Douglas Mental Health University Institute /medhealthsci/taxonomy/term/614/all en Early life factors connected to suicide risk later in life /medhealthsci/channels/news/early-life-factors-connected-suicide-risk-later-life-300420 <p>Researchers have long been interested in the question of whether a correlation exists between one’s early-life environment and suicide rates, with studies on the topic dating back to the 1980s. However, these studies have focused on individual countries or on only one or few risk factors. As a result, the lack of any meta-analysis of the data has made it difficult to draw any coherent conclusions.</p> Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:56:21 +0000 admin 322782 at /medhealthsci Game-changing blood test accurately detects Alzheimer’s disease /medhealthsci/channels/news/game-changing-blood-test-accurately-detects-alzheimers-disease-322092 <p style="text-align:center"><strong>ƻԺ-Gothenburg collaboration yields affordable test that could revolutionize the way AD is diagnosed, studied and treated</strong></p> <p>By Gillian Woodford</p> <p>A simple blood test that can detect Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been discovered and validated in a joint effort by a ƻԺ team and researchers in Sweden. Their results are published in the May issue of The Lancet Neurology. An accompanying commentary calls the discovery “transformative.”</p> Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:56:21 +0000 admin 322823 at /medhealthsci