease risk several-fold, making it the strongest genetic risk factor found for bipolar disorder to date. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • Applying shock wave therapy immediately following PRP injection into injured soft-tissue structures might help increase the concentrations of growth factors released from the platelets, researchers found. (thehorse.com)
  • Draft horses, horses from the Midwest, and those used for farming and ranching or breeding are most at-risk of contracting coronavirus, researchers found. (thehorse.com)
  • Researchers found that there were elevated instances of low birth weight and smallness for gestational age in the areas where exposure was assumed. (cdc.gov)
  • A statistical analysis found that among men living in the exposure zone closest to the site, elevated risks were observed for cancers of the prostate, stomach, liver, and lungs. (cdc.gov)
  • Using national survey data and current guidance from four major gastroenterology societies, researchers found the US adult population eligible for BE screening ranges from nearly 20 million to roughly 120 million. (medscape.com)
  • Results of some studies have suggested that diet may play a role, while others have not found that diet influences breast cancer risk. (cancer.org)
  • Studies of women in the United States have not found a consistent link between high-fat diets and getting breast cancer, although some studies have found a possible link between high-fat diets and a higher risk of dying from breast cancer. (cancer.org)
  • Several studies looking at women in Asian countries have found that diets high in soy products might lower breast cancer risk. (cancer.org)
  • Researchers have already found links between 9/11-disaster exposure and increased risks of asthma , stress-related mental health problems , and heart disease in previous studies. (time.com)
  • The heightened cancer risk, however, was not found among residents or others who were briefly exposed to the debris in the hours after the terrorist attacks. (time.com)
  • The researchers found that children living with SCD who had previously suffered more than two pain events requiring acute care were 2.2 times more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 and more than 3 times likely to suffer severe COVID-19 illness. (eurekalert.org)
  • A history of pain events was also found to be a risk factor for adults, as those with more than two prior acute care visits for pain were 1.8 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 and 1.9 times more likely to suffer severe COVID-19 illness. (eurekalert.org)
  • About half of the 750 patients studied were taking hydroxyurea, and the researchers found that hydroxyurea use was associated with lower risk of presenting with pain during COVID-19 in adults living with SCD. (eurekalert.org)
  • The researchers found that all humans carry some of the 44 risk factors identified. (mentalfloss.com)
  • Environment certainly plays a role-the researchers found links between lower education levels and higher body mass index and depression risk as well-but genetics may impact whether someone whose circumstances put them at risk of depression actually develops the disorder. (mentalfloss.com)
  • CDC researchers found that over 18 years, the prevalence of gastroschisis, more than doubled in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Alongside the severity of the infection, one of the main factors is psychological problems . (worldcrunch.com)
  • Occupational direct contact with camels is a risk factor for primary MERS-CoV infection ( 5 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The researchers' new analysis now finds both factors greatly affect infection risk. (sciencenews.org)
  • These bats face the gravest risk of infection, the researchers report online July 3 in Ecology Letters . (sciencenews.org)
  • In an analysis of almost 55,000 adult participants in three ongoing studies , having psychological distress (anxiety, depression, worry, perceived stress, or loneliness) prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with increased risk of developing long COVID. (medscape.com)
  • According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the leading risk factors for heart disease and stroke are high blood pressure, high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, diabetes, smoking and secondhand smoke exposure, obesity, unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity. (indiatimes.com)
  • Reproductive risk of toxicant exposure includes fetal effects, especially congenital anomalies. (medscape.com)
  • Because the baseline risk is small, if an exposure conveys a modestly increased risk, a large population of infants is required to detect an increase in anomalies. (medscape.com)
  • The researchers could not definitively conclude whether low birth weight and smallness for gestational age are associated with exposure to landfill gas. (cdc.gov)
  • The effects of all potentially important confounding factors could not be addressed, and detailed environmental exposure assessments were not available. (cdc.gov)
  • The researchers established four exposure zones based on distance from the landfill boundary and prevailing wind direction. (cdc.gov)
  • That means that the full impact of WTC exposure on cancer risk may not be apparent for many years. (time.com)
  • He also acknowledges that the number of cancer cases in the registry is small, and that the data do not include data on other sources of potential exposure other than the Towers that might account for the elevated risk. (time.com)
