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The Australian Stroke Clinical Registry (AuSCR) at The Florey will expand its work to improve stroke care across the country, thanks to a new three-year $1.5 million funding package under the Australian Government’s National Clinical Quality Registry Programme. Most state governments support the AuSCR programme, but this added support will create a new sustainable partnership [...]
A new study has suggested an association between eating eggs and a reduced risk of Alzheimer's dementia in older adults. These findings are important as the prevalence of Alzheimer's dementia — the most common type of dementia—is expected to increase with an aging population. Researchers continue to explore how diet could impact risk for Alzheimer's [...]
Life Molecular Imaging (LMI) has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Fast Track Designation to [18F]PI-2620 Injection, an investigational PET imaging agent targeting tau neurofibrillary tangles, for clinical development in neurodegenerative conditions. The neurodegenerative conditions include in Alzheimer's disease (AD), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), and corticobasal degeneration (CBD). The FDA's Fast [...]
Researchers have used real-world data to attempt to emulate a randomised controlled trial testing the effectiveness of two blood thinners, apixaban and warfarin, to prevent stroke in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. The study provides a method to explore the effects of treatments in patients who are underrepresented or excluded from clinical trials. Patients experiencing [...]
Patients with stable coronary artery disease who quit smoking at any timepoint after their diagnosis reduced their risk of a heart attack by almost 50%, according to new research. In contrast, there was minimal impact on cardiovascular risk in patients who reduced their smoking habits. For the study, te international CLARIFY registry (prospeCtive observational LongitudinAl [...]
New research has show that countries with greater inequalities – whether economic, pollution or disease-based – exhibited older brain ages. The pace at which the brain ages can vary significantly among individuals, leading to a gap between the estimated biological age of the brain and the chronological age. This difference may be affected by several [...]
In a recent study, a research team assessed whether informing individuals about the benefits they would personally receive in the future from the healthcare system could lead to successful persuasion. Healthcare is undoubtedly crucial for everyone. As individuals age, the risk for health issues and related expenses increases. Consequently, many countries have universal healthcare systems, [...]
More people in the UK are at risk of a hereditary form of cardiac amyloidosis, a potentially fatal heart condition, than previously thought, according to a new study. The study used data from the UK Biobank to analyse the genes of 469,789 people in the UK and found that one in 1,000 possessed genetic variants [...]
A new study has suggested that Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes are associated with accelerated brain ageing, however, it also shows that a healthy lifestyle can counteract this risk. Type 2 diabetes is a known risk factor for dementia, but it is unclear how diabetes and its early stages, known as prediabetes, affect brain ageing [...]
Women diagnosed with breast cancer who had regular screening mammograms every year were less likely to have late-stage cancer and had higher overall survival than those who received screening every other year or less often. While many clinical trials have demonstrated the benefits of mammography screening for breast cancer, guidelines differ on how often women [...]
