Study Validates Accuracy of PREDICT Prognostication Tool in Breast Cancer
The PREDICT prognostication tool was able to estimate overall survival (OS) with decent accuracy in a large independent U.S. dataset of breast cancer patients, researchers reported. From more than 700,000 patients in the National Cancer Database (NCDB), the free online tool estimated median and mean 5-year OS rates ranging from 83.3% to 84.4%, as compared […]
AKI Cleared of Worsening CKD Trajectory
Acute kidney injury (AKI) didn’t predict worsening kidney function in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD), a prospective study showed. According to findings from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) study, CKD patients hospitalized for AKI saw a statistically insignificant drop in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) during a nearly 4-year follow-up period, reported Chi-yuan […]
Study links nutrients, brain structure, cognition in healthy aging
In a new study, scientists explored the links between three measures known to independently predict healthy aging: nutrient intake, brain structure and cognitive function. Their analysis adds to the evidence that these factors jointly contribute to brain health in older adults. Reported in the Journal of Nutrition, the study found that blood markers of two […]
Wearable Tech Shows Promise for Predicting IBD Flares
DENVER — A smart watch app may help physicians and patients pinpoint and predict inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) flares, researchers reported. When a person with IBD has a normal gut environment, a bell curve is produced by the watch application, explained Robert Hirten, MD, of the Icahn School of Medicine/Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel […]
Wave of Opioid Overdoses Expected to Hit U.S. Rural, Urban Areas
Latest Mental Health News FRIDAY, July 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) Experts predict opioid overdoses will climb in both rural and urban areas because of the lethal practice of mixing the highly addictive narcotics with other drugs. The coming wave of opioid overdoses “will be worse than ever seen before,” said researchers from Northwestern Medicine in […]
Water resources to become less predictable with climate change: Declining snowpack will cause more variability in runoff, streamflow
Water resources will fluctuate increasingly and become more and more difficult to predict in snow-dominated regions across the Northern Hemisphere by later this century, according to a comprehensive new climate change study led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The research team found that, even in regions that keep receiving about the same […]
New measure of sperm age may be predictor of pregnancy success
A novel technique to measure the age of male sperm has the potential to predict the success and time it takes to become pregnant, according to a newly published study by researchers at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. “Sperm epigenetic clock associates with pregnancy outcomes in the general population,” (link to article here), […]
Feelings of fatigue predict early death in older adults
How fatigued certain activities make an older person feel can predict the likelihood death is less than three years away, according to research published today in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciencesby University of Pittsburgh epidemiologists. It is the first study to establish perceived physical fatigability as an indicator of earlier mortality. Older people who […]
Can CV Fat Predict Cognitive Function in Women in Midlife?
The quality of cardiovascular (CV) fat in midlife women may predict their cognitive function later on in life, a researcher found. High radiodensity of perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) around the descending aorta among women in their middle years (average age around 51) was significantly associated with worse working memory in the future (P=0.01), reported Meiyuzhen […]
How a city’s design creates congestion
City planners predict that as more people move into urban areas, traffic jams will get worse. That’s why sustainability expert Neil Debbage, an assistant professor in the UTSA College of Liberal and Fine Arts’ Department of Political Science and Geography, proposes a new way to analyze traffic congestion. Using more precise measures to describe the […]