More precise diagnoses made possible with whole genome sequencing, finds study ANI | Updated: Mar 17, 2021 08:18 IST
Solna [Sweden], March 17 (ANI): More than 1,200 people with rare diseases have received a diagnosis thanks to the integration of large-scale genomics into the Stockholm region s healthcare system. This is according to a study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden that analysed the result of the first five years of collaboration on whole-genome sequencing between Karolinska University Hospital and SciLifeLab.
The work, published in Genome Medicine, constitutes a major leap forward in the emerging field of precision medicine. We ve established a way of working where hospital and university collaborate on sequencing each patients entire genome in order to find genetic explanations for different diseases, says the paper s first author Henrik Stranneheim, a researcher at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinsk
Study reveals beta-blockers not likely to cause depression ANI | Updated: Mar 15, 2021 16:02 IST
Dallas [US], March 15 (ANI): Beta-blockers (medications that reduce your blood pressure) treat various cardiovascular diseases and were not more likely to cause depression compared to other similar treatments, according to new research.
The research was published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal. While depression may occur during beta-blocker therapy, the research suggests beta-blockers are not the likely cause.
Beta-blockers are a class of medications that reduce the heart rate, the heart s workload and the heart s output of blood, which, together, lower blood pressure. They are a common treatment for cardiovascular diseases, including heart failure, arrhythmias, chest pains and high blood pressure. Researchers have suspected beta-blockers of having negative psychological side effects, including depression, anxiety, d
Washington DC [US], March 14 (ANI): Stroke survivors may be more likely to attempt or die by suicide than people who have not had a stroke, suggest the findings of a new study.
Misleading people are often mislead by others, reveals study ANI | Updated: Mar 13, 2021 20:57 IST
Ontario [Canada], March 13 (ANI): While some individuals might find it easy to mislead people by trying to persuade or impress with misleading exaggerations and distortions, they are themselves much likely to be fooled by impressive-sounding misinformation, as suggested by the findings of a new study.
The researchers found that people who frequently engage in persuasive bullshitting were actually quite poor at identifying it. Specifically, they had trouble distinguishing intentionally profound or scientifically accurate facts from impressive but meaningless fiction. Importantly, these frequent BSers are also much more likely to fall for fake news headlines. The study was published in the British Journal of Social Psychology.
Study focuses on developing game-changing test to diagnose Parkinson s ANI | Updated: Mar 11, 2021 16:15 IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): The results of a recent study show that it is possible to identify Parkinson s based on compounds found on the surface of the skin. The findings offer hope that a pioneering new test could be developed to diagnose the degenerative condition through a simple and painless skin swab.
Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed a technique which works by analysing compounds found in sebum - the oily substance that coats and protects the skin - and identifying changes in people with Parkinson s Disease. Sebum is rich in lipid-like molecules and is one of the lesser studied biological fluids in the diagnosis of the condition. People with Parkinson s may produce more sebum than normal - a condition known as seborrhoea.