(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DURHAM, N.C. — A Duke Health pilot project suggests that in the near future, a blood test could show whether arteries carrying blood to the heart are narrow or blocked, a risk factor for heart disease.
Month: February 2019
Ohio State-Led Study Links Protein, Clusterin, To Cardiac And Metabolic Diseases
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – COLUMBUS, Ohio – During a study spanning nearly a decade, researchers have linked the protein clusterin – for the first time — to many different facets of cardiometabolic syndrome risk through its actions in the liver.
Food Trend Predictions for 2019
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) has offered their predictions for the hottest food trends of 2019. Time will tell if they are true lasting trends or just trendy fads that will come and go.
CDC, Coca-Cola, Sugary Drinks, And Obesity
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – All good science begins with an observation, for which a hypothesis is proposed, and this hypothesis is tested with an experiment. In a perfect world, an experiment can be designed whereby the hypothesis is either confirmed or disproved.
Kids Pick E-cigarettes for First Tobacco Use
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DALLAS, — E-cigarettes are a popular choice for kids when first trying tobacco and using e-cigarettes as their first tobacco product increases the likelihood that young people start smoking traditional cigarettes
Option Plays for Super Bowl Bingeing
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DALLAS – Feb. 1, 2019 – You’ve resolved to lose weight, but the fast-food, calorie-laden Super Bowl party is approaching. UT Southwestern Medical Center nutritionists have some tips on how to stay on track in the face of party temptations.
Scientists Shed Light on Processes Behind Age-related Decline in Brain Structures
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Ageing can cause damage to support cells in the white matter, which in turn may lead to damage in the grey matter of the hippocampus, finds a new study by Cardiff University.
Cancer Drug Shows Promise in Mitigating Concussive Brain Injuries
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – With Super Bowl LIII on the horizon, Americans are gearing up to celebrate the modern-day clash of the titans. For many, football has become a taboo topic, as former fans abandon the sport to protest traumatic brain injuries….
Does Intensive Blood Pressure Control Reduce Dementia?
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Intensive control of blood pressure in older people significantly reduced the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment, a precursor of early dementia
Persistent Low Body Weight for Young Kids May Place Them at Higher Risk for Anorexia Nervosa Later in Adolescence
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHAPEL HILL, NC – A new study has found that a persistent low body mass index (BMI) in children, starting as young as age 2 for boys and 4 for girls, may be a risk factor for the development of anorexia nervosa in adolescence.
Study Paves Way for Promising HIV Vaccine
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A study led by a University of Manitoba researcher has brought science one step closer to using the chickenpox virus to develop a vaccine against HIV.
Research Identifies Pathway Connecting Some ARV Drugs With Liver Disease
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 1, 2019) — As a raft of new treatments for HIV infection have come on the market in the past 20 years, AIDS patients got access to drugs that allowed them to live longer.
Ultrasound Helps Predict Successful Fistula Formation for Kidney Dialysis Patients
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – For more than 20 years, Michael Allon, M.D., and Michelle Robbin, M.D. — along with Carlton Young, M.D., and interventional radiology colleagues….
Speeding Proteins and How Smell Affects Behavior
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Johns Hopkins researchers have found that rhomboid enzymes, which are special proteins that cut other proteins, are able to break the “cellular speed limit” as they move through the cell membrane.
Opposite Effect: Protein Widely Known to Fight Tumors Also Boosts Cancer Growth
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Search for a description of “p53” and it becomes clear that this human protein is widely known for its cancer-fighting benefits, leading to its renown as “the guardian of the genome.”
In Prenatal Testing, ‘Genomics’ Sometimes Sees What Genetic Tests Can’t
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – NEW YORK, NY — A new kind of prenatal genetic testing can improve obstetricians’ ability to diagnose the underlying causes of fetal anomalies found during prenatal ultrasounds.
Commonly Used Anti-Rejection Drug Could be Repurposed to Treat Some Liver Cancers
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – PITTSBURGH, – Research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in animal models and patient tissues has identified a new molecular pathway in the liver….
To Sleep, Perchance to Heal: A Newly Discovered Gene Governs the Need for Slumber When Sick
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – PHILADELPHIA – Humans spend nearly one-third of their lives in slumber, yet sleep is still one of biology’s most enduring mysteries. Little is known about what genetic or molecular forces drive the need to sleep—until now.
Higher Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Linked to Lower Risk of Early Death for Dialysis Patients
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Washington, DC — A new study found that higher consumption of fruits and vegetables may be associated with a lower risk of premature death in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis.
Understanding the Depression Gender Gap
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Women are nearly twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with depression and it can occur at any age.