  • Although the risk of the DES daughters developing clear cell carci-noma is now undisputed, researchers suspected that exposure to DES in the womb also predisposed the women to breast cancer once they'd reached maturity. (healthy.net)
  • Since the 1970s, researchers at Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University have been attempting to work out the risk of exposure. (healthy.net)
  • The team of public health researchers and HIE executives published their findings in PLOS One, a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal. (ghhconnect.org)
  • The researchers concluded, however, that there are limits to these findings. (cdc.gov)
  • The findings highlight the "substantial burden" of screen-eligible population for BE according to current guidance, as well as the variability depending on risk factors used to target screening, the investigators say. (medscape.com)
  • Discussion : The present findings suggest that concomitant surgical settings of 1) sympathetic denervation of the parotid gland with ligation of the external carotid artery or injury of the sympathetic nerve plexus around the external carotid artery during its mobilization, and 2) residual parotid gland tissue are risk factors for the development of first bite syndrome after surgical resection of parapharyngeal space tumors. (tokushima-u.ac.jp)
  • Researchers from all around the world are able to share their findings. (cdc.gov)
  • We can share our unique findings with other researchers across the world. (cdc.gov)
  • These findings are of paramount importance in our understanding of the potential risk factors for lung cancer among women. (news-medical.net)
  • The findings may be "partly explained by higher childhood BMI, which is an established factor associated with incident asthma and was previously shown to be more prevalent in ECHO children residing in neighborhoods with lower opportunities," they pointed out. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Although seroprevalence of Middle East respiratory coronavirus syndrome is high among camels in Africa, researchers have not detected zoonotic transmission in Kenya. (cdc.gov)
  • A 2003 review of linkage studies also listed seven genes as likely to increase risk for a later diagnosis of the disorder. (wikipedia.org)
  • With advances in antiretroviral therapy (ART), outcomes for adults living with human immunodeficiency virus (ALWH) have largely improved, drastically decreasing the risk of death from opportunistic infections. (medicalxpress.com)
  • While cerebral aneurysms have been reported at increased frequency in a limited number of studies, the risk factors for aneurysm development and outcomes in ALWH are poorly understood. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Dr. Buyon says researchers still know relatively little about the factors that contribute to the mothers' health outcomes. (nyulangone.org)
  • Researchers from the School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Harris County Public Health leveraged the Greater Houston Healthconnect (GHH) health information exchange to identify COVID-19 patients, create a cohort, and identify risk factors for both favorable and unfavorable outcomes. (ghhconnect.org)
  • and the National Institute on Aging, will feature researchers discussing how children and adults can put the latest sleep science into practice to support optimal health outcomes throughout the lifespan. (nih.gov)
  • What are modifiable risk factors? (drexel.edu)
  • Modifiable risk factors are potentially diverse factors that could include individual molecules or physiological processes that change the risk of ASD and related conditions at a population or individual level. (drexel.edu)
  • Because nearly all strokes are preventable, educating the public on how to reduce their chances of stroke can decrease the rate of dementia cases, say the researchers. (beingpatient.com)
  • Controlling these risk factors will hopefully translate into decreasing numbers of dementia cases, thus decreasing the burden on health care systems worldwide. (livescience.com)
  • Although rare mutations may only occur in a minority of patients, the strong impact on disease risk means that they can illuminate the biological mechanisms involved in the condition. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered genetic mutations in heart patients that make them vulnerable to heart failure because they produce an abnormal protein that can't decode stress messages from the body. (sciencedaily.com)
  • After finding mutations, researchers reproduced the mutations in the laboratory using recombinant genetic techniques that allowed them to observe the molecular consequences of the mutations. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The paternal age is a factor in schizophrenia because of the increased likelihood of mutations in the chromosomes of cells that produce sperm. (wikipedia.org)
  • Important segregation should be made between lower risk, common variants (identified by candidate studies or genome-wide association studies) and high risk, rare variants (which could be caused by de novo mutations) and copy-number variations (CNVs). (wikipedia.org)
  • Cardiovascular Risk is Associated with Poorer Memory in Middle-aged Adults from the Healthy Brain Project. (edu.au)
  • Our results suggest that ultra-rare structural variants that affect the boundaries of a specific genome structure increase risk for schizophrenia," said Jin Szatkiewicz, PhD, associate professor in the UNC Department of Genetics. (researchamerica.org)
