Sentences with phrase «which studies diseases»

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Scanadu will also have anonymized access to all of its users» health data, which can be used for epidemiology — the study of the patterns of health and disease in defined geographic areas.

Furthermore, an early - stage study pumping up the dose of its hemophilia A treatment — which aims to be a one - time therapy for the rare blood clotting - related disease — appeared to hit its targets without serious side effects.

Hall's coral studies focus on the effects of heat, acidification, and disease, which help scientists find and breed particularly resilient candidates for replanting on reefs.

That delay translated to a 30 % relative reduction of risk that the disease would progress or lead to death, according to the study, which was published in August in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The disease management program resulted in fewer hospital visits for workers, which was a significant factor in cost reduction, the study found.

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

There's also a South Korean study from a few years ago involving more than 25,000 people, which found that drinking moderate amounts of coffee each day was associated with having fewer of the early warning signs of heart disease.

While we can try throwing different antibiotics at any number of strange and unfamiliar bacterial infections, we have no similar sledgehammer for mysterious viral diseases, which each have to be studied carefully before we can even begin to figure out how to fight or prevent them.

Studies have shown that walking more lowers risks of chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, which is linked with decreased cognitive function.

Data from a number of other studies, including the Nurses» Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow - up Study also report greater risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and metabolic syndrome, which is related to diabetes and cardiovascular problems, for consumers of artificially sweetened beverages.

Yet what attracted the most attention was a new deal with General Electric (NYSE: GE) under which GE's healthcare unit will help fund a clinical study of flurpiridaz F 18, which the companies believe could help improve diagnosis of coronary artery disease.

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.

When the Opposition leader noted in the House of Commons, in 2012, that a federal study had shown that Canada was falling prey to «Dutch disease» (named after the 1960s oil boom, which devastated other exports in the Netherlands), Conservative MP Kellie Leitch offered the government's response: «The leader of the Opposition wants to call Canadian employers a disease.»

Twenge and Campbell are drawing here on research from the so - called positive psychology movement, which recently has attempted to shift the focus of psychological research away from disease and disorder to a study of the character strengths that make for happiness and human flourishing.

But it has been disappointing in that the kind of genetic variation it detects has turned out to explain surprisingly little of the genetic links to most diseases... One issue of debate among researchers is whether, despite the prospect of diminishing returns, to continue with the genomewide studies, which cost many millions of dollars apiece, or switch to a new approach like decoding the entire genomes of individual patients.The unexpected impasse also affects companies that offer personal genomic information and that had assumed they could inform customers of their genetic risk for common diseases, based on researchers» discoveries...

Finally, studies have increasingly linked low levels of vitamin D to depression, dementia, Parkinson's disease, and PMS, so we'd love to include some of this nutrient, which is hard to find in nonfortified foods.

It also contains anthocyanin, which studies have shown lowers the risk of heart disease when consumed on a regular basis.

Anthony Samsel and Stephanie Seneff, the authors of a study, point out that this rise in celiac disease parallels the increase in the use of Roundup which contains glyphosate, and the effects of glyphosate are identical to those for celiac disease.

It offers cardio protection, it helps lower bad cholesterol, it may help prevent the progression of multiple sclerosis, it has the ability to regenerate brain cells after a stroke, it has the ability to cross the blood - brain barrier to potentially ward off Alzheimer's disease, apparently it's good at wiping amyloid plaque from the brain (which studies haves linked to Alzheimer's), it may help to prevent certain types of cancer, and studies have shown that it inhibits cancer cell growth and metastases (meaning it keeps cancer from spreading).

FACT: Diagnosis of coeliac disease starts with blood testing, in which doctors study the series of antibodies that provide a good marker of tendency to have the illness.

The study concluded that including nuts within a healthy dietary pattern may have favorable effects on endothelial dysfunction, which is associated with cardiovascular disease.

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.

Some studies show that the rate at which you metabolize caffeine can impact your risk for certain conditions like 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.

They point to several studies that show that there is a lack of cholesterol in the brains of Alzheimer's patients which is so vital for several functions, and also note that other studies show this cholesterol deficiency in dementia and Parkinson's disease as well.

