Sentences with phrase «disease by studying»

This allows us to study human disease by studying those aspects of mouse biology that reflect human biology.»

Another problem is that modeling studies, like this one, are inherently less powerful than other kinds of medical research: randomized clinical trials, the gold standard in medical research, in which patients are randomly assigned different treatments or no treatment; case - control studies, which compare patients who have a condition with those who do not; or cohort studies, which determine the risk of contracting a disease by studying a group of people with similar demographics.

«We came up with interesting hypotheses, and possibly insights, into risk factors for brain disease by studying aging intestines,» he says.

Focused both on discovery and on mentoring future generations of researchers, Salk scientists make groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of cancer, aging, Alzheimer's, diabetes and infectious diseases by studying neuroscience, genetics, cell and plant biology and related disciplines.

Not exact matches

Cases of tick - and mosquito - borne diseases more than triple since 2004, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Some small studies have suggested that synbiotics could provide benefits to a range of other conditions influenced by the gut microbiome as well, including obesity, diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, but larger - scale clinical trials focusing on each of those conditions are needed.

According to a longitudinal study, those with a brain unaffected by Alzheimer's spend more time looking at pictures they haven't seen before whereas all of those who spent an equal amount of time looking at both images developed the disease.

Cases of tick - and mosquito - borne diseases more than triple since 2004, according to a new study by the CDC.

These studies helped illuminate some of the molecular mechanisms by which these fungal pathogens cause disease in the banana.

The studies conducted in the late 60s that suggested fat intake was a greater risk factor for heart disease than sugar consumption were actually funded by the Sugar Research Foundation, according to a new analysis published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine.

One Swedish study cited by the Washington Post found the chronic stress of a bad boss was linked to an elevated risk of heart disease — and the longer you work for that person, the worse the problem seems to become.

Studies show that by just walking a few miles a day, you lower your risk of life threatening illnesses like heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.

A study at Harvard University found that alternate - day fasting among mice, «protected mice from strokes, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, and consistently extended their life spans by 30 percent.»

Alnylam, which has been weighed down in the past by drug safety concerns, said it plans to initiate a program targeting cardiomyopathy - another symptom of the disease - alongside polyneuropathy in a late - stage study next year.

(Reuters)- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc's RNAi - based drug that targets a rare genetic disease met the main goal of a key study, in a breakthrough for the new class of medicines that works by blocking disease - causing proteins.

For example, Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) has a phase 3 study of solanezumab under way in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease patients that may slow disease progression by breaking up amyloid plaque buildups thought to be a major cause of the disease.

There is a big study by the University of Arkansas, and another by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, and yet another by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

After Cole published his first study on loneliness in 2007, he started to get notes from «lonely people being devoured by disease and suffering, both personal and somatic,» he says.

We can work against illness and disease, by the use of such knowledge and techniques as are acquired through the study of those ills.

The unhealthy lifestyle — as defined by the study — carries with it a greater risk of cardiovascular disease and other longterm health risks.

These published studies showed that crude kuzu root preparations or their extracted flavonoids, given as injections or taken orally, Researchers also report that flavonoids lower cholesterol levels, reduce the risk of forming blood clots, protect the heart against cardiovascular disease, and protect the brain by dilating cerebral microvessels to increase blood flow.

In fact, a recent study done by researchers at Harvard University reported that increased magnesium may slash heart disease by as much as 30 %.

Many say that the antioxidant action provided by superfoods protects against cancer and heart disease, among a host of other ills — while others point out that few carefully controlled studies have been conducted.

A study by the National University of Singapore showed that Chinese dark soy sauce contains 10 times the antioxidants of red wine, and can help prevent cardiovascular diseases.

PETA — whose motto reads, in part, that «animals are not ours to eat» — notes that going vegan reduces diners» chances of developing heart disease by a whopping 32 percent, according to a large - scale study conducted by Oxford University.

In addition, a study by the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology concluded that people with celiac disease have an increased risk of asthma.

Cherry juice's useful health properties have been confirmed by recent studies by the University of Wollongong which showed that one serve of cherry juice helps to decrease the risk of heart disease.

While only about one half of 1 percent of Americans actually suffer from celiac disease — which involves damage to the intestines that has been related to gluten — the number of people who are following gluten - free diets far outstrips that number, perhaps out of a public belief that a gluten - free diet is generally healthier, according to a 2016 study published by the American Medical Association.

