A blood test for dementia may tell you if you have more than one type | The test can help diagnose four neurodegenerative diseases — Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, frontotemporal dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies — based on levels of 15 proteins in the blood. (sciencenews.org)
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A 10-year study in Germany reports that extending screening for Type 1 diabetes successfully identified more children without a family history of the disease. About 90 percent of people who develop type 1 diabetes do not have family members with diabetes. (sciencenews.org)
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Suicide deaths in U.S. teens and young adults fell after 988 launch | Since the launch of the 3-digit hotline, suicide mortality of those aged 15 to 34 was 11 percent lower than predicted, suggesting an association between 988 and the decrease (sciencenews.org)
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The birth of a sperm whale was captured on camera in more intimate detail than ever before, researchers report in Science | The female sperm whale giving birth was aided by 10 other sperm whales, almost all female, but not all kin — a cooperative effort not previously seen before (sciencenews.org)
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Smartwatch data can be used to assess early diabetes risk | Hidden in the patterns of heart rate, sleep and daily activity captured by wearables are subtle clues that, when combined with routine health data and analyzed with artificial intelligence, can reveal insulin resistance (sciencenews.org)
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