  • Some of these variants were in genes already associated with risk for schizophrenia, another severe mental illness that often begins after adolescence. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • Risk factors of schizophrenia include many genetic and environmental phenomena. (wikipedia.org)
  • non-primary source needed] Schizophrenia is thought to develop from very complex gene-environment interactions with vulnerability factors. (wikipedia.org)
  • non-primary source needed] A genetic predisposition on its own, without superimposed environmental risk factors, generally does not give rise to schizophrenia. (wikipedia.org)
  • It has been suggested that apart from gene-environment interactions, environment-environment interactions also be taken into account as each environmental risk factor on its own is not enough to promote the development of schizophrenia. (wikipedia.org)
  • Being overweight or obese increases the risk of stroke, hypertension, diabetes and heart disease. (beingpatient.com)
  • While being overweight or obese and not being physically active have been linked to breast cancer risk, the possible link between diet and breast cancer risk is less clear. (cancer.org)
  • We do know that high-fat diets can lead to being overweight or obese, which is a known breast cancer risk factor. (cancer.org)
  • To gain information on the origins of these different varieties, researchers in China have sequenced the genomes of over 100 oat plants from around the world. (news-medical.net)
  • He and his colleagues controlled for potential confounding factors like socioeconomic status, age, gender and ethnicity. (newswise.com)
  • The SVI is a similar tool that examines 15 social factors across four domains -- socioeconomic status, household composition and disability, racial and ethnic minority and language status, and housing and transportation type. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Finding evidence for a risk factor that contributes to multiple neurodegenerative diseases is exciting," said Richard M. Myers, PhD, HudsonAlpha president and science director. (researchamerica.org)
  • In order to prevent these two silent killer diseases, one must be aware of all the risk factors associated with the ailment. (indiatimes.com)
  • They stress that HIEs offer a relatively quick and efficient means to acquire large data sets to identify potential risk factors of emerging diseases. (ghhconnect.org)
  • Sophia Antipolis, 3 February 2017: Number of children is emerging as a novel factor that influences the risk for some cardiovascular diseases (CVD), and in some societies in both parents, according to Professor Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, chairperson of the European Society of Cardiology "management of CVD During Pregnancy" guidelines task force. (enn.com)
  • The University of Miami is looking at the relationship between environmental factors and genes in persons living with ALS. (cdc.gov)
  • In our institution, when we adjusted the data for temporo- spatial factors, patient characteristics, and hospital events, treatment with third-generation cephalosporins, metronidazole, and fluoroquinolones was identified as a risk factor for VRE. (cdc.gov)
  • During genome analysis, researchers examined both coding and non-coding regions of the genome for DNA sequence variants. (researchamerica.org)
  • Recently, researchers have increasingly focused on the impact of genetic variants in disease development. (researchamerica.org)
  • Rare variants of the AKAP11 gene raise the risk of developing bipolar disorder several-fold, making it the strongest risk factor gene for bipolar identified to date. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • The AKAP11 variants don't contribute much to risk among the population as a whole, but the real value is what they reveal about the roots of disease, and that's why we're really focused on them," said senior author Benjamin Neale, director of genetics for the Stanley Center and co-director of the Program in Medical and Population Genetics at the Broad, where he is also an institute member. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • In adults living with HIV, a history of more severe illness with a larger impact on the immune system may be associated with a higher risk of growth of brain aneurysms," explained corresponding author Anna Cervantes-Arslanian, MD, associate professor of neurology, neurosurgery and medicine at the School. (medicalxpress.com)
  • It is important to recognize that for adults living with HIV, and in particular those with more impaired immune systems, there may be a higher risk of aneurysm growth," said first author Emily White, MD, a neurology resident at BMC. (medicalxpress.com)
  • The investigators point out that the prevalence of BE, even in adults with multiple risk factors is 5%-10%, and in adults with BE, the risk of neoplasia that warrants intervention is small. (medscape.com)
  • Scientists in the Stanley Center partnered with colleagues around the world in the Bipolar Exome Consortium to identify rare differences in the DNA sequence that alter proteins with the hope of discovering ones with a large impact on disease risk. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • The participants also filled in questionnaires at baseline to identify lifestyle factors, such as vitamin D supplement use and fish and dairy intake. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • These studies work to identify factors that increase the risk for birth defects. (cdc.gov)
  • The researchers based their analysis on 13 well-known factors affecting risk in deltas and drew upon unique models to identify which of these risks are most likely to endanger different deltas in the future. (lu.se)
