Colorectal cancer screening rates more than doubled when patients were offered a choice between a home testing kit or a colonoscopy, compared with those who were offered a colonoscopy alone.
Identified 10 compounds that were able to reduce PrPSc levels in infected cells and showed that the most potent molecules could also prevent the toxicity observed when PrPSc was applied to cultured neurons.
Men are at greater risk of serious consequences from diabetes (types 1 and 2) than women, suggests a long-term study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
Researchers from Sinai Health and the University of Toronto have discovered a mechanism in the nervous system of the small roundworm C. Elegans that could have significant implications for the treatment of human diseases and the development of robotics.
Based on an extensive review of the literature, researchers from Aarhus University conclude that exercise should be an important part of the treatment of patients with Parkinson's disease.
Many people are concerned about chemical residues, contaminants or microplastics in their food. What is less known, however, is that many foods also contain completely natural toxins.
The key discovery of the study: a certain protein fragment formed during active celiac disease forms nanostructures, so-called oligomers, and accumulates in a model of intestinal epithelial cells.
