progscrape: disease

U-Michigan study finds most Americans prioritized preventing child abuse, domestic violence, and deaths linked to economic hardship over preventing additional COVID-19 deaths during lockdowns; researchers say these preferences highlight the need to balance disease prevention with other societal harm

2 months ago news.umich.edu covid disease economic psychology

A comprehensive review on environmental risk factors of cardiovascular disease show noise, climate change, chemical pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, and air pollution as risk factors for cardiovascular diseases

3 months ago academic.oup.com disease health

An arterial disease, recently discovered in cats of the Korat breed, resembles genetic familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a cholesterol disorder in humans

3 months ago helsinki.fi disease genetics health

"Prolonged sitting" increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, possibly due to preceding impairments in cutaneous vascular function, regardless of ambient temperature

3 months ago tsukuba.ac.jp disease health

New Aging Clock Forecasts Dementia, Disease Risk from Single MRI Scan

3 months ago insideprecisionmedicine.com disease

New paper by UCSD scientist posits a general principle that healthy dietary factors can become unhealthy in people with cancer or heart disease

3 months ago jn.nutrition.org cancer disease health

Cancer Drugs May Reverse Alzheimer’s Disease Effects

3 months ago ts2.tech cancer disease health

Adherence to plant based diets reduce the risk of hepatic fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

3 months ago nature.com disease health

A new study found that in mice with Parkinson’s-like disease, breathing lower-oxygen air (like at high altitudes) protected brain cells and improved movement, even after symptoms began.

3 months ago nature.com brain disease health

Measuring insulin levels in saliva offers a non-invasive way to measure metabolic health and can show risk of developing future health concerns, including Type 2 diabetes, obesity and heart disease, without the need for needles or lab-based blood work

3 months ago news.ok.ubc.ca diabetes disease health