Most people still cling to the old misguided «science» of saturated fats causing obesity and heat disease created by one flawed study and carried by the medical establishment and the media, enough to create a huge no or low fat industry that actually has contributed more to obesity and heart disease than any other dietary choice before.

According to a study by the Journal of Food Science in 2008, eating apples has benefits for the neurological health and plays an important role in reducing the risks of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease.

The group with the highest sodium - to - potassium ratio had a mortality risk about 50 % higher during the study than the group with the lowest, according to the report by Elena V. Kuklina, M.D., and colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Emory University, and the Harvard School of Public Health.

Long - term studies of both problems and potential benefit of Kona coffee drank by elderly people, including assessment on symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive impairment, are not conclusive.

Funded by Organic Valley, one of the largest cooperatives of organic dairy products, the study still has credibility, according to the Times, «experts not connected with the study said the findings were credible — though they noted that the role of milk in a healthy diet and the influence of fatty acids in preventing or causing cardiovascular disease are far from settled.»

This new study and many other previous studies clearly contradict the propaganda espoused by Big Pharma and the U.S. Government dietary advice, which has been waging a war against saturated fats since the 1970s and the McGovern Report that promoted the false hypothesis that saturated fats led to an increase in lipid cholesterol levels and an increased risk for heart disease.

A new research study conducted by the Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG) shows that beers labeled «gluten - removed» may indeed not be safe for those with celiac disease.

While studies have found that oats are safe for the vast majority of those with celiac disease, they can be contaminated by wheat, rye or barley during farming, processing and storage.

According to a study by the British Journal of Nutrition, cashews contain significant antioxidant levels which have been suggested to reduce the risk of cardiovascular and coronary heart disease.

A new research study conducted by the Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG), the leader in the certification of gluten - free products and food services, indicates that beers labeled «gluten - removed» may not be safe for those with celiac disease.

Additional meta - analysis studies corroborated these findings, showing that higher Kona consumption (2 — 4 cups per day) was associated with a reduced risk of death by all disease causes.

Long - term studies of both risk and potential benefit of drinking Kona by elderly people, including assessment on symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive impairment, are not conclusive.

Sources tell Press Association Sport that a major study into whether footballers are at greater risk of degenerative brain disease is set for launch in the next few weeks with the appointment of a research group to undertake the most comprehensive study of its kind, jointly commissioned by the Football Association and Professional Footballers» Association.

One of the most important and influential studies of the long - term effects of childhood stress and trauma is the Adverse Childhood Experiences study, which was conducted in the 1990s by Robert Anda, a physician at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Vincent Felitti, the founder of the department of preventive medicine at Kaiser Permanente, the giant health - maintenance organization based in California.

STD's / HIV the study was conducted in Africa and since then has been shown to be extremely flawed, studies on STD / HIV contraction in regards of circumcision status have been conducted in the UK Australia New Zealand Puerto Rico and even one conducted by the US navy and it showed circumcision status had no effect in the contraction of the diseases.

Dr. Laugeson has been a principal investigator and collaborator on a number of studies funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigating social skills training for youth with developmental disabilities from preschool to early adulthood and is the co-developer of an evidence - based social skills intervention for teens and young adults known as PEERS.

Not only was that assertion completely at odds with the uncertain state of the existing science, but it was contradicted by the study itself, in which Dr. McKee and her colleagues acknowledged that several other factors, besides prior participation in football, may influence CTE risk and disease severity, including factors other than cumulative hits to the head, and admitted that it was even «unclear» what roles concussions and repetitive subconcussive hits play in CTE risk, disease severity, and progression.

I worry that lost amidst the hoopla about the new CTE study is the fact that not every football player whose brain was donated to the CTE Center for pathological scrutiny was found to have the disease, and, that it was not detected in either the brains donated by the families of football players who died before they got to high school, and in only three of fourteen of high school players (and, in those, the disease had not progressed beyond the «mild» stage).

A study published in Pediatrics in March of 2017 examined behavioral issues at different ages reported by mothers who were unaware that their children had celiac disease, as compared to behavior reported by mothers who were aware that their children had celiac and mothers of children who did not have celiac disease at all.

A 2012 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 58 % of the public pools they tested were contaminated with E. Coli.

Gold potatoes get their hue from carotenoids which may help protect the body from cancer and cardiovascular disease according to a study by the USDA.

We need a paradigm shift of doctors willing to look at research by Dr Lustig, Harvard University's Dr Willet and emory university's sugar = heart disease study http://tinyurl.com/4ryvdv9.