Medical Wellness

Researchers find hormone that predicts premature death in kidney patients

Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have found that high levels of a specific hormone can predict which kidney patients will develop…

FDA clears biomarker test for ovarian cancer

Approval last week by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clears the path for nationwide use of tools that show the greatest specificity in estimating the…

Male-female ring finger proportions tied to sex hormones in embryo; may offer health insights

Biologists at the University of Florida have found a reason why men's ring fingers are generally longer than their index fingers — and why the reverse usually…

The search for predictors of risk for PTSD

Data in a study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry suggest that certain variants of a gene that helps regulate serotonin (a brain chemical related…

Study confirms that living with a smoker increases absenteeism in school children

Children who live in households where they are exposed to tobacco smoke miss more days of school than do children living in smoke-free homes, a new nationwide…

Gene defect that predisposes people to leukemia discovered

A new genetic defect that predisposes people to acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplasia has been discovered. The mutations were found in the GATA2 gene….

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