A large new study tracking the health of around two million people has found annual influenza vaccination is associated with a significantly lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The compelling findings build on growing research finding links between several viral infections and neurodegenerative disease.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Virus, Brain, Influenza, Vaccines, The Immune
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How the flu vaccine can lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Posted by ArielTechGeek 3 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A 10-second balance test could predict your risk of early death
Posted by ArielTechGeek 9 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Human balance is known to decline with age, and an international team of researchers has provided new evidence around whether this particular ability can serve as an indicator for risk of disease and death. The study involving more than 1,700 subjects found a disproportionate rate of death among those unable to complete a 10-second balance test, with the authors suggesting such an examination cou
1 in 500 men may carry extra chromosome, raising risk of some diseases
Posted by ArielTechGeek 15 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A comprehensive genetic analysis of over 200,000 men has found that around one in 500 have an extra sex chromosome, with most of them unaware. That’s a much higher proportion than previously thought, and it seems to increase their risk of diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular problems.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Genetics, Disease, Cambridge University, University of Exeter
Vitamin D deficiency linked to increased dementia risk
Posted by ArielTechGeek 17 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Researchers at the University of South Australia have uncovered a link between vitamin D deficiency and an increased risk of dementia and stroke. The study found that a decent proportion of cases of dementia may be prevented by boosting levels of the hormone.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Dementia, Nutrition, Sunlight, Strokes, University of South Australia
A few years after the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic doctors around the world began to notice an increase in new Parkinson’s disease cases. This link between viral infection and increased Parkinson’s risk has been an ongoing mystery to scientists for well over a century. And the association isn’t just limited to the H1N1 influenza virus behind the 1918 pandemic. A variety of other viral infections hav
A first-of-its-kind study from researchers at McGill University has investigated the relationship between certain cancers and people living in close proximity to wildfires. The findings revealed higher rates of brain tumors and lung cancer in populations living within 50 km (31 miles) of a wildfire that occurred over the past 10 years.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTag
A new study led by researchers at McGill University challenges current notions of how acute pain is treated. The findings suggest treating some forms of acute pain with anti-inflammatory drugs may actually increase the risk of that pain developing into a chronic condition.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Pain, Back Pain, Inflammatory, The Immune System, McGill University, New Atlas
Newly discovered link between diabetes risk and herpesvirus infection
Posted by ArielTechGeek 50 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Two common herpesviruses have been associated with the onset of prediabetes in a new study led by researchers in Germany. The findings build on a growing body of evidence connecting viral infections to the development of chronic disease.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Virus, Infections, Diabetes, The Immune System, metabolism
Landmark study finds first biomarker to detect babies at risk of SIDS
Posted by ArielTechGeek 54 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is one of leading causes of infant death and until now researchers have not been able to identify any specific physiological factor that may make a baby more vulnerable. A team of researchers in Australia have now identified a blood biomarker linked to brain arousal that could potentially be used to identify infants most at risk of SIDS.Continue ReadingCategory
An intriguing new study has zeroed in on a brain region that is central to the development of both alcohol abuse and anxiety in adults, and demonstrated how gene editing could be used to wipe clean a person's predisposition to both disorders. Likened to a "factory reset" for the brain, the technique is put forward as a potential way to treat conditions that can be traced back to adolescence, and
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