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Two more genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease found

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created Sep 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An international team of scientists has identified two more genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease. The findings are reported in the online edition of the journal Nature Genetics.


Variation in prostate stem cell antigen gene raises bladder cancer risk

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created Aug 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Researchers have pinpointed a specific gene variation that causes increased risk of urinary bladder cancer, according to a scientific team led by The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.


Researchers discover genetic risk factor for testicular cancer

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created May 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have uncovered variation around two genes that are associated with an increased risk of testicular cancer. Testicular cancer is the most common cancer among ...





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Family history associated with increased risk of blood clots

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created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children and siblings of those with venous thrombosis, or blood clots in the veins, appear to have more than double the risk of developing the condition than those without a family history, according to a report in the March ...


Study: Genetic risk for substance use can be neutralized by good parenting

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created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A genetic risk factor that increases the likelihood that youth will engage in substance use can be neutralized by high levels of involved and supportive parenting, according to a new University of Georgia study.


Predicting risk of stroke from one's genetic blueprint

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created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new statistical model could be used to predict an individual's lifetime risk of stroke, finds a study from the Children's Hospital Informatics Program (CHIP). Using genetic information from 569 hospital patients, the researchers ...


Regular tipple may curb risk of rheumatoid arthritis

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created Jun 05, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Alcohol cuts the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis by up to 50%, reveals research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.


New research links genetic variant, poor glycemic control to coronary artery disease

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created Nov 25, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study led by researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School has found that a common genetic variant associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) in the general population ...


Genetic risk factors play role in autoantibody-negative rheumatoid arthritis

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created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

During the past few years, several new genetic risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been identified. The majority of genetic risk factors identified so far have been associated with autoantibody-positive RA, which ...


Depression increases risk for heart disease more than genetics or environment

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created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A history of major depression increases the risk of heart disease over and above any genetic risks common to depression and heart disease, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis ...


Researchers identify gene variant associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have, for the first time, identified a gene variant on chromosome 4 that may be a potential risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). These ...


Genes and smoking play role in rheumatoid arthritis

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created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Recent genetic studies have revealed several new sites of genes that are risk factors for developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The strongest association with anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA)-positive RA (ACPAs ...


Aneurysms don't occur earlier in second generation

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created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People whose parents or aunts and uncles have had a brain aneurysm are more likely to have one themselves, indicating that genetic risk factors passed down by generation are responsible. Prior studies had suggested that ...



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