Tag Archives: Disease

Genetic ‘Taste Score’ Could Help Us Eat Healthier and Reduce Disease Risk

June 29, 2022 – Addicted to cookies? Can’t stand broccoli? You could possibly blame Mom and Dad. That’s as a result of our style preferences are influenced by our genes. And this may increasingly play an necessary function in figuring out our meals selections and, in flip, our well being, in response to early examine […]

Do I Have Alzheimer’s Disease? Just One Brain Scan May Tell

June 22, 2022 – A single mind scan could sometime provide an early prognosis of Alzheimer’s illness. Using synthetic intelligence to take a look at constructions within the mind, researchers within the United Kingdom developed an algorithm that may decide – with 98% accuracy – whether or not somebody has the illness from a single […]

Rats Blamed for Spreading Disease More Than They Do

June 22, 2022 – Scientists have lengthy suspected rats could be one motive cities are petri dishes for illness in a approach that is not seen in rural communities. But a brand new examine revealed in Nature Ecology and Evolution means that rats could not deserve this dangerous fame. To examine the issue, scientists needed […]

Dogs Can Be Protective, Even Against Crohn’s Disease

June 2, 2022 – Sorry, cat folks and solely kids: Having a canine as a toddler and rising up in a big household are two issues linked to a considerably decrease likelihood of getting Crohn’s illness later in life, in response to a brand new examine. Children who lived with a canine between the ages […]

Gluten-Sensing Tech May Change Fight Against Celiac Disease

May 31, 2022 – About 7% of the U.S. inhabitants – together with these with celiac illness and gluten sensitivities – expertise signs like stomach ache, diarrhea, and persistent fatigue once they eat gluten. The solely recognized therapy is a gluten-free food plan, which is usually a large problem as a result of even many […]

Knowing How the Brain Reacts to Smells May Help Fight Disease

May 11, 2022 – You know that difficult equations can predict what story pops up in your information feed or which TikTookay video you’ll watch subsequent. But you won’t know that math might help us perceive what occurs within the mind once we scent one thing. Researchers on the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience on […]

Taking Racism out of the Kidney Disease Equation

The first signal one thing was unsuitable with Curtis Warfield got here in 2005, when a lab take a look at discovered protein in his urine throughout a routine checkup. In 2012, Warfield was recognized with stage 3 kidney illness. Two years later, he began dialysis. “When you get diagnosed, you’re sitting there kind of […]

Mosquitoes Genetically Modified to Stop Disease Pass Early Test

May 9, 2022 — Genetically modified mosquitoes launched within the U.S. seem to have handed an early check that means they may someday assist scale back the inhabitants of bugs that transmit infectious ailments. As a part of the check, scientists launched almost 5 million genetically engineered male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes over the course of […]

Tick Spraying May Not Guard Against Lyme Disease

April 14, 2022 – Two extensively used and environmentally protected tick management measures might slash the variety of bloodthirsty bugs in your neighborhood, however they gained’t scale back your probabilities of contracting Lyme illness, researchers have discovered. The outcomes of a 4-year examine, which seems within the May 2022 challenge of Emerging Infectious Diseases, confirmed […]

Avocados Linked to Lower Heart Disease Risk

March 31, 2022 – Avocados, these rich-tasting fruits identified for its wholesome fat, may additionally scale back your threat of coronary heart illness, a brand new research discovered. Researchers adopted greater than 110,000 women and men for over 30 years and located proof that consuming two servings of avocado every week could assist forestall coronary […]