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EEG Test on brain may predict future dementia

...e EEG test proved more than 90 percent accurate in predicting who would develop dementia. Dementia is a brain disorder that causes significant loss of intellectual abilities such as memory capacity and can also lead to Alzheimer’s disease. The test appears to be able to predict whether people in their 60's ...

It Is Possible To Detect Alzheimer's Early

...e now almost as accurate as psychological tests in predicting the course of the illness. Researchers are working on ways to detect small changes in beta-amyloid and tau protein—biological markers for the disease—in blood and spinal fluid. They're also making progress in determining the genetic markers for Alzh...

Breast Cancer Advance

...ndings suggest they could become robust 'markers', predicting disease outcome in breast cancer patients and identifying those patients most at risk of recurrence of the disease. "We are beginning to understand how genes contribute to breast cancer development and I am confident this work will ultimately prove v...

Success Of Preventable High-Risk HPV Infections With Vaccines May Vary

... when developing screening tests for the virus and predicting the effect of vaccines on the incidence of infection.” Source: Newswise, The Lacet...

New advance in prostate cancer management

...ssue Microarray (TMA) Method will markedly help in predicting the behaviour of prostate cancer. Needle biopsies, blood and urine analysis are the current options available to determine how aggressive the cancer // is and whether it is likely to progress. The results of these tests are however not very accura...

Predicting Breast Cancer Recurrence By Understanding Gene Signature

...s less accurate (with a 46-percent sensitivity) at predicting cancer recurrence beyond five years. Since some studies identifying gene signatures for breast cancer recurrence do not identify the same groups of genes when compared, researchers say it becomes difficult to determine which gene signature test to t...

Blood Test May help Heart Prediction

...pparent advantages of the new test. It was good at predicting later fatal heart attacks in people whose cholesterol tests were normal. Also, it worked just as well in young as old people. Traditional cholesterol tests are not found to be useful for people over 70. According to experts the apolipoproteins could...

Malignant Mesothelioma – A New Genetic Revelation

...s age-related models inaccurate. Our new model for predicting mesothelioma mortality rates is more complex and takes account of the varying exposure to asbestos of different age groups at different times of their lives."In brief, Mesothelioma is a lethal cancer that is caused by long-term or high level exposure...

Malignant Mesothelioma – A New Genetic Revelatio

...s age-related models inaccurate. Our new model for predicting mesothelioma mortality rates is more complex and takes account of the varying exposure to asbestos of different age groups at different times of their lives."In brief, Mesothelioma is a lethal cancer that is caused by long-term or high level exposure...

Simple Urine Test Can Help To Monitor Disfiguring Birthmarks

... that a urine test can help in both monitoring and predicting // vascular anomalies. The study also raises the possibility of treating these with anti-angiogenesis drugs The July issue of the journal - Pediatrics, has published an article about vascular anomalies in children. Vascular anomalies can be found i...

The Benefits of Strontium in the treatment for Osteoporosis Questioned

...ne mineral density. Caution is therefore needed in predicting efficacy against fractures simply on the basis of a change in bone mineral density. An increase of 5% in spine bone mineral density is required to confirm a notable response to treatment. With strontium ranelate, large increases in bone mineral dens...

New kidney test a better predictor of health

...e developed a new blood test called Cystatin-C for predicting cardiovascular risk and death amongst //elderly from kidney malfunction. Earlier test that was used was creatinine, and researchers say that the new test will be more effective and better predictor than the earlier one. The new test distinguishes th...

Strong possibility of delaying the progress of Alzheimer’s exist

...ad found out that mild cognitive impairment can be predicting the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Reference: New England Journal of Medicine, issue April 2005...

Gene to identify risk of stroke in sickle cell anemia

...e the clinical models. The model was successful in predicting the 25 variants of 11 genes that increased the risk of stroke in such a condition. Some of the genes were those already identified as related to risk of stroke. The others thus identified are genes in the pathway TGF-beta, as well as hemoglobin level...

Risk for Diabetes type II may be in the genes

...ted the role played by ENPP1 K121Q polymorphism in predicting diabetes type II in people. The study was conducted on 679 South Asians residing in Chennai, 1083 South Asians living in Dallas, Texas and 858 Caucasians living in Dallas, Texas. While 25% of the people in Chennai belonging to the non-diabetic group ...

Identifying Those At Risk For Diabetes

...asting glucose level, the NCEP performed better at predicting type 2 diabetes. Researchers conclude the NCEP definition of metabolic syndrome is a strong predictor of type 2 diabetes. The NCEP definition includes at least three of the following factors: increased waist circumference, high triglycerides, low HD...

Sleep Disorder,The Likely Cause Of Most Road Accidents

...ke roads safer .The test is 91-percent accurate at predicting who has sleep apnea. The study was done to help predict which commercial drivers are at risk of sleep apnea and could fall asleep at the wheel. Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder in which a person pauses in breathing during sleep for 10 seconds...

Identifying Those At Risk For Diabetes

...asting glucose level, the NCEP performed better at predicting type 2 diabetes. Researchers conclude the NCEP definition of metabolic syndrome is a strong predictor of type 2 diabetes. The NCEP definition includes at least three of the following factors: increased waist circumference, high triglycerides, low HD...

Hormones A Predictor Of Heart Problems

...ain hormones in the body may yield a new method of predicting the risk of cardiovascular // events and death in people with no symptoms. Researchers found excess risk was apparent at levels well below the current standards used to diagnose heart failure. Investigators studied 3,346 people without heart failure...

Does Success in School Differ From the Real World Success ?

...rkplace. Specialists found the MAT was valid for predicting performance in both academic and work environments. They say this provides direct evidence that general cognitive ability is related to success in multiple areas of life. Specifically researchers report the MAT was a valid predictor of seven of the e...

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