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An advanced imaging-based method offers a new way of investigating diseases—including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and different cancers—where mitochondria are disrupted. In a new report, published in Journal of Cell Biology, scientists at Scripps Research describe a set of techniques that enables the imaging and quantification of changes inside mitochondria, best known as the “powerhouses” of cells, [...]
The US Department of Defense is funding a new study that aims to find the first therapeutic intervention to prevent frontotemporal dementia. Repeated traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in soldiers and military personnel can cause behavioural, neurological, and cognitive effects and lead to dementia. There is currently no treatment for that type of dementia, but a [...]
The crisis in the NHS is largely a crisis in older people’s preventive care, says a new report.
A government proposal to scrap England’s long-term cancer plan is a “catastrophic decision that will cost lives," experts have warned. The UK government’s proposal to roll England’s long term plan for cancer into one strategy covering all major conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, dementia, mental health conditions, and musculoskeletal disorders is “a [...]
Researchers are using an approach known as radiomics to predict future cardiac events, such as heart attacks, according to a new study. Radiomics allows researchers to extract quantitative, or measurable, data from CT images that can reveal disease characteristics not visible in the images alone. Coronary artery disease is linked with fatty deposits of plaque [...]
Models of care should consider the unique and sustained burden of dementia, authors say.
A new online tool is designed to help clinicians calculate the risk associated with mitral valve repair surgery in patients with heart disease. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has developed and launched a new risk calculator to estimate the risk of mitral valve repair for patients with mitral valve prolapse and degenerative primary mitral [...]
Researchers have discovered an unknown cell mechanism which they say could help counteract cancer and the ageing process. As time passes and we get older, many cells need to replenish themselves. They do so by dividing into new cells: Heart cells, skin cells and so on. But when cells continue to divide and make new [...]
Lithuanian researchers have developed an app that will train how to take care of a person who has suffered a stroke in a virtual environment. Statistics indicate that nearly 10 million people in the European Union are living with the severe consequences of a stroke. It is a condition that usually leaves the patient disabled, [...]
