Low vitamin B12 is associated with poorer memory in older people with high risk for Alzheimer's
...ple carry into old age a mix of inborn traits and environmental factors such as nutrition, including undiagnosed vitamin B deficiencies. The apolipoprotein E gene, which moves cholesterol in the body, has a version called the є4 allele. Carried by perhaps 15 percent of the population, it is a risk factor......g some surprising results pointing to a variety of environmental and dietary conditions that might increase an individual's risk. In a press briefing presented here at the 95th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, scientists describe an eclectic mix of potential hazards and how each migh...Early life exposure to environmental agents predicts adult tumors in animals
...r gene-environment interactions, the timing of the environmental exposure may be critical, say researchers at The U...ors inevitably developed tumors when exposed to an environmental toxin just three days after birth. A single, three-day exposure was enough to "reprogram" the uterus...Environmental and dietary influences on cancer risk
ORLANDO Genetic damage triggered by environmental carcinogens, including smoking, is being further d...opulations were selected to represent the range of environmental exposure to air pollutants worldwide and, in the case of the World Trade Center study, to learn abou...Mild noise damage can be detected by cells in the inner ear
Damage to the inner ear as a result of environmental noise is a major cause of deafness in the developed world. In new research, scientists now report evidence that the delicate sensory hair cells of the inner ear might react to being damaged by triggering calcium signals in surrounding tissues. The fi...Fish oil supplements may contain flame retardants
...n eggs in Sweden. Not only does the new study have environmental implications, but it could also have dietary repercussions. "It suggests that a consumer can reduce her or his intake of the persistent organic pollutants by changing to a formulation that contains less cod liver oil, and that contains a proportion o...Impaired sense of smell increases risk for certain hazards
...ticle. Olfaction, or sense of smell, helps detect environmental cues that can warn of potentially life-threatening situations, like fires, spoiled food or gas leaks. Sense of smell can be impaired by head trauma, viral infection, nasal obstruction or septal deviation, neurologic disorders, medications, hormonal ...Childhood abuse may predict social phobia, agoraphobia, and PTSD among adult alcoholics
...rs, although the exact contribution of genetic and environmental factors to coexisting psychopathologies remains un...e study. Langeland added that, compared with other environmental risk factors, childhood sexual and "dual" abuse contribute independently to a more severe clinical p...OHSU receives grant to study evolutionary computing for biomedical image analysis
...cience University. "Whether it's computer science, environmental science or biomedical engineering, our goal is to be collaborative and work between disciplines to solve tough societal problems like people's health and well-being," said OGI Dean Ed Thompson, Ph.D. Grants like this -- A $225,000, three-year grant f...Environmental enrichment lessens protein deficits in mouse model of Huntington's
... communication between neurons. "The finding that environmental enrichment increases BDNF, and that this slows dis... provides a potential mechanism for the effects of environmental enrichment on Huntington's disease," says M. Flint Beal, chair of neurology at Cornell University Me...Stress of losing a child increases risk of MS
...ers believe that both a genetic susceptibility and environmental factors play a role....Diets high in fat and animal protein linked to increased risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
...eng, M.D., associate professor of epidemiology and environmental health at Yale School of Medicine. "The antioxidants found in vegetables and fruits may result in reduced risk of about 40 percent." The study was conducted between 1995 and 2001 on 601 Connecticut women between the ages of 21 and 84 diagnosed with ...Pre-eclampsia linked to increased cancer risk
...justing for age. The authors suggest that certain environmental and genetic factors may contribute to the development of both pre-eclampsia and cancer in Middle Eastern populations....New breast pap smear detects early cellular changes; May prevent onset of breast cancer
...ylation. Methylation is thought to be triggered by environmental factors such as diet, nutrition, smoking and chemical exposures. These environmental triggers prompt a group of molecules to attach to a gene and convey a message to silence or reduce i...High societal cost of brain and nervous system disorders attributed to genetic influences
...ed to complex, multi-gene interactions, as well as environmental factors. Less than 2 percent of the costs can be attributed to single-gene influences. "The remarkable size of the burden that complex genetics of brain disorders places on the U.S. society implies that identifying the specific alleles [gene variati...Whites, blacks respond similarly to common blood pressure drugs
... needed, side effects, and cost." Both genetic and environmental factors influence response to drugs. This investi...hat race is not a good proxy for these genetic and environmental factors. More broadly, this study indicates that we should think twice before basing other types of...Risk of infection higher for piercing ear cartilage than lobe piercing
...sent questionnaires to the customers and collected environmental samples in the kiosk, including countertops, plumbing fixtures, and ear-piercing guns. The kiosk workers were screened for pseudomonas organisms by stool and hand cultures. "From 186 piercings in 118 individuals, we identified 7 confirmed P aerugino...Food-borne pathogen traced to lettuce
...od Agency of Finland initiated epidemiological and environmental investigations that would eventually reveal the source as contaminated iceberg lettuce. In a case-control study, 38 patients with confirmed infections were questioned about what and where they ate in the two weeks before the onset of their sympto...Hair dye use increases risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
...ang Zheng, associate professor of epidemiology and environmental health at Yale School of Medicine. "Women who used darker permanent hair coloring products for more than 25 years showed the highest increased risk. We also found that the risk of NHL associated with hair coloring product use appears to vary based on...Rare disease endemic in South America is model for studying autoimmunity
... in common with all types of autoimmune disease is environmental triggers. Her work published in 2003 in the Americ...et it, she says. "We must understand how all these environmental factors combined with genetics result in disease," Dr. Abreu-Velez says. The unfortunate synergy is ...