  • After applying criteria for BE screening based on the combination of risk factors recommended in each of the four guidance statements, the screen-eligible population ranged from 19.7 million to 120.1 million, representing 8.4%-51.1% of noninstitutionalized US adults. (medscape.com)
  • Focusing only on adults with GERD, the proportion eligible for BE screening ranged from 22.1% (with one additional risk factor) to 13.4% (with at least three additional risk factors), the authors report. (medscape.com)
  • When BE screening is expanded to all patients regardless of GERD, the proportion of US adults eligible for screening ranged from 78.1% (with at least two risk factors) to 24.7% (with at least four risk factors). (medscape.com)
  • In this scenario, 28.5% of adults with two additional risk factors would be eligible, while 10.3% of adults with GERD and one additional risk factor would be eligible. (medscape.com)
  • Researchers assessed reports on 750 children and adults submitted to the registry between March 2020 and March 2021. (eurekalert.org)
  • Some studies show that in the United States, Native Americans and Black populations are at a disproportionately higher risk of autoimmune conditions than white individuals. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Further trials could test these interventions in younger populations and those with high autoimmune disease risk," they add. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • While cautioning that the results still need to be validated in further studies in different populations, Kivipelto says that their risk score predicted dementia occurrence with an approximately 70 percent accuracy rate. (livescience.com)
  • Stratified analysis revealed that some reproductive factors, especially early menopause, shortened reproductive span, and early age at first birth, displayed a substantially stronger association with elevated lung cancer risk, particularly non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in populations with high genetic susceptibility and detrimental behaviors. (news-medical.net)
  • While that is a relatively short time period for cancers to emerge, five to seven years after 9/11 the data already suggest that rescue and recovery workers harbor a 43% higher risk of prostate cancer compared to other residents of New York State during that the time, even after the scientists adjusted for age, sex, race, and smoking status. (time.com)
  • According to the researchers, brain aneurysms can present a high risk given the potential to rupture and cause bleeding in the brain, such as subarachnoid hemorrhage. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Introduction: The West Coast Dungeness crab fishery is high-risk for occupational fatalities. (cdc.gov)
  • The mothers themselves were at risk of developing breast cancer, while their daughters who'd been exposed to the drugs in utero were at high risk of developing a rare cancer of the cervix or womb. (healthy.net)
  • UniSA researcher Dr Lisa Matriccisays different aspects of sleep are associated with risk factors for diabetes. (businessinsider.in)
  • In 2012, University of Alabama at Birmingham researcher Anath Shalev, M.D., reported that a decades-old blood pressure medication called verapamil completely reversed diabetes in animal models. (uab.edu)
  • Researchers used the Quebec Tumor Registry, a population-based cancer registry, to evaluate whether cancer incidence among persons who lived near the site was higher than the incidence in the reference zones during the period 1981 to 1988. (cdc.gov)
  • The effect of antecedent treatment with various antibiotic ducted at high-incidence units and their small sample size agents as a risk factor for nosocomial VRE has been explored made it difficult to control for multiple confounding (7,19,21). (cdc.gov)
  • DES daughters appeared to have a higher incidence of breast cancer, but no one knew the extent of the risk. (healthy.net)
  • Factors such as genetics and age, known to play a role in determining mental illness, simply cannot be modified. (livescience.com)
  • The Safe to Sleep® campaign, a national effort to raise awareness about ways to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related infant deaths, will be updating the campaign's messages to reflect revised recommendations for safe infant sleep issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). (nih.gov)
  • and assist researchers in accurately determining the cause of and risk factors for SIDS. (cdc.gov)
  • Because these criteria are often not met and because practices for case investigation vary in the United States, efforts to determine the cause of and risk factors for SIDS have been hampered. (cdc.gov)
  • Researchers at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have uncovered a new genetic risk factor for multiple neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer's disease. (researchamerica.org)
  • Control or reference areas were selected based on sociodemographic factors. (cdc.gov)
  • Preliminary data from NICHD-funded researchers provides caregiver-reported information on how children and teens fared during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. (nih.gov)
  • Tobacco use history was examined as a potential risk factor for COVID-19 fatality along with age, gender, race/ethnicity, body mass index (BMI), and number of comorbidities. (ghhconnect.org)
  • However, the population at risk for BE is defined by different combinations of risk factors in the societal guidance statements, which impacts the potential burden of screening, the researchers point out. (medscape.com)