Many people are also unaware of what compounds are available in coconut oil as no extensive studies have been conducted as in the case of olive oil which has been established as lowering the risk of coronary heart disease through the phenolic anti-oxidants it contains.

Another study regarding one of the diseases most affecting our modern society shows that «curcumin is 400 times more potent than Metformin, a diabetic drug, in improving insulin sensitivity which can help reverse Type 2 Diabetes».

The report cited a number of studies which have found saturated fats do not cause heart disease or obesity.

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.

If you have the internet go on to the pubmed website and simply type in «oats and celiac disease» and read the many abstract summaries of studies which show that pure oats are safe.

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.

Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University, wrote an editorial accompanying the new paper in which she said the documents provided «compelling evidence» that the sugar industry had initiated research «expressly to exonerate sugar as a major risk factor for coronary heart disease.»

One study, published in the «Journal of Alzheimer's Disease» in October 2013, found that the oil in coconut helps shield nerve cells from the toxic effects of protein plaques, which would otherwise drive Alzheimer's disease progrDisease» in October 2013, found that the oil in coconut helps shield nerve cells from the toxic effects of protein plaques, which would otherwise drive Alzheimer's disease progrdisease progression.

He cites a study which showed that patients with ADHD and celiac disease experienced significant improvement after following a gluten free diet for six months.

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.

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.

Studies have shown that among the many effects of physical abuse are depression, anxiety, cognitive and learning difficulties, even a lowering of IQ (especially verbal IQ), disordered sleep, flashbacks, loss of empathy, aggressive behavior, chronically high stress levels which can lead to chronic health effects such as high blood pressure and increased risk of cardiovascular disease, and inability to maintain relationships.

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.

Tough summarizes key research, such as the Adverse Childhood Experience Study, a project of the Centers for Disease Control and Kaiser Permanente, which revealed a stunning correlation between traumatic childhood events and negative adult outcomes.

Numerous studies have shown the benefits of providing human milk to newborn babies and young infants, which include better tolerance of feeding, reduced gastrointestinal disease, and improved intelligence.

Studies show breastfeeding lowers the risk of obesity, cancer, and chronic diseases — many of which disproportionately impact African American women — in mothers, as well as helps protect children against a host of ailments, including respiratory infections, asthma and childhood leukemia.

The study, which was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), found lower rates of confirmed abuse cases, child out — of — home placements, and hospitalizations and emergency room visits for child injuries in counties where parenting support was implemented.

And some studies also show that organic fruits and vegetables actually are more nutritious because they contain more vitamin C and antioxidants, which may help prevent heart disease, than nonorganic fruits and vegetables.

In fact, dental studies show that dry mouth (called xerostomia) causes increased incidence of gum disease, cavities and other oral health conditions which have been associated with premature birth.

Most studies have revealed protective effects of breastfeeding on common infections in the first 8 to12 months of life.8, 27,29,30 One study, which distinguished between infectious diseases until and from the age of 6 months, revealed results similar to those from our study.24 Although the authors used exclusive breastfeeding for 3 months as the reference group, exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months reduced the risk of gastrointestinal tract infections between the ages of 3 and 6 months but not between the ages of 6 and 12 months.24 We can not explain why breastfeeding duration was only associated with lower risks of lower respiratory tract infection from 7 to 12 months.

These babies are also vulnerable to the risk of infectious disease from bacterial and viral contamination of such milk, which was identified in a prior study by the same research team led by Nationwide Children's Hospital.

He notes that patients in the studies were being treated for reflux, which has symptoms similar to heart disease.

However, in contrast, the observational arm of this study (in which infants were not at high risk of developing atopic disease) did not demonstrate differences in the incidence of atopic dermatitis.

Although the amount that passes through breastmilk is largely unknown, it's known that antioxidants do indeed pass through to the baby, which may help prevent disease in infancy according to a study in the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition.

Two weeks before the Systematic Review was published, the Lucas study — which aimed to test a hypothesis that «duration of breast feeding is related to changes in vascular function relevant to the development of cardiovascular disease» — was published in the BMJ alongside 2 press releases and a leader article.