progscrape: disease

A major global study from The Lancet shows infectious diseases keep falling, but chronic conditions like diabetes, heart disease, and anxiety are rising worldwide.

35 days ago thelancet.com diabetes disease health

A new study published in 'The Lancet' finds that food systems are a major driver of environmental degradation, rising chronic disease and growing inequality

41 days ago thelancet.com disease environment

AI4RDD: Artificial Intelligence and Rare Disease Diagnosis: A proposal to improve the anamnesis process

41 days ago doi.org ai disease health

ALS Breakthrough Shows Fatal Disease Is Driven by Immune Attack

46 days ago bloomberg.com disease

Study on mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease found that inhibiting the function of a key protein in the circadian system can decrease levels of harmful tau proteins and reduce neurodegeneration.

38 days ago source.washu.edu disease neuroscience

Scientists have achieved a “striking” reversal of Alzheimer’s disease in mice by restoring the normal function of the brain's vasculature—the network of blood vessels that supplies it with oxygen and nutrients

40 days ago newsweek.com brain disease neuroscience

Patients with advanced triple-negative breast cancer who are ineligible for immune checkpoint inhibitors lived longer without disease progression when treated with the antibody–drug conjugate sacituzumab govitecan, with a median progression-free survival of 9.7 vs 6.9 months.

27 days ago nejm.org cancer disease

A new method can help scientists “see” the proteins that may trigger Parkinson’s disease (PD) in human brain tissue for the very first time.

46 days ago technologynetworks.com brain disease neuroscience

A new simple blood test could provide faster and more accurate diagnosis of ALS by measuring cell-free DNA, and this test could eventually allow neurologists to rule out other neurological diseases and also detect ALS disease earlier to provide better treatment and improve life expectancy

31 days ago uclahealth.org biology disease

A specific subset of children with autism may experience positive outcomes from taking memantine, a drug used to slow Alzheimer's disease, according to the results of a small clinical trial.

46 days ago sciencealert.com autism disease neuroscience trial

A high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet may protect the brain from early Alzheimer’s disease changes in people genetically at risk, new research in mouse models of Alzheimer’s suggests, by rebalancing gut bacteria and restoring brain energy metabolism.

37 days ago newatlas.com brain disease neuroscience

Older men are more likely to pass on disease-causing mutations to their children because of the faster growth of mutant cells in the testes with age

39 days ago newscientist.com genetics

Huntington's disease treated for first time

53 days ago bbc.com disease medicine science

Breakthrough Gene Therapy Slows Huntington's Disease by 75% : ScienceAlert

51 days ago sciencealert.com disease

Women who miss first breast cancer screening at ‘40% higher risk’ of dying from the disease

48 days ago theguardian.com cancer disease

Countries with higher disease risk think more positively about the future of humanity

51 days ago news.uga.edu disease

Mitochondrial overload is a central driver of oxidative stress in Alzheimer’s disease

48 days ago mdpi.com disease neuroscience

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time - BBC News

53 days ago bbc.co.uk disease neuroscience

Study Links Microplastic Exposure to Alzheimer's Disease in Mice

2 months ago uri.edu disease neuroscience science

Mice fed on the keto diet had trouble processing sugar, showed signs of liver and cardiovascular disease

58 days ago sciencenews.org disease health

Inflammation now predicts heart disease more strongly than cholesterol

47 days ago empirical.health disease

Industry study sponsorship and conflicts of interest on the effect of unprocessed red meat on cardiovascular disease risk: a systematic review of clinical trials

48 days ago ajcn.nutrition.org disease health

Three-Minute Take-Home Test May Identify Symptoms Linked to Alzheimer's Disease

58 days ago smithsonianmag.com disease

Huntington’s disease treated successfully for first time in UK gene therapy trial

53 days ago theguardian.com disease trial

Age-related trends in amyloid positivity in Parkinson’s disease without dementia

2 months ago doi.org biology disease

A single fecal microbiota transplant in obese teens delivered long-lasting metabolic benefits, shrinking waistlines, reducing body fat and inflammation, and lowering heart disease risk markers…

2 months ago newatlas.com disease health

New study shows that immune cells from the gut travel along the brain/gut axis in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

2 months ago buckinstitute.org disease neuroscience

An existing transplant drug slows progression of type 1 diabetes in newly diagnosed young people, paving way for the first therapy that modifies disease after diagnosis

49 days ago newatlas.com diabetes disease medicine

Chagas disease, which can be deadly, is now considered endemic in the U.S.

2 months ago uclahealth.org disease

People on a Mediterranean diet were found to have 65% lower odds of developing severe gum disease than those who adhered to it the least