  • ATSDR is also conducting a number of different activities to examine the potential risk factors for ALS. (cdc.gov)
  • Through the Registry's 17 online risk factor modules, ATSDR is collecting detailed information from PALS on such topics as occupation, military history, residential history, and trauma history to better learn about the potential risk factors for developing the disease. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition, researchers say having asthma increases your chances of getting the post-viral illness. (abc.net.au)
  • Aris and team noted that their results are in line with prior studies in children that examined neighborhoods and asthma, with two studies showing that children born in neighborhoods with greater walkability or with greener environments had lower risk of incident asthma in childhood. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Residence in more advantageous neighborhoods has been associated with higher physical activity levels and healthier eating patterns in children, which in turn, are associated with lower asthma risk, likely through reduced airway inflammation," they added. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Now, officials from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene are analyzing data from the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Registry to determine possible effects, if any, of the Twin Towers' collapse on cancer risk. (time.com)
  • Dr. Mucalo also noted that now that COVID-19 vaccines are available, physicians and patients alike need to recognize these risk factors when considering vaccination. (eurekalert.org)
  • Experts envision the risk predictor being used for physicians to warn their patients about the possibility of dementia. (livescience.com)
  • Here at the American Cancer Society (ACS), the world's best and brightest researchers relentlessly pursue the answers that help us understand how to prevent, detect, and treat all cancer types. (cancer.org)
  • M]ajor depression is a brain disorder,' the researchers conclude. (mentalfloss.com)
  • Some researchers have recently suggested that any hypothesized toxicant should be compatible with current existing models of development and should include cumulative risk. (medscape.com)
  • Those factors include bacteria or stool (poop) getting caught in a pouch in your colon and changes in the microbiome in the intestines. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Risk factors include increasing population density, urban development, irrigated agriculture, changes to river discharge, land subsidence and relative sea-level rise, limited economic capacity, poor government effectiveness, and low adaptation readiness. (lu.se)
  • ATSDR has developed an online tool for researchers to request samples from the National ALS Biorepository. (cdc.gov)
  • ATSDR would like to invite researchers to apply for samples and data collected from PALS. (cdc.gov)
  • The Registry's web portal now contains risk factor data on the largest number of persons with ALS in the U.S. ATSDR published initial results from the Registry's risk factor survey data in the Registry's first report [575 KB] , and recently published preliminary results of the risk factor survey data in April, 2016. (cdc.gov)
  • The DES daughters not only risk cancer of the cervix, but also deformiies of the reproductive system. (healthy.net)
  • According to the researchers, several reproductive factors showed a significant association with a higher risk of incident lung cancer among women. (news-medical.net)
  • These factors included early menarche (age ≤ 11 years), early menopause (age ≤ 46 years or age of 47-49 years), a shorter reproductive span (age ≤ 32 years or age of 33-35 years), and early age at first birth (≤ 20 years or age of 21-25 years). (news-medical.net)
  • Early menarche, early menopause, and a shortened reproductive life span are associated with higher risks of incident lung cancer, especially NSCLC, in subpopulations with specific genetic risk and lifestyle choices. (news-medical.net)
  • Mounting evidence shows that having a stroke at least doubles your risk of dementia . (beingpatient.com)
  • Having any one of these risk factors doubles a person's chance of developing dementia--and having all three increases their chances by six times, said Kivipelto. (livescience.com)
  • Using data from the UK Biobank of 500,000 British volunteers over age 40, the researchers examined health factors in those who tested positive for COVID-19 and compared them to those who tested negative. (newswise.com)
  • B acked by a major National Institutes of Health grant, researchers are in pursuit of new insights to determine the mechanisms by which systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is initiated and perpetuated. (nyulangone.org)
  • The complex interplay of (1) genetic, (2) environmental, and (3) social factors requires sophisticated and thoughtful interventions on the part of health care providers. (medscape.com)
  • The National Institutes of Health and the District of Columbia government are teaming up to raise awareness among District parents and caregivers about how to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome and other sleep-related causes of infant death, such as accidental suffocation. (nih.gov)
  • Other factors can contribute to PTSD and other mental health conditions in veterans. (psychcentral.com)
  • Even if you remove all of the risk factors, and control your blood pressure and cholesterol, and are not obese, there is no guarantee that you will not develop dementia,'' said Dr Jose Bertolote, Coordinator of Mental and Brain Disorders at the World Health Organization. (livescience.com)
