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In 7,952 US adults from NHANES 2017-2023, depression was linked to 61% higher odds of a gallstone diagnosis and severe depression to 2.4 times the odds, but the link weakened and lost signif…
Read articleA 2026 Clinical Epigenetics study tracked DNA methylation biological age in 894 older adults and found that each 1-SD higher biological-age slope predicted 17-28% higher all-cause mortality …
Read articleA 2026 study involving 118 prostate cancer survivors found the clearest lifestyle-cognition signal around smoking: smokers learned fewer words across repeated verbal-memory trials, while obe…
Read articleA 2026 population-based polysomnography study involving 1,206 adults found current smokers had 1.75x higher odds of worse obstructive sleep apnea severity than non-smokers or occasional smok…
Read articlePatients with schizophrenia have substantially elevated dementia risk compared to the general population — roughly 2-3 times the age-adjusted rate — but the specific drivers within the schiz…
Read articlePsychiatric disorders have increasingly become a significant public health concern, affecting a growing number of people globally. A study in focus utilized MR (Mendelian randomization), a m…
Read articleTobacco use is a complex behavior influenced by both environmental factors and genetic predispositions. A recent study leveraging the UCLA ATLAS biobank explored the genetic underpinnings of…
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