A comprehensive study is now under way to look for CTE
markers in live people, and has already hit on one clue.
Not exact matches
But tracing one's thought process with a dry - erase
marker in front of a
live, skeptical audience can create extra stressors for
people from underrepresented groups.
The genetic
markers for
life span
in any given
person, however, are not so clear - cut.
«The end game,» says Granger, «is to mobilize a network of scientists and professionals
in academics and industry, provide them access to specialized tools, and then harness what we can learn from the
markers present
in oral fluids to make a difference
in people's
lives.»
As the costs of college
in the U.S. continue to rise, the disproportionate level of student loan debt among black young adults is cause for concern, as high student loan debt loads may exacerbate racial disparities
in college dropout and completion rates, and may also have broader implications across the
life course, including young
people's ability to attain other conventional
markers of adulthood (such as marriage and becoming a parent).
Take cynicism, for example: A 2014 study published
in the journal Neurology linked high levels of cynicism later
in life, i.e. a general distrust of
people (and their motives), to a greater risk of dementia compared to those who were more trusting, even after accounting for other risk factors like age, sex, certain heart health
markers, smoking status, and more.
Seven
people in the intervention group were
living with type 2 diabetes, all of which experienced a reduction
in A1c values (a
marker of 3 - month average blood glucose), and half of them discontinued all medications.
About 30 per cent of young
people recovered;
markers for this resilience were those who had high self - efficacy and
lived in functional families.