  • The nation's premier system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services. (nih.gov)
  • and the increased risk was not explained by health behaviors such as smoking or physical comorbidities, according to researchers. (medscape.com)
  • Researchers have developed mathematical models that help estimate how many years of life an average woman with a BRCA, or BReast CAncer gene mutation, might gain if she has her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Some studies suggest the risk could be as much as 70 percent higher. (beingpatient.com)
  • Researchers recommended that additional studies be conducted to support or refute their evidence. (cdc.gov)
  • Twin studies have shown that an identical twin has ~50% risk of also developing the disorder. (wikipedia.org)
  • Studies comparing diet and breast cancer risk in different countries are complicated by other differences (such as activity level, intake of other nutrients, and genetic factors) that might also affect breast cancer risk. (cancer.org)
  • Some studies have also suggested that diets high in fruits and vegetables and calcium-rich dairy products, but low in red and processed meats might lower the risk of breast cancer. (cancer.org)
  • Researchers screened nearly 400 published articles and conducted meta-analyses on 64 longitudinal studies with 170,000 participants. (medscape.com)
  • Risks to deltas will only increase over time, so now is the time for governments to take action, says Murray Scown, associate senior lecturer, Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, and lead author. (lu.se)
  • Having the disease increases your risk of stroke, independent of other factors. (beingpatient.com)
  • To the researchers, this suggested problems in this patient group that had been missed by the standard screening for heart disease: defects in the heart's stress management system. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Dr. Olson is a leader in identifying hereditary factors that cause heart disease. (sciencedaily.com)
  • More researchers are studying the disease today, and technology continues to improve. (cdc.gov)
  • Recently, researchers have investigated the link between vitamin D and fish oil supplementation and the onset of autoimmune disease. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • In addition, omega-3 fatty acid supplementation led to a 15% lesser risk of autoimmune disease, although these results were not statistically significant. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The last version of the guidelines was developed in 2015 and published in 2016, and since then there have been new data on Janus kinase inhibitors and interleukin-23 inhibitors, for example, which have now been incorporated into the updated recommendations alongside the old stalwarts of conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARDs) and tumor necrosis factor inhibitors. (medscape.com)
  • And eating certain types of fat is clearly linked to a higher risk of heart disease. (cancer.org)
  • The risks of thyroid cancer and of myeloma (a disease of the blood plasma cells) were more than double that of ordinary New Yorkers. (time.com)
  • Providers that care for individuals living with sickle cell disease should recommend vaccination, particularly for those with these comorbidities that put them at greater risk. (eurekalert.org)
  • Nonetheless, researchers esizes that the perceived threat of a disease have emphasized that osteoporosis educa- (severity and susceptibility) and perceived tion programmes seldom change beliefs benefits of the treatment can induce behav- and behaviours [ 1,4,5 ]. (who.int)
  • Epidemiology looks at how different risks influence, cause, or spread a disease in a community. (cancer.net)
  • Learn more about how persons with ALS (PALS) are helping scientists learn more about this mysterious disease by registering and taking risk factor surveys. (cdc.gov)
  • They have learned more about the risk factors and causes of the disease, and new ways of treating the cancer through advanced imaging and improved early detection. (medlineplus.gov)
  • SCD-related heart, lung, and kidney conditions were associated with higher risk of severe illness in children, while SCD-related heart and lung conditions were also associated with higher risk of hospitalization. (eurekalert.org)
  • If you want to reduce your risk for dementia, lower your risk factors for stroke, urges a group of experts in a manifesto published in the journal Alzheimer's and Dementia. (beingpatient.com)
  • For bats that prefer to leave a little wiggle room between themselves and hibernating neighbors, white nose risk is lower - and diminishes as a colony's size shrinks. (sciencenews.org)
  • A better understanding of personal and environmental risk factors for ALS could lead to understanding of its triggers as well as treatments. (cdc.gov)
  • Others are climatic and environmental risk factors, poor partner collaboration and coordination, and lack of evidence for decision-making. (who.int)
  • According to the American Heart Association (AHA), social isolation and loneliness can increase the risk of both a heart attack and a stroke by 30 percent. (indiatimes.com)
  • The researchers calculated screen eligibility based on each societal guidance statement. (medscape.com)
  • While climate change is a global problem, other important risk factors like land subsidence, population density and ineffective governance are local problems. (lu.se)
  • The most common risk factors for cholangiocarcinoma also differs based on geography and population backgrounds. (bvsalud.org)