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Ground-breaking research led by University of Limerick has revealed for the first time that the immune system directly links personality to long-term risk of death.
The study sheds new light on why people who are more conscientious tend to live longer.
Results from the new international study published in the journal
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity have found that the immune system plays a previously unknown role in the link between personality traits and long-term risk of death. Personality is known to be associated with long-term risk of death, it is a well replicated finding observed across numerous research studies internationally, explained Principal Investigator on the study Dr Páraic Ó Súilleabháin, from the Department of Psychology and Health Research Institute at University of Limerick, Ireland.
Scientists used accelerometers to track daily activity levels for a week in 89 adults with obesity or overweight and, in a series of tests, measured their ability to multitask and maintain their attention despite distractions. The study revealed that individuals who spent more sedentary time in bouts lasting 20 minutes or more were less able to overcome distractions.
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People with attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) combined with disruptive behaviour disorders (DBDs) share about the 80% of genetic variants associated with aggressive and antisocial behaviours.
This is one of the conclusions of a study published in the journal
Nature Communications which counts on the participation of professor Bru Cormand, from the Faculty of Biology and the Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona (IBUB), Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute (IRSJD) and the Rare Diseases Networking Biomedical Research Centre (CIBERER), and researchers Marta Ribasés and Josep Antoni Ramos Quiroga, from Vall d Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) and the Mental Health Networking Biomedical Research Centre (CIBERSAM).
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February 16, 2021 PET scans demonstrate that middle-aged individuals with early signs of cardiovascular disease also have reduced brain metabolism, according to researchers from Spain. The findings indicate that the early stages of Alzheimer s disease could begin years before dementia occurs.
Researchers with the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) in Madrid used PET to examine over 500 individuals participating in the Progression of Early Subclinical Atherosclerosis (PESA) project. Directed by CNIC general director Dr. Valentin Fuster, PhD, the PESA study is following over 4,000 employees from Banco Santander in Spain to identify lifestyle and other risk factors that lead to atherosclerotic diseases.