Johns Hopkins researchers stumbled upon mutations associated with familial partial lipodystrophy (FPLD), a rare disease that disrupts normal patterns of fat distribution throughout the body while studying a protein that gives structure to the nucleus of cells. "Our findings open new paths for learning how and why fat cells are disproportionately affected by mutations in the protein lamin A, which is found in the nucleus of most cells of the body," says Katherine ...
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A new study published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology warns that large fluctuations in blood pressure every day could be a sign of increased risk of premature death among African Americans who are suffering from kidney disease. The findings highlight the importance of routine blood pressure monitoring in patients with kidney disease, and they suggest that treatments that address large fluctuations may improve health. African ...
A stressful lifestyle leads to Alzheimer's disease, say researchers. In a mice study, they found that chronic stress sends levels of steroids in the brain soaring. This not only accelerates the development of Alzheimer's but also boosts levels of the toxic plaque amyloid beta, which can ravage the brain, the Daily Express reported. Stress steroids could affect the brain's general activity, said Sara Bengtsson, of Sweden's Umea University. Chronically ...
Individuals with type 1 diabetes who refuse to take theirregular insulin shots are unnecessarily risking their lives. Type 1 diabetes is an auto immune disease in which thebody of an individual attacks and destroys the insulin- producing pancreaticcells. Insulin is a hormone which is required to break downglucose from food and convert it into glycogen to be stored as energy. In theabsence of insulin this cannot be done, therefore, ...
Hearing loss in both ears could be a symptom of the rare but always-fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. That was the conclusion of Henry Ford Hospital researchers after encountering a 67-year-old patient who had been progressively losing hearing in both ears for two months and was eventually diagnosed with the disease. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, or CJD, is often confused with so-called "mad cow disease," and though they are in the same family of disorders, ...
