Disorders and Syndromes – Page 4 – PossibleThreat Articles

Changes associated with Alzheimer's disease detectable in blood samples

October 15, 2019 0 Comments Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Research, Caregiving, Chronic Illness, Diseases and Conditions, Disorders and Syndromes, Healthy Aging, Parkinson's

Researchers have discovered new changes in blood samples associated with Alzheimer's disease. A new international study was conducted on disease-discordant Finnish twin pairs: one sibling suffering from Alzheimer's disease and the other being cognitively healthy. The researchers utilised the latest genome-wide methods to examine the twins' blood samples for any disease-related differences in epigenetic marks which are sensitive to changes in environmental factors. These differences between the siblings were discovered in multiple different genomic regions.

News Science

Repeated febrile convulsions linked to epilepsy and psychiatric disorders

October 15, 2019 0 Comments Child Psychology, Children's Health, Chronic Illness, Disorders and Syndromes, Epilepsy, Epilepsy Research, Mental Health Research, Psychiatry

The risk of febrile convulsions increases with the child's fever, and children who suffer from repeated febrile convulsions during their first year of life have an increased risk of developing epilepsy and psychiatric disorders later in life. This is shown by a comprehensive register-based study. In the study, almost 76,000 Danish children who have been suffering from febrile convulsions have been followed for more than 30 years.

News Science

Potential therapy to treat detrimental effects of marijuana

October 15, 2019 0 Comments Behavioral Science, Biology, Birth Defects, Controlled Substances, Disorders and Syndromes, Illegal Drugs, Marijuana, mice, Pregnancy and Childbirth

A new study using a preclinical animal model suggests that prenatal exposure to THC, the psychoactive component of cannabis, makes the brain's dopamine neurons (an integral component of the reward system) hyperactive and increases sensitivity to the behavioral effects of THC during pre-adolescence.

News Science

Non-pharmacologic treatments may be more effective for psychiatric symptoms of dementia

October 14, 2019 0 Comments Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Research, Dementia, Disorders and Syndromes, Mental Health, Mental Health Research, Patient Education and Counseling, Today's Healthcare

A systematic review and meta-analysis suggests outdoor activities were more clinically effective than anti-psychotic medication for treating physical aggression in patients with dementia. For patients with physical agitation, massage and touch therapy were more efficacious than usual care or caregiver support.

News Science

Dementia spreads via connected brain networks

October 14, 2019 0 Comments Alzheimer's Research, Brain Injury, Brain Tumor, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Dementia, Disorders and Syndromes, Nervous System, Today's Healthcare

Scientists used maps of brain connections to predict how brain atrophy would spread in individual patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), adding to growing evidence that the loss of brain cells associated with dementia spreads via the synaptic connections between established brain networks.

News Science

New genetic-based epilepsy risk scores

October 14, 2019 0 Comments Chronic Illness, Diseases and Conditions, Disorders and Syndromes, Epilepsy, Epilepsy Research, Intelligence, Multiple Sclerosis, Personalized Medicine

An international team of researchers has developed new genetic-based epilepsy risk scores which may lay the foundation for a more personalized method of epilepsy diagnosis and treatment. This analysis is the largest study of epilepsy genetics to date, as well as the largest study of epilepsy using human samples.

News Science

Overcoming the blood-brain-barrier: Delivering therapeutics to the brain

October 11, 2019 0 Comments Birth Defects, Brain Injury, Brain Tumor, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Disorders and Syndromes, Intelligence, Nervous System, Pharmacology

For the first time, scientists have identified a simple way that can effectively transport medication into the brain – which could lead to improved treatments for neurological and neurodegenerative diseases.

News Science

Rare sleep disorder common among veterans with PTSD

October 11, 2019 0 Comments Chronic Illness, Disorders and Syndromes, Insomnia Research, Parkinson's, Parkinson's Research, PTSD, Sleep Disorder Research, Sleep Disorders

Military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or concussion suffer from a thrashing form of sleep behavior at a rate that is far higher than the general population, according to a new study. Researchers next want to probe whether the sleep disorder might provide an early signal of the development of neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson's disease.

News Science

Jumping genes can cause rare developmental disorders in children

October 11, 2019 0 Comments Child Development, Children's Health, Diseases and Conditions, Disorders and Syndromes, Epilepsy, Genes, Infant's Health, Learning Disorders

The largest study of its kind into childhood developmental disorders has discovered that jumping genes cause genetic changes in some patients with undiagnosed neurodevelopmental diseases. The research enabled genetic diagnoses for three children with previously undiagnosed rare developmental diseases, enrolled in the Deciphering Developmental Disorders project. Reported in Nature Communications, these diagnoses will help the families access support and understand the disease risks for any future children.

News Science

Deciphering the early stages of Parkinson's disease is a matter of time

October 11, 2019 0 Comments Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Research, Chronic Illness, Disorders and Syndromes, Healthy Aging, Huntington's Disease, Parkinson's, Parkinson's Research

Researchers haveidentified for the first time the initial steps of alpha-synuclein protein aggregates related to early onsets of hereditary Parkinson cases. The results may help the understanding of the early stages of the disease and how it develops over time.