Colonic Diverticular Disease May Increase Dementia Risk
In large Taiwanese cohort, overall rate of dementia higher in group with disease than in controls
HPV16 DNA From Fine-Needle Aspirations OK for Diagnosis
Presence of HPV16 DNA is strong indicator of HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer
Depression, Suicide Ideation Prevalent in Medical Students
Prevalence of depression or depressive symptoms is 27.2 percent; suicide ideation, 11.1 percent
State-Specific Variation in Asthma Rates Among Employed Adults
Highest prevalence for those in information industry in Massachusetts, health care support in Michigan
Multimodal Breast Cancer Tx May Up Cytokines, Comorbidities
Breast cancer survivors treated with multimodalities have greater burden of comorbid conditions
DASH Diet Reduces Serum Uric Acid in Prehypertension
Greatest decrease in those with hyperuricemia; increasing sodium intake linked to drop in serum UA
Review: Methodological Limitations for OSCC Biomarkers
Limitations include lack of methodological criteria within studies, lack of consensus on marker choices
Functionally ID’d Variants in HNF1A Linked to Diabetes Risk
Functionally characterized variants that reduce HNF-1A transcriptional activity strongly linked to diabetes
Similar Effects for PCSK9, HMGCR Variant-Mediated Lower LDL
Almost equivalent effects on cardiovascular events, diabetes per unit decrease in LDL-cholesterol level
CSF RT-QuIC Has High Diagnostic Specificity, Sensitivity for Prions
Diagnostic specificity, sensitivity of 98.5, 92 percent, respectively, in blinded retrospective analysis
