Prostate cancer test may lead to harmful overdiagnosis in black men
A new study found that a widely used test for prostate cancer may leave black men at increased risk of overdiagnosis. …
One in ten people may still be infectious for SARS-CoV-2 virus after ten days
One in 10 people may have clinically relevant levels of potentially infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus past the 10 day quarantine period. …
Artificial intelligence accurately predicts who will develop dementia in two years
Artificial intelligence can predict with 92 percent accuracy who will develop dementia within two years. …
Being overweight is associated with higher risk of depression
A large-scale genetic study provides further evidence that being overweight causes depression. …
Large-scale brain epigenetics study provides new insights into Alzheimer’s disease
The largest study of its kind has unveiled new insights into how genes are regulated in Alzheimer’s disease, including discovering 84 new genes linked to the disease. …
COVID-19 B.1.1.7 variant associated with significantly higher mortality rate
The highly infectious COVID-19 B.1.1.7 variant that swept across the UK last year before spreading worldwide is between 30 and 100 percent more deadly than previous strains. …
Difference in blood pressure between arms linked to greater death risk
A large international study confirms that a difference in blood pressure readings between arms is linked to greater risk of heart attack, stroke, and death. …
New test better predicts which babies will develop type 1 diabetes
A new approach to predicting which babies will develop type 1 diabetes moves a step closer to routine testing for newborns which could avoid life-threatening complications. …
Type 1 diabetes is not one but two distinct conditions, defined by diagnosis age
Children who are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes under the age of seven have a different form (or “endotype”) of the condition compared with those diagnosed aged 13 or above, …
Drug shows promise in reducing deadly brain swelling after stroke
Cases of potentially deadly brain damage as a result of stroke could be reduced by an innovative experimental treatment that targets a pathway involved in brain swelling. …
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