Kidney stones: a new tool to predict the next attack
A new digital tool makes it possible to predict future painful episodes of kidney stones (or renal colic). Kidney stones ...
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Type 1 diabetes: a new, much more effective risk score
Screening for type 1 diabetes that incorporates genetics to identify babies at risk of developing the disease is almost twice ...
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If your blood pressure is over 120 mmHg at rest, you are likely to have high blood pressure.
A study, published in the American journal JAMA Cardiology, establishes a threshold above which resting blood pressure signals future hypertension, ...
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The effectiveness of rheumatoid arthritis treatments can be predicted
American researchers are using predictive medicine methods to determine the effectiveness of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis. Based on the genetic ...
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Breast cancer genes increase risk of getting cancer, but not mortality
Having BRCA genes that increase your risk of getting breast cancer does not increase cancer mortality. But mastectomy before the ...
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Breast cancer: genetic mutations increase risk
Genetic mutations influence the risk of breast and ovarian cancer more strongly than the figures given so far. The development ...
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A score predicts the onset of chronic diseases within 3 years
A blood test and the patient's age can calculate a score that predicts the risk of chronic disease within 3 ...
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Personalized medicine: fewer cancers, more savings
Thanks to the decoding of the genome, it would be possible to prevent certain frequent diseases. Researchers argue in favor ...
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